CFB Zeitgeist WR Score
Awaiting
Tar'Varish Dawson Jr.
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
2026 Outlook
Returning to Florida International for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Florida International
Returning around him
- 42% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: -5 net (16 in / 21 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Florida International · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #98 · 2026 recruiting class #90
WR · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL · CONFERENCE USA
Tar'Varish Dawson Jr.
- 4
- #2
- 5-10 | 160 lb
- Fort Myers, FL
Heisman Heat
#4637
<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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 0 · Not on teamR01 · Scout team / redshirt
Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2023+313%
Up 313% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4-star | 0.8959 | No. 351 recruit | HighSchool | Auburn |
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 Auburn
Composite
0.8959
#351 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 Tar'Varish Dawson Jr.
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 Tar'Varish Dawson Jr.
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 2g
0Rec yards
0Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
0Rec yards
0Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
0Rec yards
0Receptions
0Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 0): needs 63.6/game over remaining 11.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 0): needs 90.9/game over remaining 11.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 0): needs 5.5/game over remaining 11.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 0): needs 7.3/game over remaining 11.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 0.7/game over remaining 11.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 0.9/game over remaining 11.
What we can say about this player
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Tar'Varish Dawson Jr.'s page is mostly roster and pedigree right now — there isn't measurable current-season production on file for Florida International yet. As box scores and snaps land, the on-field story fills in here.
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.
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 0-34@ Penn State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-45vs Kennesaw State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | — | — | — | — | — |
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
2022Auburn5-7HC: Cadillac Williams · Run-heavy
2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning
2025Florida International7-6HC: Willie Simmons · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado | 14 | 124 | 8.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Auburn | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 16 | 154 | 9.6 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado | 1 | 8 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Auburn | 2 | 10 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 3 | 18 | -- | -- | -- |
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The stat explorer fills in once this player has measured season-level metrics on the board. | |||||
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 · 2 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | — | — | — | — |
| Road1g | — | — | — | — |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Losses2g | — | — | — | — |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | — | — | — | — |
| Weeks 8+1g | — | — | — | — |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
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.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Simmons
Pass share
47.3%
428 pass / 476 run
Plays / game
69.5
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.9%
290 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Mike MacIntyre
Florida International
2023
Mike MacIntyre
Florida International
2025era →
Willie Simmons
Florida International
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike MacIntyre → Willie Simmons. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownFort Myers, FL
Height5'10"
Weight160 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey2
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamFlorida International
ConferenceConference USA
Joined2025
Career arc4 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 | Jacksonville State | WR4 | #4637 | #5013 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Conference USA |
| 2023 | Colorado | WR4 | #1992 | #2518 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2022 | Auburn | WR4 | #2368 | #2651 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida International | Conference USA | WR | 4 | No. 2 | 5-10 | 160 lb | Fort Myers, FL |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | WR | 4 | No. 2 | 5-10 | 160 lb | Fort Myers, FL |
| 2023 | Colorado | Pac-12 | WR | 4 | No. 2 | 5-10 | 160 lb | Fort Myers, FL |
| 2022 | Auburn | SEC | WR | 4 | No. 2 | 5-10 | 160 lb | Fort Myers, FL |