CFB Zeitgeist Score
61
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 78th percentile.
Darrell Gill Jr.
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
506 REC YDS · 32 REC · 5 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Ole Miss
2025Syracuse
2026Ole Miss
WR · SYRACUSE · ACC
Darrell Gill Jr.
- 3
- #15
- 6-3 | 190 lb
- Atascocita, TX
Heisman Heat
#468
<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
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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
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+743%
Up 743% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Syracuse
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Syracuse -> Ole Miss | 4-star | 0.9400 | 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.
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 Darrell Gill Jr.
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Darrell Gill Jr.
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
15.8
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #75 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 86th
Why it matters
#75 of 531 All FBS WRs at 15.8 yards per reception (32 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 15.8 (86th)
HIGH · n=32 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#98 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#214 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 3 vs Colgate — 152 ypr
Result W 66-24
The week the volume broke through — put up 152 yds vs Colgate.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
506Rec yards
32Receptions
5Rec TDs
Per game
46Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
598Rec yards
38Receptions
6Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 506): needs 97/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 506): needs 247/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 32): needs 14/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 32): needs 24/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 1.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Darrell Gill Jr.'s story is about how role and output meet each other. For Syracuse, 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?
Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
32 77th
YDS
506 80th
YPR
15.8 80th
TD
5 91st
Rushing
CAR
1 35th
YDS
1 20th
YPC
1.0 22nd
TD
0 81st
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-45@ Tennessee | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-20vs UConn | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-24vs Colgate | 6 | 152 | 25.3 | 2 | 43 | Season-high 152 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 34-21@ Clemson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-38vs Duke | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | L 18-31@ SMU | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-30vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41@ Georgia Tech | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-27vs North Carolina | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38@ Miami | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-70@ Notre Dame | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 32 | 506 | 13.9 | 5 | 43 |
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
2023Syracuse6-7HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy
2024Syracuse10-3HC: Fran Brown · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2025Syracuse3-9HC: Fran Brown · Balanced
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 | 32 | #255/1110 | 77th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 506 | #217/1107 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 5 | #96/1111 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 15.8 | #218/1106 | 80th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 15.1% | #240/1137 | 79th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 1 | #264/407 | 35th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 1 | #334/346 | 4th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 1 | #317/397 | 20th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 1.0 | #309/393 | 22nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 43 | #385/1105 | 65th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 13.1% | #93/1137 | 92nd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 12.2% | #122/1137 | 89th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 8.2% | #199/1137 | 83rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 7.8% | #241/1137 | 79th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.3% | #216/1137 | 81st pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 5.7% | #310/1137 | 73rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.3% | #332/1137 | 71st pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/302 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 58.6 | 13.7 | 0.6 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 35.5 | 14.1 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 4.0 | 92.3 | 22.3 | 1.0 |
| Losses8g | 2.5 | 28.6 | 10.8 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 57.0 | 17.6 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 32.8 | 9.4 | 0.4 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
61Solid starter
Elite: yards / catch (82nd). Strength: fumbles lost (80th). Concern: rush yards (20th).
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
Darrell Gill Jr.SyracuseChase HendricksOhio· 75% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 74% simGriffin WildeNorthwestern· 73% sim
Yards / catch
Fumbles lost
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Receptions
Long catch
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Samson Nacua’s 2021 season.
Samson Nacua
86%match
#2
Chris Parker
82%
#3
Umari Hatcher
80%
#4
Jaedon Wilson
79%
#5
Ramel Keyton
77%
Matches Samson on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
EPA / play (adj)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Brennan Eagles’s path through Texas.
Brennan Eagles
96%match
#2
C.J. Yarbrough
96%
#3
Reginald Virgil
95%
#4
Malik Knowles
All-Big 12
94%
#5
Ted Hurst
All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 3 · Pk 20
94%
Matches Brennan on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaedon Wilson's junior season at Arkansas (2023).
Jaedon Wilson
77%match
#2
Ayden Greene
77%
#3
Chas Nimrod
72%
#4
Chris Parker
70%
#5
Marlion Jackson
70%
Matches Jaedon on
Weight
TD rate
EPA / play (adj)
Differs from Jaedon on
Class year (lower)
Reception volume (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Pass share
48.6%
408 pass / 432 run
Plays / game
70.0
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.2%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Nunzio Campanile
Syracuse
2024era →
Fran Brown
Syracuse
2025
Fran Brown
Syracuse
Coaching transition mid-career: Nunzio Campanile → Fran Brown. 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.
HometownAtascocita, TX
Height6'3"
Weight190 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey15
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamSyracuse
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc3 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.