CFB Zeitgeist Score
69
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 90th percentile.
Anthony Evans III
Filling the Shoesas of 2026-06-22
Anthony Evans III arrives at Mississippi State with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
831REC YDS67REC4REC TD
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
2026 Outlook
Returning to Mississippi State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Mississippi State
Returning around him
- 42% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 2 Mississippi State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -13 net (27 in / 40 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Mississippi State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #24 · 2026 recruiting class #28
WR · MISSISSIPPI STATE · SEC
Anthony Evans III
- 3
- #3
- 5-11 | 180 lb
- Converse, TX
Heisman Heat
#828
<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 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+2274%
Up 2274% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia -> Mississippi State | 3-star | 0.8600 | 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.
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 Anthony Evans III
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
100
Grounded Optimism
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
- National · n=3
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Anthony Evans III
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving yards (total)
831
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #55 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 90th
Why it matters
#55 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving yards — 831 yards on 67 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 831 (90th)
HIGH · n=67 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Yards per reception#265 / 531
- Receiving TDs#161 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 10 at Arkansas — 111 receiving_yards_total
Result W 38-35
The week the volume broke through — put up 111 yds at Arkansas.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
831Rec yards
67Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
69.2Rec yards
6Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
900.2Rec yards
73Receptions
4Rec TDs
✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 831.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 831): needs 169/game over remaining 1.
✓ Hit 60-catch season · finished with 67.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 67): needs 13/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 4/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 6/game over remaining 1.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Anthony Evans III's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Mississippi State, 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
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?
Target magnet | All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
67 97th
YDS
831 95th
YPR
12.4 55th
TD
4 86th
Rushing
CAR
7 84th
YDS
47 85th
YPC
6.7 73rd
TD
0 81st
Returns
KR YDS
16 20th
KR AVG
16.0 31st
PR YDS
134 82nd
PR AVG
13.4 86th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17@ Southern Miss | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-20vs Arizona State | 9 | 108 | 12.0 | 1 | 48 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-0vs Alcorn State | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-10vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | 57 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-41vs Tennessee | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 6 | L 9-31@ Texas A&M | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-23@ Florida | 11 | 107 | 9.7 | 0 | 48 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-45vs Texas | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-35@ Arkansas | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 2 | 45 | Season-high 111 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 21-41vs Georgia | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-49@ Missouri | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 0 | 38 | |
| Bowl | L 29-43vs Wake Forest | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | 39 | |
| Total | 67 | 831 | 12.9 | 4 | 57 |
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
2023Georgia13-1HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced
2024Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Pass-leaning
2025Mississippi State5-8HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 67 | 831 | 12.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia | 9 | 88 | 9.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 80 | 954 | 11.9 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 7 | 47 | 16 | 134 | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia | 3 | 50 | 124 | 129 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia | 1 | 2 | -- | 55 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 11 | 99 | 140 | 318 | -- |
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.
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| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 67 | #29/1110 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 831 | #58/1107 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #152/1111 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.4 | #504/1106 | 55th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 16 | #192/238 | 20th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 134 | #42/224 | 82nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 21.9% | #62/1137 | 95th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 47 | #62/397 | 85th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 17 | #88/346 | 75th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 7 | #65/407 | 84th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 6.7 | #108/393 | 73rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 57 | #198/1105 | 82nd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 16.0 | #164/236 | 31st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 13.4 | #33/222 | 86th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 10 | #65/237 | 73rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 1 | #169/243 | 31st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 12.7% | #104/1137 | 91st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 11.8% | #140/1137 | 88th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 10.7% | #72/1137 | 94th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 10.6% | #74/1137 | 94th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 10.0% | #65/1137 | 94th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 9.8% | #125/1137 | 89th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 1.6% | #133/1137 | 88th 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
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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.0 | 66.4 | 13.7 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 6.4 | 73.2 | 11.8 | 0.4 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 5.2 | 80.2 | 15.9 | 0.8 |
| Losses7g | 5.9 | 61.4 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 63.4 | 13.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 77.4 | 12.6 | 0.4 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
69Solid starter
Elite: receptions (94th). Strength: rec yards (89th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
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.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Anthony Evans IIIMississippi StateRyan DavisUtah· 95% simSean WilsonDelaware· 93% simChris BellLouisville· 91% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Rush yards
Rec TDs
Long catch
Yards / catch
Rush TDs
Fumbles lost
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Slot Technician
Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Parker Kingston’s 2025 season.
Parker Kingston
86%match
All-Big 12
#2
Jalon Calhoun
All-ACC
85%
#3
Kevin Coleman Jr.
82%
#4
Nikko Remigio
All-Mountain West
82%
#5
Jacob Cowing
All-Conference USANFL Rd 4
77%
Matches Parker on
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
EPA / play (adj)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ryan Davis’s path through Utah.
Ryan Davis
99%match
#2
Joshua Harris
98%
#3
Hunter Long
All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 18
98%
#4
Blair Conwright
97%
#5
Kobe Prentice
94%
Matches Ryan on
Height
Yards per reception
Weight
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Anthony Simpson's junior season at Massachusetts (2023).
Anthony Simpson
80%match
#2
Kevin Coleman Jr.
78%
#3
Jordan Faison
77%
#4
Cayden Lee
74%
#5
Jeremy Singleton
74%
Matches Anthony on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Yards / reception
Differs from Anthony on
Class year (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Pass share
41.8%
390 pass / 543 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
12.7%
308 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Greg Knox
Mississippi State
2024era →
Jeff Lebby
Mississippi State
2025
Jeff Lebby
Mississippi State
Coaching transition mid-career: Greg Knox → Jeff Lebby. 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.
HometownConverse, TX
Height5'11"
Weight180 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey3
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMississippi State
ConferenceSEC
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 | Mississippi State | SEC | WR | 3 | No. 3 | 5-11 | 180 lb | Converse, TX |
| 2024 | Georgia | SEC | WR | 3 | No. 3 | 5-11 | 180 lb | Converse, TX |
| 2023 | Georgia | SEC | WR | 3 | No. 3 | 5-11 | 180 lb | Converse, TX |