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Rocco Conti

RB · Air Force · Jr · #44

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

24 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 4 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Air Force for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Air Force for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Air Force

Returning around him

  • 63% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • Transfer portal: -4 net (0 in / 4 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Air Force · Last season: 4-8 · 2026 recruiting class #129

RB · AIR FORCE · MOUNTAIN WEST

Rocco Conti

  • 3
  • #44
  • 5-8 | 190 lb
  • Olmsted Falls, OH

CFB Zeitgeist Score

19

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 86th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#4121

<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 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Air Force
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class3
Jersey44
Measurements5-8 | 190 lb
HometownOlmsted Falls, OH
Primary teamAir Force

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#4121Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#4500Where 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.

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 Rocco Conti

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 Rocco Conti

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 rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 7g
24Rush yards
4Carries
0Rush TDs
Per game
3.4Rush yards
1Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
44.6Rush yards
7Carries
0Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 24): needs 121/game over remaining 6.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 24): needs 162.7/game over remaining 6.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 24): needs 246/game over remaining 6.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 1.7/game over remaining 6.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 2.5/game over remaining 6.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 3.3/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.

Rocco Conti's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Air Force, 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 #4121 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 1.5% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

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
Scrimmage yards 28 24 rush | 4 rec | #590/735 (20th pct)
Rush TD 0 4 carries | #447/739 (40th pct)
Yards/carry 6.0 Per-rush efficiency | #108/735 (85th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Efficient runner against FBS RB peers.

Efficient runner

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
4 16th
YDS
24 20th
YPC
6.0 85th
TD
0 40th

Receiving

REC
1 16th
YDS
4 8th
YPR
4.0 17th
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 4L 37-49vs Boise State144.004
Wk 5L 35-44vs Hawai'i122.002
Wk 6L 31-34@ Navy
Wk 7L 48-51@ UNLV
Wk 12L 16-26@ UConn
Wk 13L 3-20vs New Mexico155.005
Wk 14W 42-21@ Colorado State11313.0013Season-high 13 yds
Total4246.0013
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

2025Air Force4-8HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Air Force4246.00--
Career1 loaded season4246.00--
SeasonTeam
2025Air Force144.00--
Career1 loaded season144.00--
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 1 4 rec yds | #467/552 (16th pct)
Usage 1.5% 1.6% rush share | #701/738 (5th pct)
Rushing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 24 #590/735 20th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 0 #447/739 40th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 6.0 #108/735 85th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 1 #467/552 16th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 4 #505/548 8th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Role share 1.5% #701/738 5th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 13 #513/733 30th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 4 #620/739 16th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 4 #504/540 7th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 4.0 #456/548 17th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 2.6% #593/738 20th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 2.2% #681/738 8th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 1.7% #608/738 18th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 1.6% #733/738 1st pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 1.5% #451/738 39th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 1.2% #719/738 3rd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 0.9% #695/738 6th pct Middle-down loadvs 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 · 7 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home3g3.73.70.0
Road4g3.213.00.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins1g13.013.00.0
Losses6g1.83.70.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-74g1.53.00.0
Weeks 8+3g6.09.00.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

19Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (86th). Concern: carries (0th).

Yards / carry#47 / 349 · 86th pct
6.0rush
Rush TDs#326 / 349 · 3rd pct
0rush
Rec yards#332 / 338 · 2nd pct
4rece
Receptions#327 / 338 · 2nd pct
1rece
Long run#344 / 349 · 1st pct
13rush
Rush yards#350 / 349 · 0th pct
24rush
Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct
4rush

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
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 · 7 metrics
Rocco ContiAir ForceJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 43% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 40% simJeremiah CobbAuburn· 40% sim
Yards / carry
86
Conti
41
Brunson
33
Wright
71
Cobb
Rush TDs
3
Conti
50
Brunson
62
Wright
62
Cobb
Rec yards
2
Conti
3
Brunson
10
Wright
47
Cobb
Receptions
2
Conti
2
Brunson
32
Wright
45
Cobb
Long run
1
Conti
73
Brunson
49
Wright
51
Cobb
Rush yards
0
Conti
80
Brunson
84
Wright
88
Cobb
Carries
0
Conti
85
Brunson
92
Wright
88
Cobb

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

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

Troy Calhoun

Pass share

20.0%

163 pass / 650 run

Plays / game

67.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

10.6%

151 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Troy Calhoun
Air Force

Played his entire career under Troy Calhoun.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownOlmsted Falls, OH
Height5'8"
Weight190 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey44

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 Air Force RB3 #4121 #4500 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Air Force Mountain West RB 3 No. 44 | 5-8 | 190 lb | Olmsted Falls, OH
2024 Air Force Mountain West RB 3 No. 44 | 5-8 | 190 lb | Olmsted Falls, OH