CFB Zeitgeist P Score
Awaiting
Cole Maynard
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Western Kentucky for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Punter · Western Kentucky
Returning around him
- 33% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: -3 net (19 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Western Kentucky · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #100 · 2026 recruiting class #96
P · WESTERN KENTUCKY · CONFERENCE USA
Cole Maynard
- 4
- #18
- 6-1 | 180 lb
- Mooresville, NC
Heisman Heat
#15895
<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 P AWARD
Ray Guy
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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 · Season-by-season Standing
4 seasons on the ladder
2021
North Carolina · P
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2022
North Carolina · P
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2023
North Carolina · P
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★
2025
Western Kentucky · P
R13 · Consensus All-American
Elite
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | North Carolina -> -- | 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.
Achievements
- Honors Badge 0.7% Honors Badge Recognized on a major honors list (Heisman, All-American, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Nagurski, Biletnikoff). Held by 0.7% of the 2025 pool. Recognized on: All-America (AFCA).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
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 Maynard
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 Maynard
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 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. Cole Maynard already has 5 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
OTHER 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?
This player profile will sharpen as more advanced context is loaded.
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-24vs Sam Houston | 5 | 250 | 50.0 | 71 | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | W 55-6vs North Alabama | 3 | 161 | 53.7 | 55 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-45@ Toledo | 5 | 260 | 52.0 | 61 | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-16vs Nevada | 4 | 192 | 48.0 | 52 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-22@ Missouri State | 5 | 255 | 51.0 | 56 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24@ Delaware | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 52 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-25vs Florida International | 5 | 242 | 48.4 | 51 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-27@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-16vs New Mexico State | 4 | 177 | 44.3 | 50 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-26vs Middle Tennessee | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 51 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-13@ LSU | 7 | 351 | 50.1 | 60 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 34-37@ Jacksonville State | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 56 | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 27-16@ Southern Miss | 6 | 274 | 45.7 | 56 | 3 | |
| Total | 57 | 2756 | 48.2 | 71 | 15 |
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
2021North Carolina6-6HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning
2022North Carolina9-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced
2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced
2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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 | Solo tackles | 1 | #63/282 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS peers |
| Defense | Total tackles | 1 | #109/388 | 72nd pct | Volumevs FBS peers |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #15/390 | 96th pct | Disruptionvs FBS peers |
| Defense | TFL | 0.0 | #20/390 | 95th pct | Disruptionvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting YDS | 2,756 | #19/179 | 90th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting LONG | 71 | #6/179 | 97th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting NO | 57 | #33/179 | 82nd pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting YPP | 48 | #6/179 | 97th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting IN 20 | 15 | #69/166 | 59th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
| Punting | Punting TB | 5 | #19/142 | 87th pct | Metricvs FBS peers |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
CONSENSUS AA
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
CONSENSUS AA · Rung 13 of 16
Why he’s here
Consensus All-American — 1st team on at least three of the five NCAA selectors.
What moves him up
Sweep the remaining selectors for Unanimous status.
What moves him down
Fall below three selectors and this returns to plain All-American.
Accolade streams
All-America statusCONSENSUS
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
AP1st
FWAA1st
AFCA1st
WCFF1st
SN1st
SI1st
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
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| Home6g | — | — | — | — |
| Road7g | — | — | — | — |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | — | — | — | — |
| Losses4g | — | — | — | — |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | — | — | — | — |
| Weeks 8+6g | — | — | — | — |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Advanced Savant · P · 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
Tyson Helton
Pass share
54.9%
492 pass / 404 run
Plays / game
68.9
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.5%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021
Tyson Helton
Western Kentucky
2022
Tyson Helton
Western Kentucky
2023
Tyson Helton
Western Kentucky
2025
Tyson Helton
Western Kentucky
Played his entire career under Tyson Helton.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMooresville, NC
Height6'1"
Weight180 lb
Class4
PositionP
Jersey18
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamWestern Kentucky
ConferenceConference USA
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🏆
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2025)
3 first-team selectors
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Conference USA
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
4 All-America selections
National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.
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 |
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| 2025 | All-Conference USA | all_conference | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | P |
| 2025 | All-America (CBS) | all_america | CBS | P |
| 2025 | All-America (AP) | all_america | AP | P |
| 2025 | All-America (AFCA) | all_america | AFCA | P |
| 2025 | All-America (Consensus) | all_america | Western Kentucky | Consensus | -- |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Western Kentucky | P4 | #15895 | #15798 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Conference USA |
| 2023 | North Carolina | P4 | #15527 | #15200 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | North Carolina | P4 | #14981 | #14744 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | North Carolina | P4 | #14549 | #14334 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | P | 4 | No. 18 | 6-1 | 180 lb | Mooresville, NC |
| 2024 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | P | 4 | No. 18 | 6-1 | 180 lb | Mooresville, NC |
| 2023 | North Carolina | ACC | P | 4 | No. 18 | 6-1 | 180 lb | Mooresville, NC |
| 2022 | North Carolina | ACC | P | 4 | No. 18 | 6-1 | 180 lb | Mooresville, NC |
| 2021 | North Carolina | ACC | P | 4 | No. 18 | 6-1 | 180 lb | Mooresville, NC |