CFB Zeitgeist Score
71
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 90th percentile.
Silas Walters
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
71 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Miami (OH) for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Miami (OH)
Returning around him
- 48% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 1 Miami (OH) player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (16 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Miami (OH) · Last season: 7-7 · Talent rank #87 · 2026 recruiting class #83
DB · MIAMI (OH) · MID-AMERICAN
Silas Walters
- 4
- #29
- 6-1 | 198 lb
- West Chester, OH
Heisman Heat
#12276
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
2 seasons on the ladder
2023
Miami (OH) · DB
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★
2025
Miami (OH) · DB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Miami (OH)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
| 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—
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 Silas Walters
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 Silas Walters
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 defensive totals stand
Through 11g
71Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
84Tackles
3.0Tackles for loss
1.2Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 71): needs 4.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 71): needs 14.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 4.5/game over remaining 2.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Silas Walters is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Miami (OH)'s defense, with 1.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 3 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF 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?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
71 95th
SOLO
33 91st
TFL
2.5 75th
SACK
1.0 82nd
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
7 96th
INT
3 94th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-17@ Wisconsin | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 17-45@ Rutgers | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-41vs UNLV | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-0vs Lindenwood | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 25-14@ Northern Illinois | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-7@ Akron | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-30vs Eastern Michigan | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-24vs Toledo | 9 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-20@ Buffalo | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 13-23@ Western Michigan | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 3-18@ Fresno State | 12 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 33 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 7 |
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
2023Miami (OH)11-3HC: Chuck Martin · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2025Miami (OH)7-7HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami (OH) | 71 | 33 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | 34 | 14 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 105 | 47 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 9 | 3 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 71 | #253/4942 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 2.5 | #1236/4972 | 75th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 3 | #56/869 | 94th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 7 | #85/2184 | 96th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 33 | #417/4584 | 91st pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 4 | #484/578 | 16th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 1.3 | #538/578 | 7th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Thorpe 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road7g | 6.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Losses6g | 8.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort
71Solid starter
Elite: passes defended (96th). Strength: tackles (91st). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DB · 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
Silas WaltersMiami (OH)Dalton JohnsonArizona· 94% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 92% simAhmaad MosesSMU· 86% sim
Passes defended
Tackles
Interceptions
Solo tackles
Sacks
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Peter Manuma’s 2025 season.
Peter Manuma
79%match
#2
Cameron Smith
78%
#3
Malik Spencer
75%
#4
Wydett Williams
78%
#5
Jakobe Thomas
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 34
75%
Matches Peter on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Differs from Peter on
Height (higher)
Weight (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Damari Roberson's junior season at Western Michigan (2023).
Damari Roberson
91%match
#2
Kitan Oladapo
NFL Rd 5
84%
#3
Decamerion Richardson
NFL Rd 4
81%
#4
Plae Wyatt
79%
#5
Jaydon Grant
80%
Matches Damari on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chuck Martin
Pass share
43.4%
367 pass / 478 run
Plays / game
60.4
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.3%
290 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Chuck Martin
Miami (OH)
2025
Chuck Martin
Miami (OH)
Played his entire career under Chuck Martin.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownWest Chester, OH
Height6'1"
Weight198 lb
Class4
PositionDB
Jersey29
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Current teamMiami (OH)
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-MAC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-MAC | all_conference | Miami | MAC | DB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | DB4 | #12276 | #12389 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | DB4 | #9018 | #8823 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | DB4 | #12933 | #12843 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mid-American |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | DB | 4 | No. 29 | 6-1 | 198 lb | West Chester, OH |
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | DB | 4 | No. 29 | 6-1 | 198 lb | West Chester, OH |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | DB | 4 | No. 29 | 6-1 | 198 lb | West Chester, OH |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | DB | 4 | No. 29 | 6-1 | 198 lb | West Chester, OH |