CFB Zeitgeist Score
13
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 41st percentile.
Oscar Adaway III
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
140 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 41 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to South Carolina for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · South Carolina
Returning around him
- 62% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 3 South Carolina players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (25 in / 24 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Carolina · Last season: 4-8 (AP #11) · Talent rank #18 · 2026 recruiting class #18
RB · SOUTH CAROLINA · SEC
Oscar Adaway III
- 4
- #27
- 5-11 | 219 lb
- North Little Rock, AR
Heisman Heat
#1468
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2020–2025-76%
Sharp dropoff (-76%) — career inflection point.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3-star | 0.8404 | No. 1437 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | North Texas -> South Carolina | 3-star | 0.8900 | 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 —
Composite
0.8404
#1437 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 Oscar Adaway III
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 Oscar Adaway III
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 rushing totals stand
Through 10g
140Rush yards
41Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
14Rush yards
4Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
182Rush yards
53Carries
1Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 140): needs 203.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 140): needs 286.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 140): needs 453.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 4.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 6.3/game over remaining 3.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Oscar Adaway III's story is about how role and output meet each other. For South Carolina, 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
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
41 54th
YDS
140 48th
YPC
3.4 20th
TD
1 56th
Receiving
REC
8 55th
YDS
72 59th
YPR
9.0 71st
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-11vs Virginia Tech | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 0 | 23 | Season-high 60 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs South Carolina State | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-31vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-29@ Missouri | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-13vs Kentucky | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-20@ LSU | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-26vs Oklahoma | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-29vs Alabama | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-30@ Ole Miss | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-7vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 41 | 140 | 3.1 | 1 | 23 |
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
2020North Texas4-5HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022North Texas7-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning
2023North Texas5-7HC: Eric Morris · Balanced, fast tempo
2025South Carolina4-8HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina | 41 | 140 | 3.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | North Texas | 123 | 738 | 6.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2022 | North Texas | 118 | 583 | 4.9 | 5 | -- |
| 2020 | North Texas | 99 | 572 | 5.8 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 381 | 2,033 | 5.3 | 15 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | North Texas | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | North Texas | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | North Texas | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 29 | 198 | 6.8 | 1 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 140 | #385/735 | 48th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #323/739 | 56th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 3.4 | #591/735 | 20th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 8 | #248/552 | 55th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 72 | #223/548 | 59th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.09 | #226/362 | 38th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 33 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 8.4% | #374/738 | 49th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 41 | #341/739 | 54th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 23 | #358/733 | 51st pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 19 | #248/540 | 54th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 9.0 | #159/548 | 71st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 12.3% | #415/738 | 44th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 11.7% | #279/738 | 62nd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 10.2% | #193/738 | 74th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.6% | #217/738 | 71st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 7.5% | #449/738 | 39th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 6.3% | #488/738 | 34th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.4% | #199/738 | 73rd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
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 · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 18.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 28.8 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Losses6g | 4.2 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 20.2 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.8 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
13Below cohort
Concern: rush yards (1st).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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.
wepa_rushing0.09Low (p25–p50) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Oscar Adaway IIISouth CarolinaTae MeadowsTroy· 50% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 46% simKamari MoultonIowa· 45% sim
Rec yards
Receptions
Long run
Rush TDs
Yards / carry
Carries
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Workhorse
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaison Patterson’s 2021 season.
Jaison Patterson
80%match
#2
Kadarius Calloway
77%
#3
Cartevious Norton
77%
#4
Edward Saydee
77%
#5
Rahjai Harris
76%
Matches Jaison on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Rush TD rate
Class year
Differs from Jaison on
Yards / reception (higher)
Height (lower)
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kadarius Calloway’s path through New Mexico State.
Kadarius Calloway
92%match
#2
Owen Allen
92%
#3
Demetric Felton
NFL Rd 6
91%
#4
CJ Marable
91%
#5
Brock Townsend
91%
Matches Kadarius on
Yards per carry
Weight
Height
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Malachi Thomas's graduate season at Purdue (2025).
Malachi Thomas
75%match
#2
Isaiah Jacobs
72%
#3
Rashad Amos
All-MAC
71%
#4
Kenny Tracy
70%
#5
Tavierre Dunlap
70%
Matches Malachi on
Weight
EPA / carry (adj)
Height
Differs from Malachi on
Rush TD rate (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
45.5%
340 pass / 407 run
Plays / game
62.2
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
13.0%
316 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2020–2025
2 coaches2020
Will Muschamp
South Carolina
2022era →
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
2023
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
2025
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
Coaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. 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.
HometownNorth Little Rock, AR
Height5'11"
Weight219 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey27
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamSouth Carolina
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc6 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 | South Carolina | RB4 | #1468 | #1355 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | North Texas | RB4 | #792 | #1044 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2022 | North Texas | RB4 | #863 | #1057 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Conference USA |
| 2021 | North Texas | RB4 | #4219 | #4396 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Conference USA |
| 2020 | North Texas | RB4 | #59 | #75 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Conference USA |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina | SEC | RB | 4 | No. 27 | 5-11 | 219 lb | North Little Rock, AR |
| 2024 | South Carolina | SEC | RB | 4 | No. 27 | 5-11 | 219 lb | North Little Rock, AR |
| 2023 | North Texas | American Athletic | RB | 4 | No. 27 | 5-11 | 219 lb | North Little Rock, AR |
| 2022 | North Texas | Conference USA | RB | 4 | No. 27 | 5-11 | 219 lb | North Little Rock, AR |
| 2021 | North Texas | Conference USA | RB | 4 | No. 27 | 5-11 | 219 lb | North Little Rock, AR |
| 2020 | North Texas | Conference USA | RB | 4 | No. 27 | 5-11 | 219 lb | North Little Rock, AR |