CFB Zeitgeist Score
82
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 80th percentile.
Cole Kozlowski
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
81 TACKLES · 2 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to UCF for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · UCF
Returning around him
- 31% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 1 UCF player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -4 net (31 in / 35 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UCF · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #43 · 2026 recruiting class #79
LB · UCF · BIG 12
Cole Kozlowski
- 4
- #43
- 6-2 | 230 lb
- Spring Lake, NJ
Heisman Heat
Awaiting
Not on the live Heisman board this week.
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
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TOP LB AWARD
Butkus
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
UCF
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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Colgate -> UCF | 3-star | 0.8600 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens
Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.
Heisman 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.
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 Cole Kozlowski
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 Cole Kozlowski
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 12g
81Tackles
7.5Tackles for loss
2Sacks
Per game
7Tackles
0.6Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Projected (13g)
88Tackles
8.1Tackles for loss
2.2Sacks
✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 81.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 81): needs 19/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 2): needs 4/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 2): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Cole Kozlowski is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on UCF's defense, with 2.0 sacks, 7.5 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 | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
81 97th
SOLO
49 98th
TFL
7.5 95th
SACK
2.0 90th
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
3 76th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10vs Jacksonville State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 68-7vs North Carolina A&T | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-9vs North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-34@ Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-27vs Kansas | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 11-20@ Cincinnati | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-13vs West Virginia | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 3-30@ Baylor | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-30vs Houston | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-48@ Texas Tech | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 17-14vs Oklahoma State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-41@ BYU | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 81 | 49 | 7.5 | 2.0 | — | 3 |
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
2025UCF5-7HC: Scott Frost · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UCF | 81 | 49 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 81 | 49 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
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 | 81 | #135/4942 | 97th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 7.5 | #234/4972 | 95th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 2.0 | #491/4972 | 90th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 3 | #521/2184 | 76th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 49 | #82/4584 | 98th pct | Volumevs 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 Butkus 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 7.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Losses7g | 7.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
82All-Conference
Elite: solo tackles (97th). Strength: tackles (95th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 2025
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
Cole KozlowskiUCFJordan StringerTroy· 95% simTJ DotteryOle Miss· 94% simJaden DuggerLouisiana· 94% sim
Solo tackles
Tackles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
Passes defended
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Every-Down Linebacker
Leads the team in tackles and rarely leaves the field.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Connor Shay’s 2024 season.
Connor Shay
90%match
#2
Bryce Boettcher
BurlsworthAll-Big TenNFL Rd 4
87%
#3
Tyrice Knight
NFL Rd 4
87%
#4
Jamoi Hodge
87%
#5
Nate Dyman
86%
Matches Connor on
Weight
Sack rate
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Connor Shay's senior season at Wyoming (2024).
Connor Shay
92%match
#2
Tyler Grubbs
All-AAC
89%
#3
Jordan Stringer
87%
#4
Justin Abraham
87%
#5
Corban Hondru
All-MAC
87%
Matches Connor on
PD rate
Weight
TFL rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Pass share
51.7%
403 pass / 377 run
Plays / game
65.0
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.5%
324 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Scott Frost
UCF
Played his entire career under Scott Frost.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSpring Lake, NJ
Height6'2"
Weight230 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey43
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Current teamUCF
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model. | |||||||||
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UCF | Big 12 | LB | 4 | No. 43 | 6-2 | 230 lb | Spring Lake, NJ |