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Richard Reese

RB · Baylor · Sr · #29

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

CAREER COMPLETEBaylor 2024 — college career complete

RB · BAYLOR · BIG 12

Richard Reese

  • 4
  • #29
  • 5-11 | 175 lb
  • Bellville, TX

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#639

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R02 · Deep reserve

Deep reserve. In the program, working up the two-deep.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2023

2022

Baylor · RB

2023

Baylor · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2024

Baylor · RB

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2022–2024
9722022
3062023
2412024

-75%

Sharp dropoff (-75%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#709 national
CFB
College
Baylor
2022–2024
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey29
Measurements5-11 | 175 lb
HometownBellville, TX
Primary teamBaylor

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 709 recruit
Composite rating 0.8730 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2022
Origin Bellville Bellville, TX, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8730 No. 709 recruit | HighSchool

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#639Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#763Where 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 —

Composite

0.8730

#709 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 Richard Reese

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 Richard Reese

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.

Why the honors trail matters

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

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Richard Reese already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #639 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 8.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Honors spine 1 honors loaded

2024 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2024 season snapshot | final

2024 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 282 241 rush | 41 rec | #310/735 (58th pct)
Rush TD 1 58 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)
Yards/carry 4.2 Per-rush efficiency | #455/735 (38th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2024 Season · Final

2024 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
58 61st
YDS
241 58th
YPC
4.2 38th
TD
1 56th

Receiving

REC
6 47th
YDS
41 44th
YPR
6.8 48th
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 1 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 0-27@ Houston5153.006Season-high 15 yds
Total5153.006
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

2022Baylor6-7HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning
2023Baylor3-9HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced
2024Baylor8-5HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2024Baylor582414.21--
2023Baylor663064.62--
2022Baylor1989724.914--
Career3 loaded seasons3221,5194.717--
SeasonTeam
2024Baylor6416.80--
2023Baylor7243.40--
2022Baylor13896.80--
Career3 loaded seasons261545.90--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

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.

Receiving work 6 41 rec yds | #291/552 (47th pct)
Usage 8.4% 13.5% rush share | #374/738 (49th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.10 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #209/362 (43rd pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 241 #310/735 58th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #323/739 56th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.2 #455/735 38th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 6 #291/552 47th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 41 #309/548 44th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.10 #209/362 43rd pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 41 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 8.4% #374/738 49th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 58 #286/739 61st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 28 #311/733 58th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 24 #174/540 68th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 6.8 #287/548 48th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 13.5% #392/738 47th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 9.8% #352/738 52nd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 8.6% #400/738 46th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 8.6% #398/738 46th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 7.7% #310/738 58th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 5.8% #410/738 45th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 1.8% #419/738 43rd 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

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

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 1 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Road1g15.03.00.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Losses1g15.03.00.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-71g15.03.00.0

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.

Advanced Savant · RB · 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 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

Dave Aranda

Pass share

55.5%

510 pass / 409 run

Plays / game

76.6

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

5.0%

417 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach
2022
Dave Aranda
Baylor
2023
Dave Aranda
Baylor
2024
Dave Aranda
Baylor

Played his entire career under Dave Aranda.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownBellville, TX
Height5'11"
Weight175 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey29

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-Big 12

Trophy Case · Detail

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

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2023 All-Big 12 all_conference Baylor | Big 12 RB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Baylor RB4 #639 #763 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 Baylor RB4 #1258 #1682 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big 12
2022 Baylor RB4 #188 #261 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big 12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Baylor Big 12 RB 4 No. 29 | 5-11 | 175 lb | Bellville, TX
2023 Baylor Big 12 RB 4 No. 29 | 5-11 | 175 lb | Bellville, TX
2022 Baylor Big 12 RB 4 No. 29 | 5-11 | 175 lb | Bellville, TX