CFB Zeitgeist Score
59
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 95th percentile.
Byron Turner Jr.
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
14 TACKLES · 4.5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Tulsa for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Tulsa
Returning around him
- 99% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: -1 net (21 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Tulsa · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #85 · 2026 recruiting class #109
DL · TULSA · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
Byron Turner Jr.
- 4
- #54
- 6-4 | 255 lb
- Port Sulphur, LA
Heisman Heat
#13432
<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 1 · 2-deepR03 · Backup
Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8893 | No. 406 recruit | HighSchool | Florida 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 Florida State
Composite
0.8893
#406 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 Byron Turner Jr.
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 Byron Turner Jr.
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 9g
14Tackles
6.5Tackles for loss
4.5Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.7Tackles for loss
0.5Sacks
Projected (13g)
20Tackles
9.4Tackles for loss
6.5Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 14): needs 16.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 14): needs 21.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 4.5): needs 0.4/game over remaining 4.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 4.5): needs 1.4/game over remaining 4.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Byron Turner Jr. is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Tulsa's defense, with 4.5 sacks, 6.5 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 against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
14 50th
SOLO
9 54th
TFL
6.5 93rd
SACK
4.5 97th
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
1 43rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Abilene Christian | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 14-21@ New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-42vs Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 19-12@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-31vs Tulane | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-45@ Memphis | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-41@ East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-40@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-14vs Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 9 | 6.5 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
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
2022Florida State10-3HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning
2023Florida State13-1HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced
2025Tulsa4-8HC: Tre Lamb · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tulsa | 14 | 9 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida State | 24 | 12 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 42 | 22 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
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 | 14 | #2476/4942 | 50th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 6.5 | #340/4972 | 93rd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 4.5 | #136/4972 | 97th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 1 | #1241/2184 | 43rd pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 9 | #2127/4584 | 54th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 1 | #103/736 | 86th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
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
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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Losses6g | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort
59Solid starter
Elite: sacks (94th). Strength: tackles for loss (87th). Concern: tackles (15th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DL · 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
Byron Turner Jr.TulsaKhalil MurdockBuffalo· 58% simJohnny Chaney Jr.Florida International· 58% simBryun ParhamUConn· 58% sim
Sacks
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Passes defended
Forced fumbles
Solo tackles
Tackles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The 3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Khordae Sydnor’s 2024 season.
Khordae Sydnor
85%match
#2
Aidan Hubbard
66%
#3
Nate Matlack
65%
#4
RJ Oben
64%
#5
Eli Hall
64%
Matches Khordae on
TFL rate
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Khalid Duke's senior season at Kansas State (2023).
Khalid Duke
80%match
#2
RJ Oben
70%
#3
Aidan Hubbard
64%
#4
David Bailey
Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 2
61%
#5
Nadame Tucker
All-MAC
59%
Matches Khalid on
Class year
Height
Sack rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tre Lamb
Pass share
45.9%
407 pass / 480 run
Plays / game
73.9
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.2%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
3 coaches2022
Philip Montgomery
Tulsa
2023era →
Kevin Wilson
Tulsa
2025era →
Tre Lamb
Tulsa
Played under 3 different head coaches: Philip Montgomery, Kevin Wilson, and Tre Lamb. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownPort Sulphur, LA
Height6'4"
Weight255 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey54
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamTulsa
ConferenceAmerican Athletic
Joined2025
Career arc5 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 | Florida State | DL4 | #13432 | #13624 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Florida State | DL4 | #2165 | #2088 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Florida State | DL4 | #8531 | #8036 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Florida State | DL4 | #11837 | #11917 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tulsa | American Athletic | DL | 4 | No. 54 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Port Sulphur, LA |
| 2024 | Florida State | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 54 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Port Sulphur, LA |
| 2023 | Florida State | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 54 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Port Sulphur, LA |
| 2022 | Florida State | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 54 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Port Sulphur, LA |
| 2021 | Florida State | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 54 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Port Sulphur, LA |