CFB Zeitgeist Score
45
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 57th percentile.
Chrishon Mccray
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
330 REC YDS · 24 REC · 3 REC TD
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Michigan State
DestinationTBD
WR · MICHIGAN STATE · BIG TEN
Chrishon Mccray
- 3
- #13
- 5-10 | 171 lb
- Avon, IN
Heisman Heat
#5728
<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
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
2 seasons on the ladder
★
2023
Kent State · WR
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
Michigan State · WR
—
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025-46%
Sharp dropoff (-46%) — career inflection point.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 | 2-star | 0.7856 | No. 2186 recruit | HighSchool | Kent State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Michigan State -> -- | 2-star | Withdrawn |
| 2025 | Kent State -> Michigan State | 3-star | 0.8600 | 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 Kent State
Composite
0.7856
#2186 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 Chrishon Mccray
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 Chrishon Mccray
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
13.8
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #173 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 68th
Why it matters
#173 of 531 All FBS WRs at 13.8 yards per reception (24 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 13.8 (68th)
MODERATE · n=24 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#222 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#362 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 13 at Iowa — 75 ypr
Result L 17-20
The week the volume broke through — put up 75 yds at Iowa.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 10g
330Rec yards
24Receptions
3Rec TDs
Per game
33Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
429Rec yards
31Receptions
4Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 330): needs 123.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 330): needs 223.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 24): needs 12/game over remaining 3.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 24): needs 18.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 3): needs 1.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 3): needs 2.3/game over remaining 3.
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. Chrishon Mccray already has 2 loaded recognition items, 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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
24 68th
YDS
330 70th
YPR
13.8 66th
TD
3 82nd
Rushing
CAR
1 35th
TD
0 81st
Returns
KR YDS
30 33rd
KR AVG
15.0 26th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-6vs Western Michigan | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-40vs Boston College | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-24vs Youngstown State | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-45@ USC | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 1 | 42 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-38@ Nebraska | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-38vs UCLA | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-38@ Indiana | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-31vs Michigan | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-20@ Iowa | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 2 | 45 | Season-high 75 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 38-28vs Maryland | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 24 | 330 | 15.5 | 3 | 45 |
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
2023Kent State1-11HC: Kenni Burns · Run-leaning
2025Michigan State4-8HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan State | 24 | 330 | 13.8 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Kent State | 41 | 610 | 14.9 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 65 | 940 | 14.5 | 7 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan State | 1 | -- | 30 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Kent State | 4 | 22 | 196 | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 5 | 22 | 226 | -- | -- |
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 | 24 | #358/1110 | 68th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 330 | #331/1107 | 70th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 3 | #206/1111 | 82nd pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.8 | #375/1106 | 66th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 30 | #160/238 | 33rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 10.7% | #457/1137 | 60th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 1 | #264/407 | 35th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 45 | #344/1105 | 69th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 15.0 | #175/236 | 26th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 2 | #132/243 | 46th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 13.3% | #88/1137 | 92nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 9.5% | #264/1137 | 77th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 5.7% | #398/1137 | 65th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.0% | #522/1137 | 54th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.8% | #676/1137 | 41st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 3.5% | #630/1137 | 45th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.4% | #312/1137 | 73rd pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
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
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 25.2 | 15.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 44.8 | 15.2 | 0.8 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 1.8 | 26.0 | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| Losses6g | 2.8 | 37.7 | 15.3 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 27.5 | 18.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 41.2 | 10.8 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
45Mid-pack
Concern: rush yards (17th).
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
Chrishon MccrayMichigan StateHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 69% simAsaad WaseemFlorida Atlantic· 67% simQue'Sean BrownDuke· 66% sim
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Long catch
Rec yards
Rush TDs
Receptions
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Money Parks’s 2024 season.
Money Parks
87%match
#2
Mikel Barkley
87%
#3
Je'Quan Burton
80%
#4
Isiah Cox
79%
#5
Takye Heath
79%
Matches Money on
Total EPA (college ability)
Reception volume
TD rate
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Cary Angeline’s path through NC State.
Cary Angeline
91%match
#2
Jared Gipson
91%
#3
Antonio Nunn
All-MAC
89%
#4
Joshua Derry
88%
#5
Dillon Stoner
86%
Matches Cary on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Braeden Wisloski's junior season at James Madison (2025).
Braeden Wisloski
76%match
#2
Mikel Barkley
76%
#3
Je'Quan Burton
75%
#4
Terrell Crosby Jr.
74%
#5
Keegan Jones
73%
Matches Braeden on
EPA / play (adj)
TD rate
Yards / reception
Differs from Braeden on
Recruiting rating (lower)
Weight (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
49.7%
378 pass / 382 run
Plays / game
63.3
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
11.2%
303 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Mel Tucker
Michigan State
2025era →
Jonathan Smith
Michigan State
Coaching transition mid-career: Mel Tucker → Jonathan Smith. 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.
HometownAvon, IN
Height5'10"
Weight171 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey13
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Current teamMichigan State
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-MAC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 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-MAC | all_conference | Kent State | MAC | WR |
| 2023 | All-MAC | all_conference | Kent State | MAC | WR |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kent State | WR3 | #5728 | #6621 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2023 | Kent State | WR3 | #1517 | #2494 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2022 | Kent State | WR3 | #4897 | #5137 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mid-American |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan State | Big Ten | WR | 3 | No. 13 | 5-10 | 171 lb | Avon, IN |
| 2024 | Kent State | Mid-American | WR | 3 | No. 13 | 5-10 | 171 lb | Avon, IN |
| 2023 | Kent State | Mid-American | WR | 3 | No. 13 | 5-10 | 171 lb | Avon, IN |
| 2022 | Kent State | Mid-American | WR | 3 | No. 13 | 5-10 | 171 lb | Avon, IN |