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Heisman / Players / Luke Floriea /Kent State

Luke Floriea

WR · Kent State · Sr

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSKent State 2023 alumnus

WR · KENT STATE · MID-AMERICAN

Luke Floriea

  • 4
  • 5-10 | 173 lb
  • Mentor, OH

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#5526

<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 WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2023

2021

Kent State · WR

2022

Kent State · WR

2023

Kent State · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2023
1202021
51.02022
4142023

+245%

Up 245% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1681 national
CFB
College
Kent State
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey--
Measurements5-10 | 173 lb
HometownMentor, OH
Primary teamKent State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1681 recruit
Composite rating 0.8356 HighSchool
Signed with Kent State 2020
Origin Mentor Mentor, OH, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 3-star | 0.8356 No. 1681 recruit | HighSchool | Kent State

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
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 16
Current nowcast#5526Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#6432Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman 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 Kent State

Composite

0.8356

#1681 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

PENDING

The 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 Luke Floriea

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 Luke Floriea

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Luke Floriea already has 2 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #5526 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 2.8% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Honors spine 2 honors loaded

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 39 4 rec TD | #192/1110 (83rd pct)
Receiving yards 414 10.6 per catch | #279/1107 (75th pct)
Scrimmage yards 427 Total offensive yardage | #279/1107 (75th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.

All-purpose weapon

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
39 83rd
YDS
414 75th
YPR
10.6 38th
TD
4 86th

Rushing

CAR
1 35th
YDS
13 54th
YPC
13.0 93rd
TD
1 96th

Returns

KR YDS
-3 1st
KR AVG
-3.0 0th
PR YDS
89 72nd
PR AVG
6.8 41st

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Kent State7-6HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2022Kent State5-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning
2023Kent State1-11HC: Kenni Burns · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2023Kent State3941410.64--
2022Kent State45112.80--
2021Kent State1012012.01--
Career3 loaded seasons5358511.05--
SeasonTeam
2023Kent State113-389--
2022Kent State1-4--26--
2021Kent State1-3------
Career3 loaded seasons36-3115--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

Usage 2.8% 6.6% pass-game share | #727/1137 (36th pct)
Return yards 86 0 return TD | #237/238 (1st pct)
Touchdowns 5 Across offense and returns | #152/1111 (86th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 39 #192/1110 83rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 414 #279/1107 75th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 4 #152/1111 86th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 10.6 #691/1106 38th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards -3 #237/238 1st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return yards 89 #64/224 72nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 6.6% #727/1137 36th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 13 #134/346 62nd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 13 #184/397 54th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 13.0 #28/393 93rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 1 #264/407 35th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 1 #19/411 96th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 43 #385/1105 65th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Punt returns 13 #47/237 81st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return avg 6.8 #131/222 41st pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 1 #169/243 31st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg -3.0 #236/236 0th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 5.2% #486/1137 57th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 4.0% #812/1137 29th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 2.8% #812/1137 29th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 2.3% #807/1137 29th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 2.1% #874/1137 23rd pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 1.2% #929/1137 18th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.4% #312/1137 73rd pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR

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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Mark Carney

Pass share

42.8%

292 pass / 390 run

Plays / game

56.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.5%

242 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches
2021
Sean Lewis
Kent State
2022
Sean Lewis
Kent State
2023
Kenni Burns
Kent State
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Sean Lewis → Kenni Burns. 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.

HometownMentor, OH
Height5'10"
Weight173 lb
Class4
PositionWR

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2024)

All-MAC

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

2 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
2024 All-MAC all_conference Kent State | MAC WR
2023 All-MAC all_conference Kent State | MAC WR

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Kent State WR4 #5526 #6432 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mid-American
2023 Kent State WR4 #1663 #2672 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mid-American
2022 Kent State WR4 #3631 #3880 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American
2021 Kent State WR4 #2864 #3336 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Kent State Mid-American WR 4 5-10 | 173 lb | Mentor, OH
2023 Kent State Mid-American WR 4 5-10 | 173 lb | Mentor, OH
2022 Kent State Mid-American WR 4 5-10 | 173 lb | Mentor, OH
2021 Kent State Mid-American WR 4 5-10 | 173 lb | Mentor, OH