CFB Zeitgeist Score
66
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 91st percentile.
D-Icey Hopkins
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
51 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Liberty
2025Georgia State
2026Liberty
S · GEORGIA STATE · SUN BELT
D-Icey Hopkins
- 3
- #4
- 5-11 | 187 lb
- Macon, GA
Heisman Heat
#14931
<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 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Georgia State
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.7978 | No. 2131 recruit | HighSchool | Georgia State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Georgia State -> Liberty | 3-star | 0.8500 | 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 Georgia State
Composite
0.7978
#2131 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-Icey Hopkins
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-Icey Hopkins
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
51Tackles
3Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
55Tackles
3.2Tackles for loss
1.1Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 51): needs 29/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 51): needs 49/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 5/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 9/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.
D-Icey Hopkins is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Georgia State's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 3.0 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?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
51 88th
SOLO
34 92nd
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
1.0 82nd
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
5 90th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-63@ Ole Miss | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-38vs Memphis | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-21vs Murray State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-70@ Vanderbilt | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-14vs James Madison | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-41vs App State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-41@ Georgia Southern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-38vs South Alabama | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-40@ Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 18-30vs Marshall | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-31@ Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-27@ Old Dominion | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 51 | 34 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 5 |
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
2025Georgia State1-11HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia State | 51 | 34 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 51 | 34 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
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 | 51 | #579/4942 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 3.0 | #1006/4972 | 80th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 5 | #218/2184 | 90th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 34 | #386/4584 | 92nd 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins1g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Losses11g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
66Solid starter
Elite: passes defended (90th). Strength: solo tackles (86th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · S · 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
D-Icey HopkinsGeorgia StateDevin LafayetteTroy· 90% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 89% simBrevin HamblinUtah State· 89% sim
Passes defended
Solo tackles
Tackles
Sacks
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to AJ Watts’s 2024 season.
AJ Watts
90%match
#2
Millard Bradford
90%
#3
AJ Watts
90%
#4
Bo Mascoe
90%
#5
Juan Powell
89%
Matches AJ on
PD rate
Weight
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Bo Mascoe's sophomore season at Rutgers (2024).
Bo Mascoe
90%match
#2
Devin Lemear
88%
#3
Jordyn Morgan
85%
#4
Malkelm Morrison
84%
#5
Jake Moertl
83%
Matches Bo on
Class year
Height
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Pass share
56.5%
472 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
69.6
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.6%
373 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Dell McGee
Georgia State
Played his entire career under Dell McGee.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMacon, GA
Height5'11"
Weight187 lb
Class3
PositionS
Jersey4
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamGeorgia State
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia State | S3 | #14931 | #15054 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Georgia State | S3 | #14915 | #14852 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | Georgia State | S3 | #13547 | #13422 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | S | 3 | No. 4 | 5-11 | 187 lb | Macon, GA |
| 2024 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | S | 3 | No. 4 | 5-11 | 187 lb | Macon, GA |
| 2023 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | S | 3 | No. 4 | 5-11 | 187 lb | Macon, GA |
| 2022 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | S | 3 | No. 4 | 5-11 | 187 lb | Macon, GA |