CFB Zeitgeist Score
35
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 50th percentile.
Brandon Tullis
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
297 RUSH YDS · 4 RUSH TD · 68 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Michigan State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Michigan State
Returning around him
- 69% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 2 Michigan State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -18 net (28 in / 46 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Michigan State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #38 · 2026 recruiting class #57
RB · MICHIGAN STATE · BIG TEN
Brandon Tullis
- 2
- #7
- 6-1 | 227 lb
- Dallas, TX
Heisman Heat
#2627
<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 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Michigan State
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-star | 0.8500 | No. 1565 recruit | HighSchool | Michigan State |
Transfer Arc
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. | ||
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.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Michigan State
Composite
0.8500
#1565 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
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 Brandon Tullis
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 Brandon Tullis
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the rushing totals stand
Through 12g
297Rush yards
68Carries
4Rush TDs
Per game
24.8Rush yards
6Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
321.8Rush yards
74Carries
4Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 297): needs 453/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 297): needs 703/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 297): needs 1,203/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 6/game over remaining 1.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 11/game over remaining 1.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 16/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.
Brandon Tullis's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Michigan 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
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
68 66th
YDS
297 64th
YPC
4.4 44th
TD
4 79th
Receiving
REC
11 65th
YDS
82 64th
YPR
7.5 58th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-6vs Western Michigan | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-40vs Boston College | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-24vs Youngstown State | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-45@ USC | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-38@ Nebraska | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-38vs UCLA | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-38@ Indiana | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-31vs Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-23@ Minnesota | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-28vs Penn State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-20@ Iowa | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 0 | 35 | Season-high 56 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 38-28vs Maryland | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | 19 | |
| Total | 68 | 297 | 4.0 | 4 | 35 |
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
2025Michigan State4-8HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan State | 68 | 297 | 4.4 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 68 | 297 | 4.4 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan State | 11 | 82 | 7.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 11 | 82 | 7.5 | 0 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 297 | #262/735 | 64th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 4 | #154/739 | 79th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.4 | #409/735 | 44th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 11 | #195/552 | 65th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 82 | #201/548 | 64th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.09 | #226/362 | 38th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 60 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 11.3% | #274/738 | 63rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 68 | #249/739 | 66th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 35 | #273/733 | 63rd pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 24 | #174/540 | 68th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 7.5 | #232/548 | 58th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 20.4% | #255/738 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 13.9% | #249/738 | 66th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 12.8% | #272/738 | 63rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 12.5% | #251/738 | 66th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.0% | #297/738 | 60th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 5.6% | #417/738 | 44th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 3.6% | #258/738 | 65th 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
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
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 24.4 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 25.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 39.5 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
| Losses8g | 17.4 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 22.2 | 3.9 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 27.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
35Mid-pack
Concern: rush yards (24th).
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
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_rushing0.09Low (p25–p50) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Brandon TullisMichigan StateTae MeadowsTroy· 70% simSire GainesBoise State· 65% simKamari MoultonIowa· 65% sim
Rush TDs
Rec yards
Receptions
Long run
Yards / carry
Carries
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Workhorse
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Chaton Mobley’s 2020 season.
Chaton Mobley
83%match
#2
Dylan Downing
74%
#3
Sam Scott
72%
#4
Markese Stepp
72%
#5
Christopher Brown Jr.
67%
Matches Chaton on
Yards / carry
Receiving share
Weight
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Chaton Mobley’s path through Middle Tennessee.
Chaton Mobley
96%match
#2
Larry Rountree III
All-SECNFL Rd 6
93%
#3
Gerrid Doaks
All-AACNFL Rd 7
92%
#4
Ricky Person Jr.
91%
#5
Andrew Body
90%
Matches Chaton on
Height
Yards per carry
Weight
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Christopher Brown Jr.'s sophomore season at California (2021).
Christopher Brown Jr.
69%match
#2
Chaton Mobley
69%
#3
Chauncey Bowens
69%
#4
Brock Townsend
69%
#5
Adam Mohammed
68%
Matches Christopher on
Yards / reception
Yards / carry
Weight
Differs from Christopher on
Class year (lower)
Rush TD rate (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
49.7%
378 pass / 382 run
Plays / game
63.3
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
11.2%
303 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Jonathan Smith
Michigan State
Played his entire career under Jonathan Smith.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownDallas, TX
Height6'1"
Weight227 lb
Class2
PositionRB
Jersey7
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMichigan State
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc2 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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Michigan State | RB2 | #2627 | #2679 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan State | Big Ten | RB | 2 | No. 7 | 6-1 | 227 lb | Dallas, TX |
| 2024 | Michigan State | Big Ten | RB | 2 | No. 7 | 6-1 | 227 lb | Dallas, TX |