CFB Zeitgeist Score
78
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 93rd percentile.
D'Arco Perkins-McAllister
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
34 TACKLES · 4 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to UL Monroe for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · UL Monroe
Returning around him
- 78% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +3 net (20 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UL Monroe · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #124 · 2026 recruiting class #115
DB · UL MONROE · SUN BELT
D'Arco Perkins-McAllister
- 4
- #4
- 6-1 | 195 lb
- Nashville, TN
Heisman Heat
#15364
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
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 | 4-star | 0.8956 | No. 354 recruit | HighSchool | TCU |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2023 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 19Heisman 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 TCU
Composite
0.8956
#354 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 D'Arco Perkins-McAllister
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 D'Arco Perkins-McAllister
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 10g
34Tackles
4Tackles for loss
4Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0.4Sacks
Projected (13g)
44Tackles
5.2Tackles for loss
5.2Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 34): needs 15.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 34): needs 22/game over remaining 3.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 4): needs 0.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 4): needs 2/game over remaining 3.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
D'Arco Perkins-McAllister is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on UL Monroe's defense, with 4.0 sacks, 4.0 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 | Coverage splash against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
34 77th
SOLO
27 86th
TFL
4.0 85th
SACK
4.0 97th
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
7 96th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-0vs St. Francis (PA) | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 0-73@ Alabama | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-25@ UTEP | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-16vs Arkansas State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-42@ Northwestern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 8-23@ Coastal Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-37vs Troy | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-49@ Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-26vs South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-31@ Texas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 27 | 4.0 | 4.0 | — | 7 |
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
2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy
2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning
2025UL Monroe3-9HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-leaning, slow tempo
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 | 34 | #1138/4942 | 77th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 4.0 | #738/4972 | 85th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 4.0 | #169/4972 | 97th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 7 | #85/2184 | 96th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 27 | #649/4584 | 86th 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 Thorpe 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 · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 5.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Losses7g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort
78All-Conference
Elite: passes defended (96th). Strength: sacks (93rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DB · 2023
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
D'Arco Perkins-McAllisterUL MonroeJordan StringerTroy· 79% simMarsel McDuffieUNLV· 78% simGavin MoulDelaware· 78% sim
Passes defended
Sacks
Solo tackles
Tackles for loss
Tackles
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to AJ King’s 2021 season.
AJ King
88%match
#2
Tavin Ward
87%
#3
Marquise Robinson
86%
#4
Corey Thornton
85%
#5
Quinn Whitlock
84%
Matches AJ on
Tackle volume
Height
PD rate
Differs from AJ on
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Cam Allen's senior season at Purdue (2023).
Cam Allen
92%match
#2
Ricky Johnson
91%
#3
Damel Hickman
85%
#4
Al Blades Jr.
84%
#5
Justin Harris
84%
Matches Cam on
Class year
Height
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryant Vincent
Pass share
41.4%
302 pass / 428 run
Plays / game
60.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.3%
241 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Terry Bowden
UL Monroe
2022
Terry Bowden
UL Monroe
2025era →
Bryant Vincent
UL Monroe
Coaching transition mid-career: Terry Bowden → Bryant Vincent. 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.
HometownNashville, TN
Height6'1"
Weight195 lb
Class4
PositionDB
Jersey4
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamUL Monroe
ConferenceSun Belt
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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | New Mexico | DB4 | #15364 | #15462 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2022 | TCU | DB4 | #5978 | #5857 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2021 | TCU | DB4 | #13245 | #13193 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | DB | 4 | No. 4 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Nashville, TN |
| 2023 | New Mexico | Mountain West | DB | 4 | No. 4 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Nashville, TN |
| 2022 | TCU | Big 12 | DB | 4 | No. 4 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Nashville, TN |
| 2021 | TCU | Big 12 | DB | 4 | No. 4 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Nashville, TN |