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Heisman / Players / Trey Palmer /Nebraska

Trey Palmer

WR · Nebraska · Jr · #3

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

NOW IN NFLTampa Bay — drafted 2023, Rd 6, Pick 14, #191 overall

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 4th NFL season

#191Rd 6 · Pick 14
Tampa BayEntering 4th NFL season

WR · NEBRASKA · BIG TEN

Trey Palmer

  • 3
  • #3
  • 6-1 | 190 lb
  • Kentwood, LA

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#422

<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 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

2 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2022

2021

LSU · WR

2022

Nebraska · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

NFL Draft 2023 · Rd 6, Pick 14 · #191 overall · Tampa Bay

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2022
3442021
1,0432022

+203%

Up 203% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#112 national
CFB
College
Nebraska
2021–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
R6 &middot; #191
Tampa Bay &middot; 2023

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey3
Measurements6-1 | 190 lb
HometownKentwood, LA
Primary teamNebraska

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 112 recruit
Composite rating 0.9499 HighSchool
Signed with LSU 2019
Origin Kentwood Kentwood, LA, USA
Class Profile Context
2019 4-star | 0.9499 No. 112 recruit | HighSchool | LSU

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Nebraska 2022
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 16, 2021
Season Move Context
2022 LSU -> Nebraska 3-star | 0.8900 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2022 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 20
Current nowcast#422Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#675Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman 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 LSU

Composite

0.9499

#112 national

NFL Draft

2023 · Rd 6, Pick 14

#191 overall · Tampa Bay

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

PENDING

The 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 Palmer

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 Trey Palmer

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Trey Palmer already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #422 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 5.8% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 112 recruit

2022 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2022 season snapshot | final

2022 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 71 9 rec TD | #19/1110 (98th pct)
Receiving yards 1,043 14.7 per catch | #15/1107 (99th pct)
Scrimmage yards 1,118 Total offensive yardage | #15/1107 (99th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.

Target magnet

2022 Season · Final

2022 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
71 98th
YDS
1,043 99th
YPR
14.7 74th
TD
9 99th

Rushing

CAR
5 78th
YDS
75 91st
YPC
15.0 95th
TD
0 81st

Returns

KR YDS
45 45th
KR AVG
22.5 74th
PR YDS
36 46th
PR AVG
9.0 61st

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021LSU3-9HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning
2022Nebraska4-8HC: Mickey Joseph · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2022Nebraska711,04314.79--
2021Nebraska3034411.53--
Career2 loaded seasons1011,38713.712--
SeasonTeam
2022Nebraska5754536--
2021Nebraska2--142117--
Career2 loaded seasons775187153--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

Usage 5.8% 10.0% pass-game share | #486/1137 (57th pct)
Return yards 81 0 return TD | #132/238 (45th pct)
Touchdowns 9 Across offense and returns | #17/1111 (99th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 71 #19/1110 98th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 1,043 #15/1107 99th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 9 #17/1111 99th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 14.7 #285/1106 74th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 45 #132/238 45th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return yards 36 #122/224 46th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 10.0% #486/1137 57th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 75 #37/397 91st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 60 #8/346 98th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 15.0 #19/393 95th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 5 #90/407 78th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 87 #10/1105 99th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 22.5 #63/236 74th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Punt return avg 9.0 #87/222 61st pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Punt returns 4 #129/237 46th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 2 #132/243 46th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 7.6% #259/1137 77th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 6.2% #310/1137 73rd pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 5.8% #390/1137 66th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 5.8% #306/1137 73rd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 5.7% #626/1137 45th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.6% #852/1137 25th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.6% #259/1137 77th 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2022

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

Pass share

46.4%

378 pass / 437 run

Plays / game

62.7

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.5%

315 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2022

2 coaches
2021
Scott Frost
Nebraska
2022
Mickey Joseph
Nebraska
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Mickey Joseph. 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.

HometownKentwood, LA
Height6'1"
Weight190 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey3

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2022)

All-Big Ten

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

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
2022 All-Big Ten all_conference Nebraska | Big Ten WR

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2022 Nebraska WR3 #422 #675 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten
2021 Nebraska WR3 #949 #1089 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2022 Nebraska Big Ten WR 3 No. 3 | 6-1 | 190 lb | Kentwood, LA
2021 Nebraska Big Ten WR 3 No. 3 | 6-1 | 190 lb | Kentwood, LA
2021 LSU SEC WR 3 No. 3 | 6-1 | 190 lb | Kentwood, LA