CFB Zeitgeist Score
59
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 68th percentile.
Nitro Tuggle
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
505 REC YDS · 34 REC · 4 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to South Carolina
2025Purdue
2026South Carolina
WR · PURDUE · BIG TEN
Nitro Tuggle
- 2
- 6-1 | 195 lb
- Goshen, IN
Heisman Heat
#1178
<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
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025+1385%
Up 1385% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-star | 0.9510 | No. 102 recruit | HighSchool | Georgia |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Purdue -> South Carolina | 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate |
| 2025 | Georgia -> Purdue | 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.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Georgia
Composite
0.9510
#102 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 Nitro Tuggle
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
—
Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- National · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Nitro Tuggle
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
14.9
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #109 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 80th
Why it matters
#109 of 531 All FBS WRs at 14.9 yards per reception (34 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 14.9 (80th)
HIGH · n=34 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#216 / 531
- Receiving TDs#161 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 14 vs Indiana — 80 ypr
Result L 3-56
The week the volume broke through — put up 80 yds vs Indiana.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
505Rec yards
34Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
42.1Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
547.1Rec yards
37Receptions
4Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 505): needs 195/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 505): needs 495/game over remaining 1.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 34): needs 26/game over remaining 1.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 34): needs 46/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 4/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 6/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.
Nitro Tuggle's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Purdue, 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
34 78th
YDS
505 80th
YPR
14.9 75th
TD
4 86th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Ball State | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-17vs Southern Illinois | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-33vs USC | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 1 | 33 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-56@ Notre Dame | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 1 | 31 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-43vs Illinois | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-27@ Minnesota | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-19@ Northwestern | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Rutgers | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-21@ Michigan | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-34vs Ohio State | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-49@ Washington | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-56vs Indiana | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 0 | 23 | Season-high 80 yds |
| Total | 34 | 505 | 15.2 | 4 | 36 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
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 | 34 | #240/1110 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 505 | #220/1107 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #152/1111 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 14.9 | #272/1106 | 75th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 17.0% | #169/1137 | 85th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 36 | #512/1105 | 54th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 11.7% | #147/1137 | 87th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 10.2% | #106/1137 | 91st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 10.1% | #216/1137 | 81st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 9.1% | #136/1137 | 88th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 7.9% | #157/1137 | 86th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.3% | #216/1137 | 81st 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.7 | 39.7 | 15.3 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 45.4 | 15.2 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 2.0 | 30.5 | 19.9 | 0.5 |
| Losses10g | 3.0 | 44.4 | 14.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 47.8 | 19.1 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 36.3 | 11.3 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
59Solid starter
Concern: long catch (23rd).
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
Nitro TugglePurdueGermie BernardAlabama· 74% simKevin ConcepcionTexas A&M· 72% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 72% sim
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Receptions
Long catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Keontra Smith’s 2023 season.
Keontra Smith
83%match
#2
Tim Jones
All-Conference USA
76%
#3
Cam Vaughn
77%
#4
Ayden Greene
77%
#5
Jalen Smith
76%
Matches Keontra on
TD rate
Weight
Reception volume
Differs from Keontra on
Class year (lower)
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Jalen Coker’s path through Holy Cross.
Jalen Coker
100%match
#2
Cameron Dorner
98%
#3
Tylan Wallace
All-Big 12NFL Rd 4
94%
#4
Hudson Clement
94%
#5
Cary Angeline
94%
Matches Jalen on
Yards per reception
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Cam Vaughn's sophomore season at West Virginia (2025).
Cam Vaughn
82%match
All-Conference USA
#2
Collin Dixon
77%
#3
AJ Wilson
76%
#4
Nyziah Hunter
75%
#5
Jeremiah McClellan
75%
Matches Cam on
Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Yards / reception
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Pass share
52.0%
404 pass / 373 run
Plays / game
64.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.9%
348 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Ryan Walters
Purdue
2025era →
Barry Odom
Purdue
Coaching transition mid-career: Ryan Walters → Barry Odom. 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.
HometownGoshen, IN
Height6'1"
Weight195 lb
Class2
PositionWR
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Current teamPurdue
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc2 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 | Georgia | WR2 | #1178 | #1061 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.