CFB Zeitgeist QB Score
Awaiting
Brock Purdy
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season
#262Rd 7 · Pick 41
San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season
QB · IOWA STATE · BIG 12
Brock Purdy
- 4
- #15
- 6-1 | 220 lb
- Gilbert, AZ
Heisman Heat
#59
<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
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Iowa State
NFL
NFL Draft
R7 · #262
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3-star | 0.8594 | No. 839 recruit | HighSchool | Iowa 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 · 2021 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 20Heisman 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 Iowa State
Composite
0.8594
#839 national
NFL Draft
2022 · Rd 7, Pick 41
#262 overall · San Francisco
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 Brock Purdy
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 Brock Purdy
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 the honors trail matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Brock Purdy already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2021 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB season snapshot
2021 season snapshot | final
2021 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?
High-volume passer | Highly efficient | Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2021 Season · Final
2021 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
292 97th
ATT
407 95th
CMP%
71.7% 86th
Y/A
7.8 73rd
Passing Production
YDS
3,188 94th
TD
19 89th
INT
8 17th
Rushing
CAR
85 83rd
YDS
238 81st
YPC
2.8 51st
TD
1 63rd
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
2021Iowa State7-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, fast tempo
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Iowa State | 292 | 407 | 71.7% | 3,188 | 7.8 | 19 | 8 | 149.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 292 | 407 | 71.7% | 3,188 | 7.8 | 19 | 8 | 149.0 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Iowa State | 85 | 238 | 2.8 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 85 | 238 | 2.8 | 1 | -- |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 3,188 | #25/382 | 94th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 19 | #44/407 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 292 | #14/383 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 71.7% | #56/383 | 86th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 7.8 | #103/382 | 73rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 238 | #77/408 | 81st pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.55 | #5/200 | 98th pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 364 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 56.6% | #27/428 | 94th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 407 | #22/407 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 8 | #339/407 | 17th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 85 | #72/408 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 23 | #153/391 | 61st pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 2.8 | #202/407 | 51st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #151/408 | 63rd pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 92.7% | #44/428 | 90th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 77.9% | #11/428 | 98th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 77.7% | #11/428 | 98th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 64.6% | #11/428 | 98th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 48.1% | #46/428 | 89th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 43.3% | #84/428 | 81st pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 16.9% | #85/428 | 80th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.26 | #67/140 | 53rd pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 55 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 2 | #163/258 | 37th 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 · 2021
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
Matt Campbell
Pass share
42.4%
345 pass / 469 run
Plays / game
67.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
296 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021
1 coach2021
Matt Campbell
Iowa State
Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownGilbert, AZ
Height6'1"
Weight220 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey15
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamIowa State
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2021
Career arc1 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2021)
All-Big 12
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | All-Big 12 | all_conference | Big 12 | QB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Iowa State | QB4 | #59 | #75 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Iowa State | Big 12 | QB | 4 | No. 15 | 6-1 | 220 lb | Gilbert, AZ |