CFB Zeitgeist Score
41
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 99th percentile.
Anthony Frias II
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
183 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 24 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to UCLA for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · UCLA
Returning around him
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
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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterPart-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2022–2025Up 9050% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
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. | ||
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
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.
Selector Grid · 2025
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.
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 reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the rushing totals stand
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.
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.
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
2025 season snapshot | final
30-second read
Efficient runner | Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
Receiving
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 23-30@ UNLV | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-35vs New Mexico | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-17@ Northwestern | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-37vs Penn State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-13@ Michigan State | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs Maryland | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 1 | 55 | Season-high 97 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 6-56@ Indiana | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-28vs Nebraska | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-48@ Ohio State | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-48vs Washington | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-29@ USC | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 24 | 183 | 7.1 | 1 | 55 |
Traditional history
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UCLA | 24 | 183 | 7.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | UCLA | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 53 | 274 | 5.2 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UCLA | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | UCLA | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Kansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 17 | 101 | 5.9 | 1 | -- |
Advanced metrics second
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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.
| 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 |
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
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
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 vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 20.4 | 13.4 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 13.5 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 44.7 | 14.8 | 0.3 |
| Losses8g | 6.1 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 7.4 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 24.3 | 7.4 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Elite: yards / carry (98th). Concern: carries (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2024
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
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 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chip Kelly → Deshaun Foster. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
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Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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.
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. | ||||
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 |
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 |