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Anthony Frias II

RB · UCLA · Sr · #22

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

183 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 24 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to UCLA for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to UCLA for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · UCLA

Returning around him

  • 22% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +12 net (41 in / 29 out)

2026 Award watch

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

UCLA · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #26 · 2026 recruiting class #46

RB · UCLA · BIG TEN

Anthony Frias II

  • 4
  • #22
  • 5-10 | 225 lb
  • Turlock, CA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

41

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 99th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1358

<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

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

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2022–2025
2.02022
42.02023
47.02024
1832025

+9050%

Up 9050% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
2 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey22
Measurements5-10 | 225 lb
HometownTurlock, CA
Primary teamUCLA

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
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.

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#1358Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1900Where 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.

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 Anthony Frias II

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 Anthony Frias II

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 rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 11g
183Rush yards
24Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
16.6Rush yards
2Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
216.3Rush yards
28Carries
1Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 183): needs 283.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 183): needs 408.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 183): needs 658.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 4.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 7/game over remaining 2.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 9.5/game over remaining 2.

Why this is more than a rushing profile

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

Anthony Frias II is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 183 rushing yards, 13 catches, and 179 return yards for UCLA. That kind of all-purpose footprint gives the card a much richer story than a basic carry total.

Current place #1358 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 7.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

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
Scrimmage yards 261 183 rush | 78 rec | #355/735 (52nd pct)
Rush TD 1 24 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)
Yards/carry 7.6 Per-rush efficiency | #37/735 (95th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Efficient runner | Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.

Efficient runnerPassing-game back

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
24 43rd
YDS
183 52nd
YPC
7.6 95th
TD
1 56th

Receiving

REC
13 71st
YDS
78 62nd
YPR
6.0 38th
TD
1 89th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 2L 23-30@ UNLV
Wk 3L 10-35vs New Mexico
Wk 5L 14-17@ Northwestern
Wk 6W 42-37vs Penn State
Wk 7W 38-13@ Michigan State7375.3018
Wk 8W 20-17vs Maryland49724.3155Season-high 97 yds
Wk 9L 6-56@ Indiana6315.2012
Wk 11L 21-28vs Nebraska
Wk 12L 10-48@ Ohio State252.503
Wk 13L 14-48vs Washington252.505
Wk 14L 10-29@ USC382.706
Total241837.1155
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

2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning
2023Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning
2024UCLA5-7HC: Deshaun Foster · Balanced, slow tempo
2025UCLA3-9HC: Deshaun Foster · Balanced, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2025UCLA241837.61--
2024UCLA15473.10--
2023Kansas State13423.20--
2022Kansas State122.00--
Career4 loaded seasons532745.21--
SeasonTeam
2025UCLA13786.01--
2024UCLA2189.00--
2023Kansas State252.50--
2022Kansas State----------
Career4 loaded seasons171015.91--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

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.

Receiving work 13 78 rec yds | #160/552 (71st pct)
Usage 7.9% 10.3% rush share | #388/738 (48th pct)
Rushing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 183 #355/735 52nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #323/739 56th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 7.6 #37/735 95th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 13 #160/552 71st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 78 #208/548 62nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Role share 7.9% #388/738 48th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 55 #132/733 82nd pct Metricvs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 24 #420/739 43rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 22 #198/540 64th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 6.0 #340/548 38th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #60/552 89th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Returns Kick return yards 179 #39/200 81st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Returns Kick return avg 17.9 #112/199 44th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Returns Kick returns 10 #31/206 85th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 10.3% #483/738 35th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 9.6% #367/738 50th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 8.5% #404/738 45th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 7.8% #432/738 42nd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 6.6% #376/738 49th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 6.2% #389/738 47th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 6.2% #111/738 85th 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

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

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home5g20.413.40.2
Road6g13.53.90.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins3g44.714.80.3
Losses8g6.13.20.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-75g7.45.30.0
Weeks 8+6g24.37.40.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

41Mid-pack
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (98th). Concern: carries (0th).

Yards / carry#6 / 349 · 99th pct
7.6rush
Long run#120 / 349 · 66th pct
55rush
Receptions#150 / 338 · 54th pct
13rece
Rec yards#187 / 338 · 45th pct
78rece
Rush TDs#284 / 349 · 13th pct
1rush
Rush yards#332 / 349 · 5th pct
183rush
Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct
24rush

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
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 · 7 metrics
Anthony Frias IIUCLAJevon JacksonUAB· 50% simJeremiah CobbAuburn· 49% simKamari MoultonIowa· 48% sim
Yards / carry
99
II
68
Jackson
71
Cobb
62
Moulton
Long run
66
II
70
Jackson
51
Cobb
33
Moulton
Receptions
54
II
75
Jackson
45
Cobb
63
Moulton
Rec yards
45
II
61
Jackson
47
Cobb
53
Moulton
Rush TDs
13
II
62
Jackson
62
Cobb
62
Moulton
Rush yards
5
II
85
Jackson
88
Cobb
84
Moulton
Carries
0
II
85
Jackson
88
Cobb
86
Moulton

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

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

Deshaun Foster

Pass share

48.9%

358 pass / 374 run

Plays / game

61.0

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.3%

280 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Chip Kelly
UCLA
2023
Chip Kelly
UCLA
2024
Deshaun Foster
UCLA
era →
2025
Deshaun Foster
UCLA

Coaching transition mid-career: Chip Kelly → Deshaun Foster. 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.

HometownTurlock, CA
Height5'10"
Weight225 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey22

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 UCLA RB4 #1358 #1900 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 Kansas State RB4 #1515 #1257 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big 12
2022 Kansas State RB4 #1713 #1246 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big 12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 UCLA Big Ten RB 4 No. 22 | 5-10 | 225 lb | Turlock, CA
2024 UCLA Big Ten RB 4 No. 22 | 5-10 | 225 lb | Turlock, CA
2023 Kansas State Big 12 RB 4 No. 22 | 5-10 | 225 lb | Turlock, CA
2022 Kansas State Big 12 RB 4 No. 22 | 5-10 | 225 lb | Turlock, CA