CFB Zeitgeist Score
48
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 95th percentile.
Martel Hight
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
35 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Vanderbilt for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Vanderbilt
Returning around him
- 86% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 1 Vanderbilt player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -1 net (18 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Vanderbilt · Last season: 10-3 (AP #13) · Talent rank #55 · 2026 recruiting class #76
CB · VANDERBILT · SEC
Martel Hight
- 3
- #4
- 6-0 | 180 lb
- Rome, GA
Heisman Heat
#9351
<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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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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
Vanderbilt · CB
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2024
Vanderbilt · CB
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★
2025
Vanderbilt · CB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Vanderbilt
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 | 4-star | 0.8941 | No. 400 recruit | HighSchool | Vanderbilt |
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 Vanderbilt
Composite
0.8941
#400 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 Martel Hight
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 Martel Hight
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 13g
35Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Final
35Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Martel Hight is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Vanderbilt's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 0.0 tackles for loss, and 4 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 against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
35 78th
SOLO
25 84th
TFL
0.0 39th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
INT
4 97th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Charleston Southern | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-20@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7@ South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-21vs Georgia State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-35vs Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-30@ Alabama | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-10vs Missouri | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-34@ Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-38vs Auburn | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17vs Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | L 27-34vs Iowa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
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
2023Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy
2025Vanderbilt10-3HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 35 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 33 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 38 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 106 | 77 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
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 | 35 | #1098/4942 | 78th 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 | 4 | #23/869 | 97th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 71 | #54/578 | 91st pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 25 | #744/4584 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 17.8 | #248/578 | 57th pct | Takeawaysvs 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 Thorpe 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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins10g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Losses3g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the CB cohort
48Mid-pack
Elite: interceptions (95th). 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
Martel HightVanderbiltTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 71% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 71% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 69% sim
Interceptions
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Tackles
Sacks
QB hurries
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 Tyree Carlisle’s 2022 season.
Tyree Carlisle
87%match
#2
Tyree Carlisle
85%
#3
Tyree Carlisle
84%
#4
Dyoni Hill
83%
#5
Jaylin Davies
83%
Matches Tyree on
Weight
PD rate
Height
Differs from Tyree on
Tackle volume (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Khalil Barnes's junior season at Clemson (2025).
Khalil Barnes
88%match
#2
Kevin Anderson
87%
#3
Christian Harrison
87%
#4
Jalen Tate
85%
#5
Zion Tracy
85%
Matches Khalil on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
50.4%
400 pass / 394 run
Plays / game
61.1
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.3%
274 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Clark Lea
Vanderbilt
2024
Clark Lea
Vanderbilt
2025
Clark Lea
Vanderbilt
Played his entire career under Clark Lea.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownRome, GA
Height6'0"
Weight180 lb
Class3
PositionCB
Jersey4
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamVanderbilt
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-SEC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
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-SEC | all_conference | Vanderbilt | SEC | AP |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | CB3 | #9351 | #10083 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | CB3 | #13532 | #14175 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | SEC | CB | 3 | No. 4 | 6-0 | 180 lb | Rome, GA |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | SEC | CB | 3 | No. 4 | 6-0 | 180 lb | Rome, GA |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | SEC | CB | 3 | No. 4 | 6-0 | 180 lb | Rome, GA |