CFB Zeitgeist Score
31
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 68th percentile.
Leo Pulalasi
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
205 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 38 CARRIES
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Washington State
DestinationTBD
RB · WASHINGTON STATE · PAC-12
Leo Pulalasi
- 2
- #20
- 6-1 | 212 lb
- Tacoma, WA
Heisman Heat
#2063
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2023–2025+95%
Up 95% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Washington State
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8575 | No. 1196 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Washington State -> -- | 3-star | Withdrawn |
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—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8575
#1196 national
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 Leo Pulalasi
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 Leo Pulalasi
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 rushing totals stand
Through 12g
205Rush yards
38Carries
0Rush TDs
Per game
17.1Rush yards
3Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
222.1Rush yards
41Carries
0Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 205): needs 545/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 205): needs 795/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 205): needs 1,295/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 15/game over remaining 1.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 20/game over remaining 1.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Leo Pulalasi's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Washington State, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
38 52nd
YDS
205 55th
YPC
5.4 72nd
TD
0 40th
Receiving
REC
12 68th
YDS
77 62nd
YPR
6.4 44th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-10vs Idaho | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-13vs San Diego State | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-59@ North Texas | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-59vs Washington | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-3@ Colorado State | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 45 | Season-high 50 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Ole Miss | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-22@ Virginia | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7vs Toledo | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-10@ Oregon State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-24@ James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 34-21@ Utah State | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 38 | 205 | 5.7 | 0 | 45 |
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
2023Washington State5-7HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning
2025Washington State7-6HC: Jimmy Rogers · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 38 | 205 | 5.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 18 | 105 | 5.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 56 | 310 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | 12 | 77 | 6.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 14 | 91 | 6.5 | 0 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 205 | #333/735 | 55th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #447/739 | 40th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.4 | #206/735 | 72nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 12 | #180/552 | 68th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 77 | #211/548 | 62nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.08 | #247/362 | 32nd pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 38 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 6.6% | #461/738 | 38th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 45 | #201/733 | 73rd pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 38 | #353/739 | 52nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 18 | #258/540 | 52nd pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 6.4 | #310/548 | 44th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 9.6% | #504/738 | 32nd pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.9% | #419/738 | 43rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 7.2% | #467/738 | 37th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 6.7% | #489/738 | 34th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 5.4% | #436/738 | 41st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 4.7% | #451/738 | 39th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.0% | #231/738 | 69th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 14.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 18.9 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 26.5 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| Losses6g | 7.7 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 19.0 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 14.4 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
31Below cohort
Concern: carries (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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.
wepa_rushing0.08Low (p25–p50) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Leo PulalasiWashington StateKamari MoultonIowa· 50% simJeremiah CobbAuburn· 50% simTae MeadowsTroy· 50% sim
Yards / carry
Receptions
Long run
Rec yards
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Carries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Pass share
48.7%
407 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
64.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.1%
327 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Jake Dickert
Washington State
2025era →
Jimmy Rogers
Washington State
Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Dickert → Jimmy Rogers. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownTacoma, WA
Height6'1"
Weight212 lb
Class2
PositionRB
Jersey20
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamWashington State
ConferencePac-12
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Washington State | RB2 | #2063 | #1995 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2023 | Washington State | RB2 | #1708 | #1871 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State | Pac-12 | RB | 2 | No. 20 | 6-1 | 212 lb | Tacoma, WA |
| 2024 | Washington State | Pac-12 | RB | 2 | No. 20 | 6-1 | 212 lb | Tacoma, WA |
| 2023 | Washington State | Pac-12 | RB | 2 | No. 20 | 6-1 | 212 lb | Tacoma, WA |