CFB Zeitgeist Score
50
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by tackles for loss at the 63rd percentile.
Sirad Bryant
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
37 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to UAB for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · UAB
Returning around him
- 73% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +5 net (38 in / 33 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UAB · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #103 · 2026 recruiting class #125
S · UAB · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
Sirad Bryant
- 4
- #1
- 6-2 | 210 lb
- Cordele, GA
Heisman Heat
#13237
<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
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 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 | 3-star | 0.8741 | No. 600 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UAB -> -- | 3-star | Withdrawn |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech -> UAB | 3-star | 0.8600 | Immediate |
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 —
Composite
0.8741
#600 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 Sirad Bryant
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 Sirad Bryant
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
37Tackles
3Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.3Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
44Tackles
3.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 37): needs 21.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 37): needs 31.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 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.
Sirad Bryant is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on UAB's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 3.0 tackles for loss, and -- 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?
High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
37 80th
SOLO
24 83rd
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-42vs Alabama State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 24-38@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-28vs Akron | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-56@ Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 33-53@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-38@ UConn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-24@ Rice | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-53vs North Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 18-48vs South Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-24@ Tulsa | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 24 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
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
2021Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning
2022Georgia Tech5-7HC: Brent Key · Balanced
2023Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning
2024UAB3-9HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced
2025UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UAB | 37 | 24 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | UAB | 59 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 loaded seasons | 110 | 65 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
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 | 37 | #1007/4942 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 3.0 | #1006/4972 | 80th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 24 | #790/4584 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Losses7g | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
50Mid-pack
Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · S · 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
Sirad BryantUABTyler MartinMassachusetts· 85% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 80% simRobert FitzgeraldNorthwestern· 75% sim
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Tackles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tyler Owens’s 2023 season.
Tyler Owens
90%match
#2
Cecil Singleton
88%
#3
Nate Thompson
87%
#4
L.J. Wallace
86%
#5
Tyree Skipper
All-Sun Belt
85%
Matches Tyler on
Tackle volume
PD rate
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tyquan King's graduate season at UConn (2025).
Tyquan King
89%match
All-AAC
#2
Chase Smith
88%
#3
Mitch Leigber
87%
#4
Jalen Stroman
86%
#5
Hunter Barth
85%
Matches Tyquan on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Trent Dilfer
Pass share
53.0%
438 pass / 389 run
Plays / game
68.9
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.5%
352 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coaches2021
Bill Clark
UAB
2022era →
Bryant Vincent
UAB
2023era →
Trent Dilfer
UAB
2024
Trent Dilfer
UAB
2025
Trent Dilfer
UAB
Played under 3 different head coaches: Bill Clark, Bryant Vincent, and Trent Dilfer. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownCordele, GA
Height6'2"
Weight210 lb
Class4
PositionS
Jersey1
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamUAB
ConferenceAmerican Athletic
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 | UAB | S4 | #13237 | #13621 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | S4 | #12914 | #12894 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | S4 | #11843 | #11808 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | S4 | #12866 | #12745 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UAB | American Athletic | S | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 210 lb | Cordele, GA |
| 2024 | UAB | American Athletic | S | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 210 lb | Cordele, GA |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | ACC | S | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 210 lb | Cordele, GA |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | ACC | S | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 210 lb | Cordele, GA |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | ACC | S | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 210 lb | Cordele, GA |