CFB Zeitgeist QB Score
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Ben Wooldridge
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
QB · LOUISIANA · SUN BELT
Ben Wooldridge
- 4
- #10
- 6-3 | 216 lb
- Pleasanton, CA
Heisman Heat
#61
<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 QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 0 · Not on teamR01 · Scout team / redshirt
Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2022
Louisiana · QB
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2023
Louisiana · QB
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★
2024
Louisiana · QB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2022–2024+51%
Up 51% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Louisiana
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Fresno State -> Louisiana | 2-star | TBD |
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 Ben Wooldridge
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 Ben Wooldridge
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.
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 this is a two-channel quarterback case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The unusual part of Ben Wooldridge's case is that the production comes in two channels, not one. For Louisiana, he has 2,453 passing yards and 17 touchdown passes, but he also adds 174 rushing yards and 5 rushing scores. That kind of dual-threat load tends to create a more resilient Heisman case because the offense can tilt the game in multiple ways.
2024 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB season snapshot
2024 season snapshot | final
2024 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?
Steady volume | Efficient | Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2024 Season · Final
2024 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
192 80th
ATT
291 79th
CMP%
66.0% 70th
Y/A
8.4 82nd
Passing Production
YDS
2,453 83rd
TD
17 86th
INT
6 28th
Rushing
CAR
65 77th
YDS
174 77th
YPC
2.7 48th
TD
5 86th
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 context · Team result + system
2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced
2023Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning
2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
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| Passing | Passing yards | 2,453 | #67/382 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 17 | #57/407 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 192 | #77/383 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 66.0% | #116/383 | 70th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 8.4 | #71/382 | 82nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 174 | #94/408 | 77th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.43 | #19/200 | 91st pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 279 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 50.1% | #82/428 | 81st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 291 | #87/407 | 79th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 6 | #294/407 | 28th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 65 | #96/408 | 77th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 18 | #192/391 | 51st pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 5 | #59/408 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 2.7 | #213/407 | 48th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 89.0% | #72/428 | 83rd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 61.5% | #93/428 | 79th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 61.0% | #104/428 | 76th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 53.8% | #55/428 | 87th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 46.1% | #59/428 | 86th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 41.6% | #99/428 | 77th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 13.9% | #114/428 | 74th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.47 | #3/140 | 99th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 52 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/258 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
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 splits
Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.
Advanced Savant · QB · 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.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
Pass share
40.1%
341 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.8%
257 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2024
1 coach2022
Michael Desormeaux
Louisiana
2023
Michael Desormeaux
Louisiana
2024
Michael Desormeaux
Louisiana
Played his entire career under Michael Desormeaux.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownPleasanton, CA
Height6'3"
Weight216 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey10
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamLouisiana
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2024
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | Louisiana | Sun Belt | QB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisiana | QB4 | #61 | #73 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Louisiana | QB4 | #389 | #457 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | Louisiana | QB4 | #323 | #422 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2021 | Louisiana | QB4 | #1564 | #1242 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | QB | 4 | No. 10 | 6-3 | 216 lb | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2023 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | QB | 4 | No. 10 | 6-3 | 216 lb | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2022 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | QB | 4 | No. 10 | 6-3 | 216 lb | Pleasanton, CA |
| 2021 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | QB | 4 | No. 10 | 6-3 | 216 lb | Pleasanton, CA |