CFB Zeitgeist Score
52
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 58th percentile.
Brock Townsend
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
418 RUSH YDS · 4 RUSH TD · 82 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Central Michigan for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Central Michigan
Returning around him
- 10% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -5 net (12 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Central Michigan · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #121 · 2026 recruiting class #113
RB · CENTRAL MICHIGAN · MID-AMERICAN
Brock Townsend
- 1
- #22
- 6-0 | 220 lb
- Caledonia, MI
Heisman Heat
#4279
<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 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Central Michigan
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-star | 0.8330 | No. 2020 recruit | HighSchool | Central Michigan |
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 Central Michigan
Composite
0.8330
#2020 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 Brock Townsend
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- National · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Brock Townsend
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
418Rush yards
82Carries
4Rush TDs
Per game
34.8Rush yards
7Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
452.8Rush yards
89Carries
4Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 418): needs 332/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 418): needs 582/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 418): needs 1,082/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.
Brock Townsend's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Central Michigan, 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?
Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
82 72nd
YDS
418 73rd
YPC
5.1 65th
TD
4 79th
Receiving
REC
13 71st
YDS
145 82nd
YPR
11.2 85th
TD
4 100th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 17-45@ Pittsburgh | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-63@ Michigan | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-10vs Wagner | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-13vs Eastern Michigan | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-28@ Akron | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 0 | 46 | Season-high 108 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 27-6@ Bowling Green | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 0 | 37 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-13vs Massachusetts | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 2 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Western Michigan | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-19vs Buffalo | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-16@ Kent State | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-21vs Toledo | 14 | 68 | 4.9 | 0 | 12 | |
| Bowl | L 7-34@ Northwestern | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 82 | 418 | 4.7 | 4 | 46 |
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
2025Central Michigan7-6HC: Matt Drinkall · Run-heavy, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | 82 | 418 | 5.1 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 82 | 418 | 5.1 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | 13 | 145 | 11.2 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 13 | 145 | 11.2 | 4 | -- |
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 | 418 | #200/735 | 73rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 4 | #154/739 | 79th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.1 | #257/735 | 65th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 13 | #160/552 | 71st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 145 | #97/548 | 82nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.09 | #226/362 | 38th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 75 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 11.7% | #263/738 | 64th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 82 | #205/739 | 72nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 46 | #191/733 | 74th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 51 | #45/540 | 92nd pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 11.2 | #85/548 | 85th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #2/552 | 100th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 19 | #153/200 | 24th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 9.5 | #173/199 | 14th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick returns | 2 | #109/206 | 48th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 16.0% | #326/738 | 56th 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 | 13.2% | #261/738 | 65th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 11.2% | #298/738 | 60th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.9% | #206/738 | 72nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.7% | #258/738 | 65th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.9% | #165/738 | 78th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 36.8 | 4.9 | 0.4 |
| Road7g | 33.4 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 30.7 | 5.2 | 0.7 |
| Losses6g | 39.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 35.2 | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 34.5 | 4.6 | 0.7 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
52Mid-pack
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
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
Brock TownsendCentral MichiganKamari MoultonIowa· 74% simJevon JacksonUAB· 73% simRashod DubinionApp State· 73% sim
Rec yards
Yards / carry
Receptions
Long run
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Carries
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 Adam Mohammed’s 2025 season.
Adam Mohammed
76%match
#2
Brandon Ramirez
74%
#3
Jaylon Armstead
70%
#4
Demon June
72%
#5
Owen Burk
67%
Matches Adam on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Yards / carry
Weight
Differs from Adam on
Yards / reception (higher)
Class year (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kadarius Calloway’s path through New Mexico State.
Kadarius Calloway
100%match
#2
Demetric Felton
NFL Rd 6
92%
#3
Caleb Huntley
All-MAC
91%
#4
Oscar Adaway III
91%
#5
CJ Marable
90%
Matches Kadarius on
Height
Weight
Yards per carry
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Adam Mohammed's sophomore season at Washington (2025).
Adam Mohammed
78%match
#2
Daelen Alexander
72%
#3
Jayden Scott
73%
#4
Quinn Henicle
66%
#5
Brandon Tullis
69%
Matches Adam on
Yards / carry
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Weight
Differs from Adam on
Class year (lower)
Yards / reception (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Drinkall
Pass share
32.2%
252 pass / 531 run
Plays / game
60.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
10.1%
188 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Matt Drinkall
Central Michigan
Played his entire career under Matt Drinkall.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownCaledonia, MI
Height6'0"
Weight220 lb
Class1
PositionRB
Jersey22
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No fields populated yet.
Current teamCentral Michigan
ConferenceMid-American
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 | Central Michigan | RB1 | #4279 | #4421 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mid-American |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | RB | 1 | No. 22 | 6-0 | 220 lb | Caledonia, MI |
| 2024 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | RB | 1 | No. 22 | 6-0 | 220 lb | Caledonia, MI |