CFB Zeitgeist Score
81
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 89th percentile.
Kyle Louis
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
79 TACKLES · 3 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Miami2026 NFL rookie season
#138Rd 4 · Pick 38
Miami2026 NFL rookie season
LB · PITTSBURGH · ACC
Kyle Louis
- 3
- #9
- 6-1 | 220 lb
- East Orange, NJ
Heisman Heat
#3496
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP LB AWARD
Butkus
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2023
Pittsburgh · LB
—
★
2024
Pittsburgh · LB
R12 · All-American
Elite
2025
Pittsburgh · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 4, Pick 38 · #138 overall · Miami
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Pittsburgh
NFL
NFL Draft
R4 · #138
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8593 | No. 1022 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8593
#1022 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 4, Pick 38
#138 overall · Miami
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Kyle Louis
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Kyle Louis
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 10g
79Tackles
8Tackles for loss
3Sacks
Per game
8Tackles
0.8Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Projected (13g)
103Tackles
10.4Tackles for loss
3.9Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 79): needs 0.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 79): needs 7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 3): needs 1/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 3): needs 2.3/game over remaining 3.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Kyle Louis is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Pittsburgh's defense, with 3.0 sacks, 8.0 tackles for loss, and 2 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
79 97th
SOLO
43 97th
TFL
8.0 96th
SACK
3.0 94th
QBH
3 75th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
3 76th
INT
2 87th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-9vs Duquesne | 6 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Central Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31@ West Virginia | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34vs Louisville | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-7vs Boston College | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31@ Florida State | 11 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-20@ Stanford | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | L 15-37vs Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-28@ Georgia Tech | 11 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-38vs Miami | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Total | 79 | 43 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 79 | 43 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 100 | 45 | 15.5 | 7.0 | 3 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 19 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 198 | 93 | 25.0 | 10.0 | 6 | 6 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 79 | #157/4942 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 8.0 | #198/4972 | 96th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 3.0 | #292/4972 | 94th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 2 | #114/869 | 87th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 3 | #521/2184 | 76th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 3 | #462/1878 | 75th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 43 | #156/4584 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 21 | #301/578 | 48th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 10.5 | #354/578 | 39th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 2 | #13/736 | 98th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Butkus award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 10.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 8.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Losses4g | 7.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 9.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
81All-Conference
Elite: solo tackles (94th). Strength: tackles (94th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Kyle LouisPittsburghMatt RoseStanford· 98% simCaden FordhamNC State· 96% simCade UluaveCalifornia· 95% sim
Solo tackles
Tackles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Passes defended
Interceptions
Forced fumbles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Every-Down Linebacker
Leads the team in tackles and rarely leaves the field.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Austin Moore’s 2022 season.
Austin Moore
86%match
#2
Cole Pearce
All-MAC
84%
#3
Micah Baskerville
84%
#4
Jeremiah Gemmel
82%
#5
Bronson Olevao
82%
Matches Austin on
TFL rate
Weight
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ty Anthony Morris's junior season at Rice (2025).
Ty Anthony Morris
87%match
#2
Mikel Jones
86%
#3
Chris Rodgers
86%
#4
Bronson Olevao
85%
#5
Chris Paul Jr.
NFL Rd 5
84%
Matches Ty on
Class year
Sack rate
TFL rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
52.3%
464 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.3%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Pat Narduzzi
Pittsburgh
2024
Pat Narduzzi
Pittsburgh
2025
Pat Narduzzi
Pittsburgh
Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownEast Orange, NJ
Height6'1"
Weight220 lb
Class3
PositionLB
Jersey9
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Current teamPittsburgh
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2024)
1 selectors honored him
🥈
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2025)
All-ACC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 All-America selection
National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.
3 all-conference honors
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-ACC | all_conference | Pittsburgh | ACC | LB |
| 2025 | All-ACC | all_conference | Pittsburgh | ACC | LINE |
| 2024 | All-America (SN) | all_america | SN | LB |
| 2024 | All-ACC | all_conference | Pittsburgh | ACC | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | LB3 | #3496 | #4490 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | LB3 | #10884 | #11084 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | LB3 | #9794 | #9403 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | ACC | LB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-1 | 220 lb | East Orange, NJ |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | ACC | LB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-1 | 220 lb | East Orange, NJ |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | ACC | LB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-1 | 220 lb | East Orange, NJ |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | ACC | LB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-1 | 220 lb | East Orange, NJ |