CFB Zeitgeist Score
35
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 49th percentile.
Trey Cornist
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
469 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 104 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Central Michigan for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Central Michigan
Returning around him
- 10% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -5 net (12 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Central Michigan · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #121 · 2026 recruiting class #113
RB · CENTRAL MICHIGAN · MID-AMERICAN
Trey Cornist
- 2
- #6
- 6-0 | 215 lb
- Cincinnati, OH
Heisman Heat
#1130
<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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2024–2025+215%
Up 215% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8567 | No. 1213 recruit | HighSchool |
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 —
Composite
0.8567
#1213 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 Trey Cornist
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- National · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Trey Cornist
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 rushing totals stand
Through 13g
469Rush yards
104Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
36.1Rush yards
8Carries
0Rush TDs
Final
469Rush yards
104Carries
1Rush TDs
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Trey Cornist's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Central Michigan, 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.
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
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
104 79th
YDS
469 76th
YPC
4.5 48th
TD
1 56th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-14@ San José State | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 1 | 29 | Season-high 99 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 17-45@ Pittsburgh | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-63@ Michigan | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-10vs Wagner | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 0 | 29 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-13vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-28@ Akron | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-6@ Bowling Green | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-13vs Massachusetts | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-19vs Buffalo | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-16@ Kent State | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-21vs Toledo | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bowl | L 7-34@ Northwestern | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Total | 104 | 469 | 4.1 | 1 | 29 |
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
2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy
2025Central Michigan7-6HC: Matt Drinkall · Run-heavy, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | 104 | 469 | 4.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Tulane | 22 | 149 | 6.8 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 126 | 618 | 4.9 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Tulane | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 469 | #176/735 | 76th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #323/739 | 56th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.5 | #383/735 | 48th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.03 | #325/362 | 10th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 91 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 11.8% | #259/738 | 65th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 104 | #154/739 | 79th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 29 | #303/733 | 59th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 18.3% | #284/738 | 62nd pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 15.2% | #173/738 | 77th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 13.9% | #249/738 | 66th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 13.3% | #256/738 | 65th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.7% | #258/738 | 65th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 3.9% | #503/738 | 32nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 0.4% | #557/738 | 25th pct | Air-game usagevs 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
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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 39.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| Road8g | 33.8 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 48.9 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| Losses6g | 21.2 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 39.4 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 32.2 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
35Below cohort
Concern: rush tds (12th).
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
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_rushing0.03Below (<p25) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Trey CornistCentral MichiganRashod DubinionApp State· 71% simJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 67% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 67% sim
Carries
Rush yards
Yards / carry
Long run
Rush TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Antonio Harris’s 2025 season.
Antonio Harris
81%match
#2
Micah Ford
78%
#3
Evan Hull
NFL Rd 5
78%
#4
Reggie Love III
77%
#5
Cyrus Habibi-Likio
76%
Matches Antonio on
Yards / carry
Total rush EPA (college ability)
EPA / carry (adj)
Differs from Antonio on
Rush TD rate (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Antonio Harris's sophomore season at Purdue (2025).
Antonio Harris
82%match
#2
Cyrus Habibi-Likio
79%
#3
Makhi Frazier
79%
#4
Terrance Shelton Jr.
78%
#5
Jordan Mason
76%
Matches Antonio on
Yards / carry
Total rush EPA (college ability)
EPA / carry (adj)
Differs from Antonio on
Rush TD rate (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Drinkall
Pass share
32.2%
252 pass / 531 run
Plays / game
60.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
10.1%
188 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Jim McElwain
Central Michigan
2025era →
Matt Drinkall
Central Michigan
Coaching transition mid-career: Jim McElwain → Matt Drinkall. 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.
HometownCincinnati, OH
Height6'0"
Weight215 lb
Class2
PositionRB
Jersey6
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamCentral Michigan
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc3 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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | RB | 2 | No. 6 | 6-0 | 215 lb | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2024 | Tulane | American Athletic | RB | 2 | No. 6 | 6-0 | 215 lb | Cincinnati, OH |
| 2023 | Tulane | American Athletic | RB | 2 | No. 6 | 6-0 | 215 lb | Cincinnati, OH |