CFB Zeitgeist QB Score
Awaiting
Will Howard
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
PittsburghEntering 2nd NFL season
#185Rd 6 · Pick 9
PittsburghEntering 2nd NFL season
QB · OHIO STATE · BIG TEN
Will Howard
- 4
- #18
- 6-4 | 237 lb
- Downingtown, PA
Heisman Heat
#302
<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 QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR11 · National watch / fringe AA
National watch / fringe All-America. Knocking on the All-America door.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2021
Kansas State · QB
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2022
Kansas State · QB
R08 · Watch-list name
Recognized
★
2023
Kansas State · QB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2025 · Rd 6, Pick 9 · #185 overall · Pittsburgh
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2021–2023+696%
Up 696% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Kansas State
NFL
NFL Draft
R6 · #185
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8622 | No. 882 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kansas State -> Ohio State | 4-star | 0.9200 | 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
0.8622
#882 national
NFL Draft
2025 · Rd 6, Pick 9
#185 overall · Pittsburgh
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 Will Howard
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 Will Howard
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.
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 this is a two-channel quarterback case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The unusual part of Will Howard's case is that the production comes in two channels, not one. For Ohio State, he has 2,643 passing yards and 24 touchdown passes, but he also adds 364 rushing yards and 9 rushing scores. That kind of dual-threat load tends to create a more resilient Heisman case because the offense can tilt the game in multiple ways.
2023 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB season snapshot
2023 season snapshot | final
2023 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 passer | Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2023 Season · Final
2023 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
219 87th
ATT
358 88th
CMP%
61.2% 49th
Y/A
7.4 64th
Passing Production
YDS
2,643 86th
TD
24 94th
INT
10 8th
Rushing
CAR
80 80th
YDS
364 88th
YPC
4.6 72nd
TD
9 95th
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 context · Team result + system
2021Kansas State7-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning
2023Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kansas State | 219 | 358 | 61.2% | 2,643 | 7.4 | 24 | 10 | 139.7 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 119 | 198 | 60.1% | 1,633 | 8.2 | 15 | 4 | 150.3 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Kansas State | 30 | 55 | 54.5% | 332 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 107.6 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 368 | 611 | 60.2% | 4,608 | 7.5 | 40 | 15 | 140.3 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kansas State | 80 | 364 | 4.5 | 9 | -- |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 35 | 22 | 0.6 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Kansas State | 32 | 184 | 5.8 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 147 | 570 | 3.9 | 16 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 2,643 | #56/382 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 24 | #24/407 | 94th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 219 | #52/383 | 87th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 61.2% | #195/383 | 49th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 7.4 | #140/382 | 64th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 364 | #52/408 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 32.1% | #173/428 | 60th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 358 | #50/407 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 10 | #377/407 | 8th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 80 | #82/408 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 70 | #11/391 | 97th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 9 | #23/408 | 95th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.6 | #115/407 | 72nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 65.8% | #153/428 | 64th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 48.1% | #157/428 | 64th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 47.5% | #153/428 | 64th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 30.4% | #178/428 | 59th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 27.5% | #171/428 | 60th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 27.5% | #171/428 | 60th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 15.0% | #102/428 | 76th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #69/258 | 74th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
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 splits
Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.
Advanced Savant · QB · 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
Ryan Day
Pass share
47.0%
408 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
62.1
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.9%
267 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
1 coach2021
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2022
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2023
Ryan Day
Ohio State
Played his entire career under Ryan Day.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownDowningtown, PA
Height6'4"
Weight237 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey18
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamOhio State
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2024
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥈
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2024)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
3 all-conference honors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Ohio State | Big Ten | QB |
| 2024 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Big Ten | -- |
| 2023 | All-Big 12 | all_conference | Kansas State | Big 12 | QB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ohio State | QB4 | #302 | #153 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2023 | Kansas State | QB4 | #24 | #31 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2022 | Kansas State | QB4 | #22 | #20 | 1.2% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2021 | Kansas State | QB4 | #496 | #444 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ohio State | Big Ten | QB | 4 | No. 18 | 6-4 | 237 lb | Downingtown, PA |
| 2023 | Kansas State | Big 12 | QB | 4 | No. 18 | 6-4 | 237 lb | Downingtown, PA |
| 2022 | Kansas State | Big 12 | QB | 4 | No. 18 | 6-4 | 237 lb | Downingtown, PA |
| 2021 | Kansas State | Big 12 | QB | 4 | No. 18 | 6-4 | 237 lb | Downingtown, PA |