CFB Zeitgeist Score
12
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 85th percentile.
Sam Jackson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
86 REC YDS · 10 REC · 0 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Oklahoma State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Oklahoma State
Returning around him
- 44% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: -10 net (55 in / 65 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Oklahoma State · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #49 · 2026 recruiting class #53
WR · OKLAHOMA STATE · BIG 12
Sam Jackson
- 4
- #18
- 5-10 | 195 lb
- Chicago, IL
Heisman Heat
#1547
<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 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025+37%
Up 37% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
4 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4-star | 0.8929 | No. 374 recruit | HighSchool | TCU |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| 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 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 TCU
Composite
0.8929
#374 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 Sam Jackson
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 Sam Jackson
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 receiving totals stand
Through 11g
86Rec yards
10Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
7.8Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
101.6Rec yards
12Receptions
0Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 86): needs 307/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 86): needs 457/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 10): needs 25/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 10): needs 35/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 4/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 5/game over remaining 2.
Why the profile pops beyond receiving
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about Sam Jackson is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.
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
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
10 48th
YDS
86 40th
YPR
8.6 21st
TD
0 45th
Rushing
CAR
32 98th
YDS
-3 12th
YPC
-0.1 18th
TD
1 96th
Returns
KR YDS
67 53rd
KR AVG
13.4 19th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-7vs UT Martin | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-69@ Oregon | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | L 12-19vs Tulsa | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-45vs Baylor | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ Arizona | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-39vs Houston | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-49vs Cincinnati | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-42@ Texas Tech | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-38@ Kansas | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 26 | Season-high 34 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 6-14vs Kansas State | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-17@ UCF | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 10 | 86 | 8.8 | 0 | 26 |
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
2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy
2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning
2023California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Run-leaning
2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced
2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 86 | 8.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Auburn | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | TCU | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | TCU | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 loaded seasons | 12 | 149 | 12.4 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | 32 | -3 | 67 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Auburn | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | California | 26 | 59 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | TCU | 9 | 64 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | TCU | 6 | 15 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 loaded seasons | 75 | 135 | 67 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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.
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| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 10 | #578/1110 | 48th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 86 | #662/1107 | 40th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #615/1111 | 45th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 8.6 | #875/1106 | 21st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 67 | #113/238 | 53rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.7% | #888/1137 | 22nd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 32 | #9/407 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 12 | #144/346 | 59th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #19/411 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | -0.1 | #325/393 | 18th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | -3 | #350/397 | 12th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 26 | #650/1105 | 41st pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 13.4 | #193/236 | 19th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 5 | #86/243 | 65th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 3.6% | #858/1137 | 25th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 3.5% | #774/1137 | 32nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 2.6% | #851/1137 | 25th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 2.4% | #884/1137 | 22nd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 1.6% | #938/1137 | 18th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 1.6% | #982/1137 | 14th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #131/302 | 57th 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
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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 0.6 | 8.6 | 13.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins1g | 2.0 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Losses10g | 0.8 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 0.8 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.0 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
12Below cohort
Elite: rush tds (85th). Concern: receptions (0th).
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
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
Sam JacksonOklahoma StateMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 54% simChauncy CobbArkansas State· 46% simAsaad WaseemFlorida Atlantic· 45% sim
Rush TDs
Fumbles lost
Rush yards
Long catch
Rec TDs
Yards / catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Gundy
Pass share
47.5%
365 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
64.0
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.9%
223 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State
2022
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State
2023
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State
2024
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State
2025
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State
Played his entire career under Mike Gundy.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownChicago, IL
Height5'10"
Weight195 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey18
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamOklahoma State
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc5 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 | Auburn | WR4 | #1547 | #2052 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | California | WR4 | #3665 | #3713 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2022 | TCU | WR4 | #1529 | #1099 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2021 | TCU | WR4 | #3182 | #3244 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 18 | 5-10 | 195 lb | Chicago, IL |
| 2024 | Auburn | SEC | WR | 4 | No. 18 | 5-10 | 195 lb | Chicago, IL |
| 2023 | California | Pac-12 | WR | 4 | No. 18 | 5-10 | 195 lb | Chicago, IL |
| 2022 | TCU | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 18 | 5-10 | 195 lb | Chicago, IL |
| 2021 | TCU | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 18 | 5-10 | 195 lb | Chicago, IL |