CFB Zeitgeist Score
66
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 86th percentile.
Max Klare
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
448 REC YDS · 43 REC · 2 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season
#61Rd 2 · Pick 29
Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season
TE · OHIO STATE · BIG TEN
Max Klare
- 3
- #86
- 6-5 | 243 lb
- Guilford, IN
Heisman Heat
#601
<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 TE AWARD
Mackey
—
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
2023
Purdue · TE
—
★
2024
Purdue · TE
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
Ohio State · TE
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 2, Pick 29 · #61 overall · Los Angeles
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+129%
Up 129% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R2 · #61
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 | 0.8522 | No. 1191 recruit | HighSchool | Purdue |
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.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (448).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Purdue
Composite
0.8522
#1191 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 2, Pick 29
#61 overall · Los Angeles
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 Max Klare
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
60
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=5
- National · n=10
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Max Klare
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving yards (total)
448
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #259 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 51st
Why it matters
#259 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving yards — 448 yards on 43 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 448 (51th)
HIGH · n=43 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#302 / 531
- Yards per reception#401 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 13 vs Rutgers — 105 receiving_yards_total
Result W 42-9
The week the volume broke through — put up 105 yds vs Rutgers.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 13g
448Rec yards
43Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
34.5Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
448Rec yards
43Receptions
2Rec TDs
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. Max Klare already has 2 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
TE 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?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
43 97th
YDS
448 95th
YPR
10.4 57th
TD
2 84th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 14-7vs Texas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | W 70-0vs Grambling | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-9vs Ohio | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-6@ Washington | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-3vs Minnesota | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 29 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-16@ Illinois | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-0@ Wisconsin | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-14vs Penn State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-10@ Purdue | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-10vs UCLA | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-9vs Rutgers | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 1 | 39 | Season-high 105 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 27-9@ Michigan | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 15 | L 10-13vs Indiana | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Total | 43 | 448 | 10.2 | 2 | 39 |
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
2023Purdue4-8HC: Ryan Walters · Run-leaning
2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo
2025Ohio State12-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | 43 | 448 | 10.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Purdue | 51 | 685 | 13.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | Purdue | 22 | 196 | 8.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 116 | 1,329 | 11.5 | 6 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
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 | 43 | #13/475 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 448 | #25/475 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #79/475 | 84th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 10.4 | #203/475 | 57th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 13.9% | #29/468 | 94th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 39 | #77/475 | 84th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.1% | #49/468 | 90th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 6.6% | #50/468 | 90th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 6.4% | #36/468 | 93rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 6.3% | #104/468 | 78th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 6.1% | #40/468 | 92nd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 5.9% | #43/468 | 91st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/55 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS TE |
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 Mackey 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
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.0 | 34.5 | 10.7 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 34.4 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins12g | 3.4 | 35.0 | 9.9 | 0.2 |
| Losses1g | 2.0 | 28.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 29.2 | 11.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.0 | 39.0 | 9.2 | 0.1 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
66Solid starter
Elite: receptions (92nd). Strength: rec yards (86th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 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
Max KlareOhio StateHunter TiptonMiddle Tennessee· 97% simJett CarpenterNevada· 91% simHouston ThomasUTSA· 87% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Fumbles lost
Long catch
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tanner McLachlan’s 2023 season.
Tanner McLachlan
84%match
NFL Rd 6
#2
Joshua Long
82%
#3
Erick All
NFL Rd 4
81%
#4
Tyler Fortenberry
80%
#5
Brady Hunt
All-MAC
78%
Matches Tanner on
Height
EPA / play (adj)
Reception volume
Differs from Tanner on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Bauer Sharp's junior season at Oklahoma (2024).
Bauer Sharp
81%match
NFL Rd 6
#2
Toby Payne
All-Sun Belt
78%
#3
Ben Yurosek
76%
#4
Devin Culp
NFL Rd 7
75%
#5
Eli Finley
All-Conference USA
74%
Matches Bauer on
Reception volume
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Bauer on
Class year (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Pass share
47.0%
408 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
62.1
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.9%
267 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2024
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2025
Ryan Day
Ohio State
Played his entire career under Ryan Day.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownGuilford, IN
Height6'5"
Weight243 lb
Class3
PositionTE
Jersey86
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Current teamOhio State
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Ohio State | Big Ten | TE |
| 2024 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Purdue | Big Ten | TE |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | Big Ten | TE | 3 | No. 86 | 6-5 | 243 lb | Guilford, IN |
| 2024 | Purdue | Big Ten | TE | 3 | No. 86 | 6-5 | 243 lb | Guilford, IN |
| 2023 | Purdue | Big Ten | TE | 3 | No. 86 | 6-5 | 243 lb | Guilford, IN |
| 2022 | Purdue | Big Ten | TE | 3 | No. 86 | 6-5 | 243 lb | Guilford, IN |