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Heisman / Players / Omari Evans /Washington

Omari Evans

WR · Washington · Sr · #5

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

254 REC YDS · 17 REC · 1 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Washington for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Washington for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Washington

Returning around him

  • 42% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • 7 Washington players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -9 net (14 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Washington · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #23

WR · WASHINGTON · BIG TEN

Omari Evans

  • 4
  • #5
  • 6-0 | 190 lb
  • Killeen, TX

CFB Zeitgeist Score

43

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 75th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1611

<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 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2022–2025
55.02022
94.02023
2542025

+362%

Up 362% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#541 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey5
Measurements6-0 | 190 lb
HometownKilleen, TX
Primary teamWashington

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 541 recruit
Composite rating 0.8819 HighSchool
Signed with Penn State 2022
Origin Shoemaker Killeen, TX, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8819 No. 541 recruit | HighSchool | Penn State

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Washington 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 23, 2025
Season Move Context
2025 Penn State -> Washington 3-star | 0.8600 | 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 16
Current nowcast#1611Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1243Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman 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 Penn State

Composite

0.8819

#541 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

PENDING

The 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 Omari Evans

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

75

Grounded Optimism

Sample 2 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 2 mentions · belief +50 · "Oregon went into the regular season finale against Washington with nothing to pl"Own fans
  • Own fans · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Omari Evans

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 7g
254Rec yards
17Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
36.3Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
471.7Rec yards
32Receptions
2Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 254): needs 74.3/game over remaining 6.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 254): needs 124.3/game over remaining 6.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 17): needs 7.2/game over remaining 6.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 17): needs 10.5/game over remaining 6.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 1.2/game over remaining 6.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 1.5/game over remaining 6.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Omari Evans's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Washington, 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.

Current place #1611 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 3.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

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
Receptions 17 1 rec TD | #454/1110 (59th pct)
Receiving yards 254 14.9 per catch | #405/1107 (64th pct)
Scrimmage yards 268 Total offensive yardage | #405/1107 (64th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
17 59th
YDS
254 64th
YPR
14.9 75th
TD
1 64th

Rushing

CAR
1 35th
YDS
14 56th
YPC
14.0 94th
TD
0 81st

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 4W 59-24@ Washington State15959.0159
Wk 5L 6-24vs Ohio State22412.0022
Wk 7W 38-19vs Rutgers24522.5032
Wk 12W 49-13vs Purdue36020.0043Season-high 60 yds
Wk 13W 48-14@ UCLA4276.8013
Wk 14L 14-26vs Oregon2105.006
BowlW 38-10vs Boise State3299.7019
Total1725419.3159
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
2025Washington9-4HC: Jedd Fisch · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Washington1725414.91--
2023Penn State49423.51--
2022Penn State55511.01--
Career3 loaded seasons2640315.53--
SeasonTeam
2025Washington114------
2023Penn State----------
2022Penn State1733----
Career3 loaded seasons22133----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

Usage 3.9% 7.9% pass-game share | #623/1137 (45th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 1 Across offense and returns | #396/1111 (64th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 17 #454/1110 59th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 254 #405/1107 64th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #396/1111 64th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 14.9 #272/1106 75th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 7.9% #623/1137 45th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 14 #122/346 65th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 14 #174/397 56th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 14.0 #23/393 94th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 1 #264/407 35th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 59 #184/1105 83rd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 5.3% #466/1137 59th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 4.2% #791/1137 31st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 3.9% #625/1137 45th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 3.8% #557/1137 51st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 3.6% #611/1137 46th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.8% #844/1137 26th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.5% #284/1137 75th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/302 100th 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home5g2.433.613.80.0
Road2g2.543.032.90.5

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins5g2.644.023.60.2
Losses2g2.017.08.50.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-74g2.039.225.80.2
Weeks 8+3g3.032.310.60.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

43Mid-pack
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (80th). Concern: receptions (17th).

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct
0fumb
Yards / catch#138 / 558 · 75th pct
14.9rece
Long catch#164 / 558 · 70th pct
59rece
Rush yards#139 / 287 · 51st pct
14rush
Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct
0rush
Rec yards#405 / 558 · 27th pct
254rece
Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct
1rece
Receptions#454 / 558 · 18th pct
17rece

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
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

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

3 peers · 8 metrics
Omari EvansWashingtonJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 58% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 57% simKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 57% sim
Fumbles lost
81
Evans
36
III
Yards / catch
75
Evans
15
Gibson
78
III
28
Jr.
Long catch
70
Evans
56
Gibson
65
III
56
Jr.
Rush yards
51
Evans
76
Gibson
20
III
89
Jr.
Rush TDs
39
Evans
39
Gibson
39
III
39
Jr.
Rec yards
27
Evans
74
Gibson
94
III
84
Jr.
Rec TDs
24
Evans
7
Gibson
68
III
24
Jr.
Receptions
18
Evans
92
Gibson
90
III
94
Jr.

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 Jayden Dixon-Veal’s 2023 season.

Jayden Dixon-Veal

87%match

Purdue · 2023

#2

Montorie Foster

Michigan State · 2021

86%
#3

Chimere Dike

Wisconsin · 2021

NFL Rd 4
82%
#4

TJ Graham

Texas State · 2020

78%
#5

Antonio Meeks

Louisville · 2025

81%

Matches Jayden on

Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Class year

Differs from Jayden on

Recruiting rating (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Joshua Derry’s path through Monmouth.

Joshua Derry

95%match

Monmouth · 2025

#2

Dillon Stoner

Oklahoma State · 2020

93%
#3

Reggie Roberson Jr.

SMU · 2021

93%
#4

Jacolby George

Miami · 2024

92%
#5

Josh Palmer

Tennessee · 2020

92%

Matches Joshua on

Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Stefan Cobbs's senior season at Boise State (2023).

Stefan Cobbs

86%match

Boise State · 2023

All-Mountain West
#2

Isaiah Hamilton

Washington State · 2023

82%
#3

Geordon Porter

UConn · 2023

78%
#4

Dimitri Stanley

Iowa State · 2023

76%
#5

Jaylon Barden

Georgia Southern · 2023

76%

Matches Stefan on

Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Yards / reception

Differs from Stefan on

EPA / play (adj) (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

Pass share

44.9%

370 pass / 454 run

Plays / game

63.4

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.3%

268 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Kalen DeBoer
Washington
2023
Kalen DeBoer
Washington
2025
Jedd Fisch
Washington
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kalen DeBoer → Jedd Fisch. 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.

HometownKilleen, TX
Height6'0"
Weight190 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey5

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

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 Penn State WR4 #1611 #1243 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 Penn State WR4 #972 #743 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big Ten
2022 Penn State WR4 #1249 #947 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Washington Big Ten WR 4 No. 5 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Killeen, TX
2024 Penn State Big Ten WR 4 No. 5 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Killeen, TX
2023 Penn State Big Ten WR 4 No. 5 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Killeen, TX
2022 Penn State Big Ten WR 4 No. 5 | 6-0 | 190 lb | Killeen, TX