CFB Zeitgeist Score
42
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 60th percentile.
Colbie Young
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
358 REC YDS · 26 REC · 1 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Cincinnati2026 NFL rookie season
#140Rd 4 · Pick 40
Cincinnati2026 NFL rookie season
WR · GEORGIA · SEC
Colbie Young
- 4
- #8
- 6-3 | 215 lb
- Binghamton, NY
Heisman Heat
#456
<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 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
In Their Words
122 windows · 2025 fan posts
colbie×254.9flair×764.8illinois×30.6georgia×14.2
“Georgia will officially be without starting OLB Gabe Harris in the Sugar Bowl. But WR Colbie Young is probable, as is Ole Miss RB Kewan Lacy.”
bluesky_curated · fan post, verbatim
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025-5%
Down 5% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R4 · #140
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 | 3-star | 0.8417 | No. 61 recruit | JUCO | Miami |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami -> Georgia | 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 Miami
Composite
0.8417
#61 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 4, Pick 40
#140 overall · Cincinnati
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 Colbie Young
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
60
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=27
- Rivals · n=8
- National · n=18
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Colbie Young
Obsession score 5
Rival mentions 8
Weeks on radar 2
Peak moment Week 0 · 5 mentions
Grudging respect 12% Neutral 63% Mockery 25%
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 (26 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 13.8 (68th)
MODERATE · n=26 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#344 / 531
- Receiving TDs#402 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 3 at Tennessee — 73 ypr
Result W 44-41
The week the volume broke through — put up 73 yds at Tennessee.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 8g
358Rec yards
26Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
44.8Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
581.8Rec yards
42Receptions
2Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 358): needs 68.4/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 358): needs 128.4/game over remaining 5.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 26): needs 6.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 26): needs 10.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 1.4/game over remaining 5.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 1.8/game over remaining 5.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Colbie Young's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Georgia, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
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
26 70th
YDS
358 72nd
YPR
13.8 66th
TD
1 64th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-7vs Marshall | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-6vs Austin Peay | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 0 | 15 | Season-high 76 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 44-41@ Tennessee | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | 45 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24vs Alabama | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | 38 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-14vs Kentucky | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10@ Auburn | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 8 | W 43-35vs Ole Miss | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Bowl | L 34-39vs Ole Miss | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 31 | |
| Total | 26 | 358 | 15.6 | 1 | 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
2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2024Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Pass-leaning
2025Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · 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 | 26 | #335/1110 | 70th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 358 | #314/1107 | 72nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #396/1111 | 64th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 13.8 | #375/1106 | 66th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 12.5% | #342/1137 | 70th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 45 | #344/1105 | 69th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 6.6% | #338/1137 | 70th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 5.9% | #299/1137 | 74th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.6% | #362/1137 | 68th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 5.5% | #423/1137 | 63rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 4.4% | #768/1137 | 33rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 2.9% | #830/1137 | 27th pct | Money-down loadvs 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.
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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 38.7 | 15.5 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 4.0 | 63.0 | 15.8 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 3.2 | 46.2 | 17.1 | 0.0 |
| Losses2g | 3.5 | 40.5 | 11.1 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 46.0 | 12.7 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 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
42Mid-pack
Concern: rec tds (23rd).
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
Colbie YoungGeorgiaKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 66% simTrent WalkerOregon State· 65% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 65% sim
Yards / catch
Long catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Rec TDs
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 Austin Watkins’s 2020 season.
Austin Watkins
83%match
#2
Justin Marshall
86%
#3
Jahmal Edrine
81%
#4
Isaiah Washington
81%
#5
Landon Parker
80%
Matches Austin on
Reception volume
Yards / reception
Weight
Differs from Austin on
Class year (higher)
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Dazz Newsome’s path through North Carolina.
Dazz Newsome
98%match
NFL Rd 6
#2
DeVontres Dukes
98%
#3
Jalen McDonald
95%
#4
Kobe Clark
95%
#5
Jarrod Barnes
94%
Matches Dazz on
Yards per reception
Recruiting rating
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Bru McCoy's senior season at Tennessee (2024).
Bru McCoy
80%match
#2
Jahmal Edrine
78%
#3
Dominick Mazotti
78%
#4
Corey Dyches
All-Big Ten
77%
#5
Boobie Curry
76%
Matches Bru on
TD rate
Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Bru on
Reception volume (lower)
Weight (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Pass share
42.5%
417 pass / 565 run
Plays / game
70.1
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.2%
290 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Kirby Smart
Georgia
2023
Kirby Smart
Georgia
2024
Kirby Smart
Georgia
2025
Kirby Smart
Georgia
Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownBinghamton, NY
Height6'3"
Weight215 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey8
No fields populated yet.
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Current teamGeorgia
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc4 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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.