CFB Zeitgeist QB Score
Awaiting
Cameron Ward
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
TennesseeEntering 2nd NFL season
#1Rd 1 · Pick 1
TennesseeEntering 2nd NFL season
QB · MIAMI · ACC
Cameron Ward
- 4
- #1
- 6-2 | 223 lb
- West Columbia, TX
Heisman Heat
#2
14.4% 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
14.4%
TOP QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
In contention
CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 5 · ApexR15 · POTY finalist
Position-of-the-Year finalist. Among the nation's elite at the position.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2022
Washington State · QB
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2023
Washington State · QB
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★
2024
Miami · QB
R15 · POTY finalist
Apex
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2022–2024+34%
Up 34% from first season to most-recent.
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 | 0.8659 | No. 773 recruit | HighSchool | Washington State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Incarnate Word -> Washington State | 4-star | 0.9300 | 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—
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 Washington State
Composite
0.8659
#773 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 Cameron Ward
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 Cameron Ward
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.
Scenario Explorer
Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.
Why the transfer arc matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Cameron Ward's path is unusually interesting because the candidacy survived movement. The page has 1 portal move on file, and national relevance after a change in program usually signals that role, fit, and surrounding ecosystem all amplified the player instead of merely carrying him.
2024 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB season snapshot
2024 season snapshot | final
2024 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-volume passer | Efficient | Vertical threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2024 Season · Final
2024 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
305 98th
ATT
454 98th
CMP%
67.2% 76th
Y/A
9.5 90th
Passing Production
YDS
4,313 100th
TD
39 100th
INT
7 23rd
Rushing
CAR
60 75th
YDS
204 79th
YPC
3.4 58th
TD
4 82nd
Game Log
Week-by-week box
No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.
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
2022Washington State7-6HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning
2023Washington State5-7HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning
2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced, fast tempo
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami | 305 | 454 | 67.2% | 4,313 | 9.5 | 39 | 7 | 172.2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 324 | 486 | 66.7% | 3,732 | 7.7 | 25 | 7 | 145.3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Washington State | 319 | 496 | 64.3% | 3,218 | 6.5 | 23 | 9 | 130.5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 948 | 1,436 | 66.0% | 11,263 | 7.8 | 87 | 23 | 148.7 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami | 60 | 204 | 3.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 120 | 122 | 1.0 | 8 | -- |
| 2022 | Washington State | 106 | 70 | 0.7 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 286 | 396 | 1.4 | 17 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 4,313 | #2/382 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 39 | #2/407 | 100th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 305 | #8/383 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 67.2% | #93/383 | 76th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 9.5 | #38/382 | 90th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 204 | #85/408 | 79th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.62 | #1/200 | 100th pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 480 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 54.8% | #44/428 | 90th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 454 | #11/407 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 7 | #316/407 | 23rd pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 60 | #103/408 | 75th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 24 | #145/391 | 63rd pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 4 | #74/408 | 82nd pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 3.4 | #171/407 | 58th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 91.8% | #47/428 | 89th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 73.2% | #24/428 | 95th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 68.3% | #45/428 | 90th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 55.0% | #48/428 | 89th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 49.9% | #35/428 | 92nd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 48.1% | #46/428 | 89th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 9.2% | #170/428 | 61st pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.51 | #1/140 | 100th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 38 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 3 | #213/258 | 18th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
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 splits
Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.
Advanced Savant · QB · 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.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
47.2%
496 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
65.6
16 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.1%
245 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2024
1 coach2022
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2023
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2024
Mario Cristobal
Miami
Played his entire career under Mario Cristobal.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownWest Columbia, TX
Height6'2"
Weight223 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey1
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMiami
ConferenceACC
Joined2024
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥈
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2024)
All-ACC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
3 all-conference honors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All-ACC | all_conference | Miami | ACC | QB |
| 2024 | All-ACC | all_conference | Miami | ACC | -- |
| 2024 | All-ACC | all_conference | Miami | ACC | QUAR |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami | QB4 | #2 | #2 | 14.4% | 73.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Washington State | QB4 | #44 | #84 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2022 | Washington State | QB4 | #83 | #139 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Pac-12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami | ACC | QB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 223 lb | West Columbia, TX |
| 2023 | Washington State | Pac-12 | QB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 223 lb | West Columbia, TX |
| 2022 | Washington State | Pac-12 | QB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 223 lb | West Columbia, TX |