CFB Zeitgeist Score
44
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 42nd percentile.
Marquis Johnson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
345 REC YDS · 28 REC · 2 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Mississippi State
2025Missouri
2026Mississippi State
WR · MISSOURI · SEC
Marquis Johnson
- 3
- #2
- 5-11 | 185 lb
- Dickinson, TX
Heisman Heat
#643
<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 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025-10%
Down 10% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
Missouri
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#29 in market ▼ from #23 · 5 books
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 | 0.8882 | No. 478 recruit | HighSchool | Missouri |
| 2017 | 2-star | 0.7744 | No. 2895 recruit | HighSchool | Hudson Valley |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Missouri -> Mississippi State | 4-star | 0.9200 | 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.
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 Missouri
Composite
0.8882
#478 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 Marquis Johnson
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 Marquis Johnson
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
12.3
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #271 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 49th
Why it matters
#271 of 531 All FBS WRs at 12.3 yards per reception (28 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 12.3 (49th)
MODERATE · n=28 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#302 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#356 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 1 vs Central Arkansas — 134 ypr
Result W 61-6
The week the volume broke through — put up 134 yds vs Central Arkansas.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 9g
345Rec yards
28Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
38.3Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
498.3Rec yards
40Receptions
3Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 345): needs 88.8/game over remaining 4.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 345): needs 163.8/game over remaining 4.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 28): needs 8/game over remaining 4.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 28): needs 13/game over remaining 4.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 1.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 2/game over remaining 4.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Marquis Johnson's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Missouri, 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
WR 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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
28 73rd
YDS
345 71st
YPR
12.3 53rd
TD
2 75th
Returns
KR YDS
71 55th
KR AVG
23.7 80th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-6vs Central Arkansas | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 1 | 49 | Season-high 134 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 42-31vs Kansas | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-10vs Louisiana | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-20vs South Carolina | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-6vs Massachusetts | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-27vs Alabama | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 8 | W 23-17@ Auburn | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-17@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-17@ Arkansas | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 28 | 345 | 11.2 | 2 | 49 |
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
2023Missouri11-2HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning
2024Missouri10-3HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2025Missouri8-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 28 | #303/1110 | 73rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 345 | #323/1107 | 71st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #281/1111 | 75th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.3 | #517/1106 | 53rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 71 | #107/238 | 55th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 15.0% | #247/1137 | 78th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 49 | #283/1105 | 74th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 23.7 | #49/236 | 80th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 3 | #108/243 | 56th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.3% | #368/1137 | 68th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 8.2% | #361/1137 | 68th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 6.7% | #300/1137 | 74th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 6.4% | #363/1137 | 68th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 6.1% | #284/1137 | 75th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.7% | #351/1137 | 69th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th 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
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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 50.2 | 12.9 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 14.7 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 3.1 | 43.0 | 12.5 | 0.3 |
| Losses2g | 3.0 | 22.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 50.2 | 12.9 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 14.7 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
44Mid-pack
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 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
Marquis JohnsonMissouriRyan DavisUtah· 69% simKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 69% simAaron TurnerRice· 69% sim
Long catch
Receptions
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Mekhi Shaw’s 2023 season.
Mekhi Shaw
93%match
#2
Devaughn Cooper
88%
#3
Kendric Pryor
87%
#4
Da'Wain Lofton
86%
#5
Preston Fox
84%
Matches Mekhi on
Height
TD rate
EPA / play (adj)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to DeVontres Dukes’s path through South Florida.
DeVontres Dukes
97%match
#2
Kyre Duplessis
97%
#3
Jordan Watkins
NFL Rd 4
96%
#4
Rashod Bateman
All-Big TenNFL Rd 1 · Pk 27
96%
#5
Kobe Clark
95%
Matches DeVontres on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Landon Sides's junior season at North Texas (2025).
Landon Sides
83%match
#2
Leroy Thomas
80%
#3
Courtney Jackson
All-Sun Belt
79%
#4
Zion Steptoe
77%
#5
Braden Lenzy
77%
Matches Landon on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Reception volume
Differs from Landon on
Recruiting rating (higher)
TD rate (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
39.6%
360 pass / 550 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.4%
308 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Eli Drinkwitz
Missouri
2024
Eli Drinkwitz
Missouri
2025
Eli Drinkwitz
Missouri
Played his entire career under Eli Drinkwitz.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownDickinson, TX
Height5'11"
Weight185 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey2
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMissouri
ConferenceSEC
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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.