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Heisman / Players / Aron Cruickshank /Rutgers

Aron Cruickshank

WR · Rutgers · Sr · #1

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSRutgers 2022 alumnus

WR · RUTGERS · BIG TEN

Aron Cruickshank

  • 4
  • #1
  • 5-10 | 170 lb
  • Brooklyn, NY

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#1410

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2022
2442021
3852022

+58%

Up 58% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#509 national
CFB
College
Rutgers
2021–2022
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey1
Measurements5-10 | 170 lb
HometownBrooklyn, NY
Primary teamRutgers

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 509 recruit
Composite rating 0.8784 HighSchool
Signed with Wisconsin 2018
Origin Erasmus Hall Brooklyn, NY, USA
Class Profile Context
2018 3-star | 0.8784 No. 509 recruit | HighSchool | Wisconsin

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 · 2022 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 20
Current nowcast#1410Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2118Where 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 Wisconsin

Composite

0.8784

#509 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 Aron Cruickshank

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 Aron Cruickshank

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.

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 the profile pops beyond receiving

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

The most interesting thing about Aron Cruickshank is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.

Current place #1410 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 7.8% Overall usage share
Profile quirk All-purpose load 413 return yds

2022 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2022 season snapshot | final

2022 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 42 2 rec TD | #175/1110 (84th pct)
Receiving yards 385 9.2 per catch | #296/1107 (73rd pct)
Scrimmage yards 500 Total offensive yardage | #296/1107 (73rd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.

All-purpose weapon

2022 Season · Final

2022 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
42 84th
YDS
385 73rd
YPR
9.2 26th
TD
2 75th

Rushing

CAR
11 90th
YDS
115 95th
YPC
10.5 88th
TD
1 96th

Returns

KR YDS
370 88th
KR AVG
19.5 53rd
PR YDS
43 47th
PR AVG
3.9 20th

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 rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Rutgers5-7HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning
2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2022Rutgers423859.22--
2021Rutgers2024412.22--
Career2 loaded seasons6262910.14--
SeasonTeam
2022Rutgers1111537043--
2021Rutgers6303161531
Career2 loaded seasons171456861961
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

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.

Usage 7.8% 13.2% pass-game share | #311/1137 (73rd pct)
Return yards 413 0 return TD | #30/238 (88th pct)
Touchdowns 3 Across offense and returns | #281/1111 (75th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 42 #175/1110 84th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 385 #296/1107 73rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #281/1111 75th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 9.2 #817/1106 26th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 370 #30/238 88th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return yards 43 #119/224 47th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 13.2% #311/1137 73rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 115 #20/397 95th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 42 #19/346 95th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 11 #43/407 90th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 10.5 #50/393 88th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 1 #19/411 96th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 40 #450/1105 59th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 19.5 #112/236 53rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 19 #10/243 96th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt returns 11 #62/237 74th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return avg 3.9 #178/222 20th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 8.7% #142/1137 88th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 8.7% #117/1137 90th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 7.8% #227/1137 80th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 7.7% #243/1137 79th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 6.5% #504/1137 56th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 5.5% #652/1137 43rd pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 3.0% #56/1137 95th 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

StatusAwaiting 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.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2022

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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
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

Greg Schiano

Pass share

45.1%

378 pass / 460 run

Plays / game

69.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

11.1%

359 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2022

1 coach
2021
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
2022
Greg Schiano
Rutgers

Played his entire career under Greg Schiano.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownBrooklyn, NY
Height5'10"
Weight170 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey1

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
2022 Rutgers WR4 #1410 #2118 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten
2021 Rutgers WR4 #801 #872 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2022 Rutgers Big Ten WR 4 No. 1 | 5-10 | 170 lb | Brooklyn, NY
2021 Rutgers Big Ten WR 4 No. 1 | 5-10 | 170 lb | Brooklyn, NY