CFB Zeitgeist Score
55
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 99th percentile.
Mansoor Delane
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
45 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Kansas City2026 NFL rookie season
#6Rd 1 · Pick 6
Kansas City2026 NFL rookie season
CB · LSU · SEC
Mansoor Delane
- 4
- #4
- 6-0 | 190 lb
- Silver Spring, MD
Heisman Heat
#10216
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
—
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
2022
Virginia Tech · CB
—
2023
Virginia Tech · CB
—
★
2025
LSU · CB
R14 · Unanimous All-American
Elite
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 1, Pick 6 · #6 overall · Kansas City
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R1 · #6
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 | 0.8752 | No. 650 recruit | HighSchool | Virginia Tech |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech -> LSU | 4-star | 0.9100 | Immediate |
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.
Achievements
- Honors Badge 0.7% Honors Badge Recognized on a major honors list (Heisman, All-American, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Nagurski, Biletnikoff). Held by 0.7% of the 2025 pool. Recognized on: All-America (AFCA).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Virginia Tech
Composite
0.8752
#650 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 1, Pick 6
#6 overall · Kansas City
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 Mansoor Delane
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 Mansoor Delane
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
45Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
58Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 45): needs 11.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 45): needs 18.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 2/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 3.3/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.
Mansoor Delane is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on LSU's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 0.0 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?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
45 85th
SOLO
29 88th
TFL
0.0 39th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
11 99th
INT
2 87th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10@ Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-7vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-10vs Florida | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-24@ Ole Miss | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10vs South Carolina | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-49vs Texas A&M | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 9-20@ Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-22vs Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-17@ Oklahoma | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 |
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
2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced
2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning
2025LSU7-6HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LSU | 45 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 52 | 29 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 38 | 17 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 135 | 75 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 4 | -- |
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 | 45 | #729/4942 | 85th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 0.0 | #3020/4972 | 39th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 2 | #114/869 | 87th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 11 | #12/2184 | 99th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 29 | #559/4584 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
UNANIMOUS AA
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
UNANIMOUS AA · Rung 14 of 16
Why he’s here
Unanimous All-American — 1st team on all five NCAA-recognized selectors.
What moves him up
The only step up is a Player-of-the-Year invite.
What moves him down
Losing a selector drops this to Consensus.
Accolade streams
All-America statusCONSENSUS
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
AP1st
FWAA1st
AFCA1st
WCFF1st
SN1st
SI1st
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Losses5g | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the CB cohort
55Solid starter
Elite: passes defended (99th). Strength: solo tackles (80th). Concern: tackles for loss (7th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · CB · 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
Mansoor DelaneLSUBlake FletcherAir Force· 76% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 73% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 72% sim
Passes defended
Solo tackles
Tackles
Interceptions
QB hurries
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Ball Hawk
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Aydan White’s 2023 season.
Aydan White
87%match
All-ACC
#2
DeAgo Brumfield
79%
#3
Roger McCreary
1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 2 · Pk 3
82%
#4
Mario Goodrich
All-ACC
80%
#5
Bryquice Brown
79%
Matches Aydan on
Interceptions
Height
Weight
Differs from Aydan on
Tackle volume (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to De'Arre McDonald's senior season at Middle Tennessee (2025).
De'Arre McDonald
87%match
#2
Justin Walley
All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 16
86%
#3
Christian Roland-Wallace
86%
#4
Aydan White
All-ACC
84%
#5
Robert Longerbeam
NFL Rd 6
82%
Matches De'Arre on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Differs from De'Arre on
Tackle volume (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
55.0%
443 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Brian Kelly
LSU
2023
Brian Kelly
LSU
2025
Brian Kelly
LSU
Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSilver Spring, MD
Height6'0"
Weight190 lb
Class4
PositionCB
Jersey4
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Current teamLSU
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🏆
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2025)
9 first-team selectors
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
10 All-America selections
National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-America (USA Today) | all_america | USA Today | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (ESPN) | all_america | ESPN | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (CBS) | all_america | CBS | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (The Athletic) | all_america | The Athletic | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (WCFF) | all_america | WCFF | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (SN) | all_america | SN | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (FWAA) | all_america | FWAA | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (AP) | all_america | AP | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (AFCA) | all_america | AFCA | DB |
| 2025 | All-America (Consensus) | all_america | LSU | Consensus | -- |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | CB4 | #10216 | #10129 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | CB4 | #10318 | #10281 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | CB4 | #10422 | #10767 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | LSU | SEC | CB | 4 | No. 4 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Silver Spring, MD |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | ACC | CB | 4 | No. 4 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Silver Spring, MD |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | ACC | CB | 4 | No. 4 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Silver Spring, MD |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | ACC | CB | 4 | No. 4 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Silver Spring, MD |