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Palmer Domschke

PK · Western Michigan · Sr · #20

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Western Michigan for 2026As of Jun 22, 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Western Michigan for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

PK · Western Michigan

Returning around him

100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
Transfer portal: +1 net (14 in / 13 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Western Michigan · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #105 · 2026 recruiting class #104

PK · WESTERN MICHIGAN · MID-AMERICAN

Palmer Domschke

4
#20
5-10 | 186 lb
Bolingbrook, IL

CFB Zeitgeist PK Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#16064

<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 K AWARD

Lou Groza

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CONSENSUS

All-American

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Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Western Michigan

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionPK

Class4

Jersey20

Measurements5-10 | 186 lb

HometownBolingbrook, IL

Primary teamWestern Michigan

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive

Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player

Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable

Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable

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.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file

Latest destination -- --

Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context

Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD

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 16

Current nowcast#16064Latest modeled ballot order

Season forecast#16075Where 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

What we can say about this player

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

Palmer Domschke's page is mostly roster and pedigree right now — there isn't measurable current-season production on file for Western Michigan yet. As box scores and snaps land, the on-field story fills in here.

Current place #16064 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist

Role load -- Role share still loading

Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

OTHER season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level

Scrimmage yards 0 Combined rushing and receiving

Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns

Usage -- Role share still loading

Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

This player profile will sharpen as more advanced context is loaded.

Balanced profile

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	FGM/FGA	LONG	XP	PTS
Wk 2	L 30-33vs North Texas	3/3	48	3/3	12
Wk 3	L 0-38@ Illinois	0/1	0	0/0	0
Wk 4	W 14-13vs Toledo	0/0	0	0/1	0
Wk 5	W 47-14vs Rhode Island	3/3	49	5/5	14
Wk 6	W 21-3@ Massachusetts	0/1	0	3/3	3
Wk 7	W 42-0vs Ball State	0/1	0	6/6	6
Wk 9	L 17-26@ Miami (OH)	1/1	42	2/2	5
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Central Michigan	1/1	46	3/3	6
Wk 12	W 17-13vs Ohio	1/3	46	2/2	5
Wk 13	W 35-19@ Northern Illinois	0/0	0	5/5	5
Wk 14	W 31-21@ Eastern Michigan	1/1	44	4/4	7
Wk 15	W 23-13vs Miami (OH)	3/3	50	2/2	11
Bowl	W 41-6vs Kennesaw State	0/1	0	5/6	5
Total		13/19	50	—	79

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

2022Western Michigan5-7HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

2023Western Michigan4-8HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning

2025Western Michigan10-4HC: Lance Taylor · Run-heavy

Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context

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.

Open full stat explorer

Group	Metric	Value	Rank	Pct	Why it matters
Kicking	Kicking points	79	#73/221	67th pct	Scoringvs FBS peers
Kicking	Kicking LONG	50	#69/175	61st pct	Metricvs FBS peers
Kicking	Kicking XPA	42	#43/213	80th pct	Metricvs FBS peers
Kicking	Kicking XPM	40	#48/213	78th pct	Metricvs FBS peers
Kicking	Kicking FGA	19	#62/188	68th pct	Metricvs FBS peers
Kicking	FG made	13	#84/175	53rd pct	Scoringvs FBS peers
Kicking	FG %	68.4%	#127/175	28th pct	Efficiencyvs FBS peers

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

The Groza 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/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home8g	—	—	—	—
Road5g	—	—	—	—

Win vs Loss

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Wins10g	—	—	—	—
Losses3g	—	—	—	—

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	—	—	—	—
Weeks 8+6g	—	—	—	—

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

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

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 opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

Pass share

33.3%

304 pass / 609 run

Plays / game

65.2

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.3%

248 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches

2022

Tim Lester

Western Michigan

2023

Lance Taylor

Western Michigan

era →

2025

Lance Taylor

Western Michigan

Coaching transition mid-career: Tim Lester → Lance Taylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

HometownBolingbrook, IL

Height5'10"

Weight186 lb

Class4

PositionPK

Jersey20

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	Western Michigan	PK4	#16064	#16075	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W16 snapshot \| Mid-American
2023	Western Michigan	PK4	#15733	#15828	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W19 snapshot \| Mid-American
2022	Western Michigan	PK4	#14877	#14988	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W20 snapshot \| Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season	Team	Conference	Pos	Class	Bio
2025	Western Michigan	Mid-American	PK	4	No. 20 \| 5-10 \| 186 lb \| Bolingbrook, IL
2024	Western Michigan	Mid-American	PK	4	No. 20 \| 5-10 \| 186 lb \| Bolingbrook, IL
2023	Western Michigan	Mid-American	PK	4	No. 20 \| 5-10 \| 186 lb \| Bolingbrook, IL
2022	Western Michigan	Mid-American	PK	4	No. 20 \| 5-10 \| 186 lb \| Bolingbrook, IL

Palmer Domschke

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Identity & Role

Recruiting Pedigree

Transfer Arc

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

The Room on Palmer Domschke

How rival fanbases talk about Palmer Domschke

Awaiting candidate metric

What we can say about this player

2025 Season · Final

OTHER season snapshot

What kind of player is this?

Traditional Stats

Advanced Metrics

Player Standing

Percentile Card

Advanced Savant

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Trophy Case · Detail

No formal honors on the ledger yet

Honors Timeline

Heisman By Year

Roster Timeline