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Heisman / Players / Davis Bryson /Kennesaw State

Davis Bryson

WR · Kennesaw State · Jr · #9

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

106 REC YDS · 9 REC · 0 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Kennesaw State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Kennesaw State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Kennesaw State

Returning around him

  • 46% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +10 net (29 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Kennesaw State · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #132 · 2026 recruiting class #137

WR · KENNESAW STATE · CONFERENCE USA

Davis Bryson

  • 3
  • #9
  • 5-9 | 188 lb
  • Woodbridge, VA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

16

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 37th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#5615

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Kennesaw State
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey9
Measurements5-9 | 188 lb
HometownWoodbridge, VA
Primary teamKennesaw State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
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.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

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 16
Current nowcast#5615Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#6483Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

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

PENDING

The 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 Davis Bryson

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 Davis Bryson

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 9g
106Rec yards
9Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
11.8Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
153.1Rec yards
13Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 106): needs 148.5/game over remaining 4.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 106): needs 223.5/game over remaining 4.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 9): needs 12.8/game over remaining 4.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 9): needs 17.8/game over remaining 4.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 2/game over remaining 4.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 2.5/game over remaining 4.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Davis Bryson's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Kennesaw State, 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.

Current place #5615 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 3.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc 279 return yds

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
Receptions 9 0 rec TD | #604/1110 (46th pct)
Receiving yards 106 11.8 per catch | #620/1107 (44th pct)
Scrimmage yards 99 Total offensive yardage | #620/1107 (44th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.

All-purpose weapon

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
9 46th
YDS
106 44th
YPR
11.8 49th
TD
0 45th

Rushing

CAR
3 64th
YDS
-7 5th
YPC
-2.3 9th
TD
0 81st

Returns

KR YDS
279 84th
KR AVG
21.5 65th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 2L 9-56@ Indiana
Wk 9W 45-26@ Florida International177.007
Wk 10W 33-20vs UTEP1-2-2.00-2
Wk 11W 24-21@ New Mexico State155.005
Wk 12L 26-35@ Jacksonville State11414.0014
Wk 13W 41-34vs Missouri State
Wk 14W 48-42@ Liberty14040.0040
Wk 15W 19-15@ Jacksonville State44210.5018Season-high 42 yds
BowlL 6-41@ Western Michigan
Total910612.4040
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2025Kennesaw State10-4HC: Jerry Mack · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Kennesaw State910611.80--
Career1 loaded season910611.80--
SeasonTeam
2025Kennesaw State3-7279----
Career1 loaded season3-7279----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

Usage 3.2% 5.8% pass-game share | #791/1137 (31st pct)
Return yards 279 0 return TD | #39/238 (84th pct)
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #615/1111 (45th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 9 #604/1110 46th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 106 #620/1107 44th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 11.8 #562/1106 49th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 279 #39/238 84th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 5.8% #791/1137 31st pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 3 #146/407 64th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry -2.3 #358/393 9th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards -7 #379/397 5th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 40 #450/1105 59th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 21.5 #83/236 65th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 13 #38/243 85th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 4.8% #658/1137 42nd pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 4.7% #742/1137 35th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 3.2% #727/1137 36th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.0% #805/1137 29th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 2.7% #782/1137 31st pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 2.4% #787/1137 31st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 1.2% #165/1137 86th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #131/302 57th 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home2g0.5-1.0-2.00.0
Road7g1.115.415.30.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins6g1.315.312.10.0
Losses3g0.34.714.00.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-72g
Weeks 8+7g1.315.112.40.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

16Below cohort
8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: receptions (0th).

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct
0rush
Yards / catch#349 / 558 · 37th pct
11.8rece
Fumbles lost#86 / 218 · 36th pct
1fumb
Long catch#378 / 558 · 31st pct
40rece
Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Rush yards#275 / 287 · 4th pct
-7rush
Rec yards#547 / 558 · 2nd pct
106rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
9rece

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
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

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

3 peers · 8 metrics
Davis BrysonKennesaw StateMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 56% simChauncy CobbArkansas State· 51% simLewis BondBoston College· 49% sim
Rush TDs
39
Bryson
39
III
39
Cobb
39
Bond
Yards / catch
37
Bryson
9
III
25
Cobb
32
Bond
Fumbles lost
36
Bryson
6
III
6
Cobb
36
Bond
Long catch
31
Bryson
16
III
58
Cobb
63
Bond
Rec TDs
7
Bryson
24
III
24
Cobb
24
Bond
Rush yards
4
Bryson
6
III
12
Cobb
25
Bond
Rec yards
2
Bryson
70
III
87
Cobb
97
Bond
Receptions
0
Bryson
92
III
98
Cobb
99
Bond

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jerry Mack

Pass share

44.2%

422 pass / 533 run

Plays / game

68.2

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.4%

282 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Jerry Mack
Kennesaw State

Played his entire career under Jerry Mack.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownWoodbridge, VA
Height5'9"
Weight188 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey9

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

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 Kennesaw State WR3 #5615 #6483 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Conference USA

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Kennesaw State Conference USA WR 3 No. 9 | 5-9 | 188 lb | Woodbridge, VA
2024 Kennesaw State Conference USA WR 3 No. 9 | 5-9 | 188 lb | Woodbridge, VA