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Amontrae Bradford

DL · Georgia Tech · So · #98

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

19 TACKLES · 2.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Georgia Tech for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Georgia Tech for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Georgia Tech

Returning around him

  • 81% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • 2 Georgia Tech players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -1 net (19 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Georgia Tech · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #39 · 2026 recruiting class #21

DL · GEORGIA TECH · ACC

Amontrae Bradford

  • 2
  • #98
  • 6-5 | 245 lb
  • Statesboro, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

64

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 85th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#11652

<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 DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#675 national
CFB
College
Georgia Tech
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionDL
Class2
Jersey98
Measurements6-5 | 245 lb
HometownStatesboro, GA
Primary teamGeorgia Tech

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 675 recruit
Composite rating 0.8789 HighSchool
Signed with Georgia Tech 2024
Origin Statesboro Statesboro, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2024 3-star | 0.8789 No. 675 recruit | HighSchool | Georgia Tech

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
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 16
Current nowcast#11652Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11656Where 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 Georgia Tech

Composite

0.8789

#675 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

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 Amontrae Bradford

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 Amontrae Bradford

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.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 9g
19Tackles
5.5Tackles for loss
2.5Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.6Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Projected (13g)
27Tackles
7.9Tackles for loss
3.6Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 19): needs 15.2/game over remaining 4.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 19): needs 20.2/game over remaining 4.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 2.5): needs 0.9/game over remaining 4.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 2.5): needs 1.9/game over remaining 4.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Amontrae Bradford is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Georgia Tech's defense, with 2.5 sacks, 5.5 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.

Current place #11652 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 2.5 sacks | 5.5 TFL

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
Total tackles 19 9 solo | #2072/4942 (58th pct)
TFL 5.5 Backfield disruption | #477/4972 (90th pct)
Sacks 2.5 Pass-rush finish | #393/4972 (92nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defender

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
19 58th
SOLO
9 54th
TFL
5.5 90th
SACK
2.5 92nd
QBH
3 75th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
1 43rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 2W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb432.02.00Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 4W 45-24vs Temple200.00.00
Wk 5W 30-29@ Wake Forest432.00.00
Wk 7W 35-20vs Virginia Tech211.00.00
Wk 8W 27-18@ Duke100.50.50
Wk 9W 41-16vs Syracuse200.00.00
Wk 10L 36-48@ NC State200.00.00
Wk 14L 9-16vs Georgia000.00.01
BowlL 21-25@ BYU220.00.00
Total1995.52.51
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

2025Georgia Tech9-4HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Georgia Tech1995.52.51----
Career1 loaded season1995.52.51----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 1 Coverage disruption | #1241/2184 (43rd pct)
QB pressures 3 Quarterback hurries | #462/1878 (75th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 19 #2072/4942 58th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 5.5 #477/4972 90th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 2.5 #393/4972 92nd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 1 #1241/2184 43rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 3 #462/1878 75th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 9 #2127/4584 54th 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Lombardi 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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g2.00.60.40.2
Road4g2.20.60.10.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins6g2.50.90.40.0
Losses3g1.30.00.00.3

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-75g2.81.00.40.0
Weeks 8+4g1.20.10.10.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort

64Solid starter
6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (85th). Strength: tackles for loss (82nd). Concern: solo tackles (25th).

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct
2.5defe
Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct
5.5defe
QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct
3defe
Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct
1defe
Tackles#2072 / 2975 · 29th pct
19defe
Solo tackles#2127 / 2975 · 26th pct
9defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DL · 2024

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 · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 6 metrics
Amontrae BradfordGeorgia TechTreylin PayneTexas State· 59% simRay ConeyTulsa· 59% simMaverick BaranowskiMinnesota· 59% sim
Sacks
85
Bradford
80
Payne
80
Coney
89
Baranowski
Tackles for loss
83
Bradford
87
Payne
90
Coney
95
Baranowski
QB hurries
82
Bradford
82
Payne
88
Coney
82
Baranowski
Passes defended
48
Bradford
67
Payne
67
Coney
48
Baranowski
Tackles
29
Bradford
98
Payne
100
Coney
98
Baranowski
Solo tackles
26
Bradford
95
Payne
93
Coney
98
Baranowski

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The 3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Anas Luqman’s 2025 season.

Anas Luqman

81%match

Ohio · 2025

#2

Logan Hall

Houston · 2021

All-AACNFL Rd 2 · Pk 1
78%
#3

Boubacar Traore

Notre Dame · 2025

77%
#4

Gabe Kirschke

Wake Forest · 2025

77%
#5

Dominique Robinson

Miami (OH) · 2021

All-MACNFL Rd 5
77%

Matches Anas on

Weight
Sack rate
TFL rate

Differs from Anas on

Class year (lower)
Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kayvon Thibodeaux's sophomore season at Oregon (2021).

Kayvon Thibodeaux

80%match

Oregon · 2021

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 5
#2

Yhonzae Pierre

Alabama · 2025

78%
#3

Kameryn Fountain

USC · 2025

77%
#4

Carson Wells

Colorado · 2021

76%
#5

Jordan Allen

Kansas State · 2025

75%

Matches Kayvon on

Class year
Height
Weight

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

Pass share

46.1%

391 pass / 457 run

Plays / game

65.2

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

5.0%

221 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Brent Key
Georgia Tech

Played his entire career under Brent Key.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownStatesboro, GA
Height6'5"
Weight245 lb
Class2
PositionDL
Jersey98

Trophy Case · Detail

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

Honors

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 Georgia Tech DL2 #11652 #11656 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Georgia Tech ACC DL 2 No. 98 | 6-5 | 245 lb | Statesboro, GA
2024 Georgia Tech ACC DL 2 No. 98 | 6-5 | 245 lb | Statesboro, GA