CFB Zeitgeist Score
6
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 39th percentile.
Mekhi Mews
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
24 REC YDS · 6 REC · 0 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Houston for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Houston
Returning around him
- 105% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 1 Houston player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (18 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Houston · Last season: 10-3 (AP #25) · Talent rank #66 · 2026 recruiting class #52
WR · HOUSTON · BIG 12
Mekhi Mews
- 4
- #4
- 5-8 | 185 lb
- Grayson, GA
Heisman Heat
#1161
<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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR03 · Backup
Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+167%
Up 167% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia -> Houston | 3-star | 0.8700 | 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.
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 Mekhi Mews
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 Mekhi Mews
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 receiving totals stand
Through 12g
24Rec yards
6Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
2Rec yards
0Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
26Rec yards
6Receptions
0Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 24): needs 676/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 24): needs 976/game over remaining 1.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 6): needs 54/game over remaining 1.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 6): needs 74/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Mekhi Mews's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Houston, 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?
All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
6 37th
YDS
24 19th
YPR
4.0 5th
TD
0 45th
Rushing
CAR
4 74th
YDS
-11 2nd
YPC
-2.8 8th
TD
0 81st
Returns
KR YDS
393 89th
KR AVG
21.8 67th
PR YDS
126 81st
PR AVG
6.3 38th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-0vs Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-9@ Rice | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 16 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 36-20vs Colorado | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24@ Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 11-35vs Texas Tech | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-17@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-16@ Arizona State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-45vs West Virginia | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-27@ UCF | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-17vs TCU | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-24@ Baylor | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | W 38-35vs LSU | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 6 | 24 | 5.0 | 0 | 16 |
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
2021Georgia12-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy
2022Georgia15-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced
2023Georgia13-1HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced
2024Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2025Houston10-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning
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 | 6 | #696/1110 | 37th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 24 | #902/1107 | 19th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #615/1111 | 45th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 4.0 | #1055/1106 | 5th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 393 | #26/238 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 126 | #43/224 | 81st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.2% | #935/1137 | 18th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 4 | #108/407 | 74th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 1 | #334/346 | 4th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | -2.8 | #362/393 | 8th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | -11 | #389/397 | 2nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 16 | #845/1105 | 24th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 21.8 | #78/236 | 67th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 20 | #15/237 | 94th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 18 | #11/243 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 6.3 | #138/222 | 38th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 4.1% | #633/1137 | 44th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 3.4% | #873/1137 | 23rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 2.7% | #834/1137 | 27th 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 | 2.0% | #886/1137 | 22nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 1.5% | #142/1137 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #131/302 | 57th pct | Turnoversvs 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 0.7 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 0.7 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Losses3g | — | — | — | — |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 0.9 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | — | — | — | — |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
6Below cohort
Concern: receptions (0th).
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
Mekhi MewsHoustonMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 57% simChauncy CobbArkansas State· 47% simAsaad WaseemFlorida Atlantic· 46% sim
Rush TDs
Fumbles lost
Rec TDs
Rush yards
Long catch
Yards / catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Pass share
41.4%
377 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
70.1
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.5%
262 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Dana Holgorsen
Houston
2022
Dana Holgorsen
Houston
2023
Dana Holgorsen
Houston
2024
Dana Holgorsen
Houston
2025era →
Willie Fritz
Houston
Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Willie Fritz. 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.
HometownGrayson, GA
Height5'8"
Weight185 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey4
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamHouston
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc5 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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Houston | WR4 | #1161 | #1764 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2023 | Georgia | WR4 | #742 | #541 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | SEC |
| 2022 | Georgia | WR4 | #1744 | #1160 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | SEC |
| 2021 | Georgia | WR4 | #2049 | #1466 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Houston | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 4 | 5-8 | 185 lb | Grayson, GA |
| 2024 | Houston | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 4 | 5-8 | 185 lb | Grayson, GA |
| 2023 | Georgia | SEC | WR | 4 | No. 4 | 5-8 | 185 lb | Grayson, GA |
| 2022 | Georgia | SEC | WR | 4 | No. 4 | 5-8 | 185 lb | Grayson, GA |
| 2021 | Georgia | SEC | WR | 4 | No. 4 | 5-8 | 185 lb | Grayson, GA |