CFB Zeitgeist Score
14
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 59th percentile.
Bryson Hammer
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
41 REC YDS · 3 REC · 0 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Toledo for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Toledo
Returning around him
- 68% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 2 Toledo players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -5 net (33 in / 38 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Toledo · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #75 · 2026 recruiting class #73
WR · TOLEDO · MID-AMERICAN
Bryson Hammer
- 2
- #12
- 5-11 | 180 lb
- Fremont, OH
Heisman Heat
#2939
<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 WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR03 · Backup
Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
2 seasons on the ladder
2024
Toledo · WR
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★
2025
Toledo · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Toledo
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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—
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 Bryson Hammer
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 Bryson Hammer
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 receiving totals stand
Through 13g
41Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
3.2Rec yards
0Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
41Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
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. Bryson Hammer already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR 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?
All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
3 27th
YDS
41 27th
YPR
13.7 65th
TD
0 45th
Returns
KR YDS
97 63rd
KR AVG
32.3 97th
PR YDS
362 98th
PR AVG
12.1 79th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-24@ Kentucky | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-21vs Western Kentucky | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 60-0vs Morgan State | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-14@ Western Michigan | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-3vs Akron | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-28@ Bowling Green | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-10vs Kent State | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | Season-high 21 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 7-28@ Washington State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-3vs Northern Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-3@ Miami (OH) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-9vs Ball State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 21-3@ Central Michigan | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | L 22-27@ Louisville | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 3 | 41 | 15.5 | 0 | 21 |
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
2024Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Balanced
2025Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 3 | #811/1110 | 27th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 41 | #813/1107 | 27th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #615/1111 | 45th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.7 | #389/1106 | 65th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 97 | #90/238 | 63rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 362 | #5/224 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.9% | #866/1137 | 24th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 21 | #741/1105 | 33rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 32.3 | #8/236 | 97th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 30 | #1/237 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 12.1 | #47/222 | 79th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 3 | #108/243 | 56th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 3.2% | #647/1137 | 43rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 2.9% | #739/1137 | 35th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 2.8% | #837/1137 | 26th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 2.3% | #900/1137 | 21st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 0.0% | #937/1137 | 18th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 0.0% | #1009/1137 | 11th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
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
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 0.5 | 6.8 | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | — | — | — | — |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 0.4 | 5.1 | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| Losses5g | — | — | — | — |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 0.3 | 2.9 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 0.2 | 3.5 | 21.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
14Below cohort
Concern: receptions (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 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
Bryson HammerToledoMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 43% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 39% simTrent WalkerOregon State· 37% sim
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Long catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Pass share
45.9%
397 pass / 467 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.5%
290 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Jason Candle
Toledo
2025
Jason Candle
Toledo
Played his entire career under Jason Candle.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownFremont, OH
Height5'11"
Weight180 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey12
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Current teamToledo
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-MAC
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-MAC | all_conference | Toledo | MAC | RET |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.