CFB Zeitgeist Score
22
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by forced fumbles at the 47th percentile.
Caleb Banks
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
6 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Minnesota2026 NFL rookie season
#18Rd 1 · Pick 18
Minnesota2026 NFL rookie season
DL · FLORIDA · SEC
Caleb Banks
- 4
- #88
- 6-6 | 330 lb
- Southfield, MI
Heisman Heat
#7717
<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 · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
2022
Louisville · DL
—
2023
Florida · DL
—
2024
Florida · DL
—
★
2025
Florida · DL
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 1, Pick 18 · #18 overall · Minnesota
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R1 · #18
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 | 0.8578 | No. 969 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisville -> Florida | 4-star | 0.9100 | Immediate |
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 —
Composite
0.8578
#969 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 1, Pick 18
#18 overall · Minnesota
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 Caleb Banks
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 Caleb Banks
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 2g
6Tackles
1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
39Tackles
6.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 6): needs 6.7/game over remaining 11.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 6): needs 8.5/game over remaining 11.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 0.5/game over remaining 11.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 0.9/game over remaining 11.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Caleb Banks is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Florida's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.0 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?
Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
6 32nd
SOLO
2 22nd
TFL
1.0 59th
SACK
0.0 65th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 13 | L 11-31vs Tennessee | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 40-21vs Florida State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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
2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning
2023Florida5-7HC: Billy Napier · Balanced
2024Florida8-5HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning
2025Florida4-8HC: Billy Napier · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Florida | 21 | 10 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida | 19 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Louisville | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 48 | 20 | 10.5 | 6.5 | 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 | 6 | #3348/4942 | 32nd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 1.0 | #2051/4972 | 59th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 2 | #3597/4584 | 22nd 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.
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 · 2 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins1g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Losses1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 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
22Below cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
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
Caleb BanksFloridaTyler MartinMassachusetts· 46% simJonJon VaughnsUCLA· 41% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 39% sim
Forced fumbles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Passes defended
Solo tackles
Tackles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Pass share
49.4%
372 pass / 381 run
Plays / game
62.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.1%
311 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Billy Napier
Florida
2023
Billy Napier
Florida
2024
Billy Napier
Florida
2025
Billy Napier
Florida
Played his entire career under Billy Napier.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSouthfield, MI
Height6'6"
Weight330 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey88
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Current teamFlorida
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-SEC
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-SEC | all_conference | Florida | SEC | DL |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida | DL4 | #7717 | #8402 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | Florida | DL4 | #11028 | #11245 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | SEC |
| 2022 | Louisville | DL4 | #9078 | #8897 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Louisville | DL4 | #11587 | #11398 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida | SEC | DL | 4 | No. 88 | 6-6 | 330 lb | Southfield, MI |
| 2024 | Florida | SEC | DL | 4 | No. 88 | 6-6 | 330 lb | Southfield, MI |
| 2023 | Florida | SEC | DL | 4 | No. 88 | 6-6 | 330 lb | Southfield, MI |
| 2022 | Louisville | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 88 | 6-6 | 330 lb | Southfield, MI |
| 2021 | Louisville | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 88 | 6-6 | 330 lb | Southfield, MI |