CFB Zeitgeist Score
69
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 86th percentile.
Brodarius Lewis
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
57 TACKLES · 0.5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Southern Miss for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Southern Miss
Returning around him
- 52% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- Transfer portal: +9 net (37 in / 28 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #83 · 2026 recruiting class #105
DT · SOUTHERN MISS · SUN BELT
Brodarius Lewis
- 4
- #36
- 6-2 | 295 lb
- Prattville, AL
Heisman Heat
#15156
<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 DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2022
Southern Miss · DT
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2023
Southern Miss · DT
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★
2025
Southern Miss · DT
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Southern Miss
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8333 | No. 87 recruit | JUCO | Southern Miss |
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—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Southern Miss
Composite
0.8333
#87 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 Brodarius Lewis
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 Brodarius Lewis
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 defensive totals stand
Through 13g
57Tackles
3Tackles for loss
0.5Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Final
57Tackles
3Tackles for loss
0.5Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Brodarius Lewis is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Southern Miss's defense, with 0.5 sacks, 3.0 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF 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?
High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
57 91st
SOLO
15 69th
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
0.5 70th
QBH
4 85th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
4 84th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34vs Mississippi State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-20vs Jackson State | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-22vs App State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-30@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-25vs Jacksonville State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-35@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 22-10@ Louisiana | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-21vs UL Monroe | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-21@ Arkansas State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-41vs Texas State | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-42@ South Alabama | 11 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 18-28vs Troy | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 16-27vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 15 | 3.0 | 0.5 | — | 4 |
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
2022Southern Miss7-6HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning
2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning
2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 57 | 15 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 31 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 9 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 97 | 28 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 57 | #449/4942 | 91st pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 3.0 | #1006/4972 | 80th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.5 | #1501/4972 | 70th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 4 | #340/2184 | 84th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 4 | #291/1878 | 85th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 15 | #1434/4584 | 69th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Losses6g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DT cohort
69Solid starter
Elite: qb hurries (87th). Strength: passes defended (85th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DT · 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.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Brodarius LewisSouthern MissAndon ThomasArmy· 78% simBryce BoettcherOregon· 77% simEli BlakeyMiami (OH)· 77% sim
QB hurries
Passes defended
Tackles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
Solo tackles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack; controls his gap and stacks blocks.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to John Taumoepeau’s 2025 season.
John Taumoepeau
92%match
#2
Mason Narcisse
91%
#3
Darius Richardson
91%
#4
Caleb Robinson
91%
#5
D'Anta Johnson
90%
Matches John on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Darius Richardson's senior season at Army (2023).
Darius Richardson
95%match
#2
Mason Narcisse
92%
#3
Austin Ertl
90%
#4
Mosiah Nasili-Kite
89%
#5
Tyler Bentley
89%
Matches Darius on
Class year
Height
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Pass share
49.9%
454 pass / 456 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.3%
315 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Will Hall
Southern Miss
2023
Will Hall
Southern Miss
2025era →
Charles Huff
Southern Miss
Coaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownPrattville, AL
Height6'2"
Weight295 lb
Class4
PositionDT
Jersey36
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Current teamSouthern Miss
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | DL |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Southern Miss | DT4 | #15156 | #15323 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Southern Miss | DT4 | #13788 | #14220 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | Southern Miss | DT4 | #9518 | #9847 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | DT | 4 | No. 36 | 6-2 | 295 lb | Prattville, AL |
| 2024 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | DT | 4 | No. 36 | 6-2 | 295 lb | Prattville, AL |
| 2023 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | DT | 4 | No. 36 | 6-2 | 295 lb | Prattville, AL |
| 2022 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | DT | 4 | No. 36 | 6-2 | 295 lb | Prattville, AL |