CFB Zeitgeist Score
28
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by qb hurries at the 72nd percentile.
Demon Clowney
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
6 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to South Carolina for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · South Carolina
Returning around him
- 62% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 3 South Carolina players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (25 in / 24 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Carolina · Last season: 4-8 (AP #11) · Talent rank #18 · 2026 recruiting class #18
LB · SOUTH CAROLINA · SEC
Demon Clowney
- 4
- #30
- 6-4 | 255 lb
- Baltimore, MD
Heisman Heat
#12031
<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 LB AWARD
Butkus
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR03 · Backup
Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
5 seasons on the ladder
2021
Ole Miss · LB
—
2022
Ole Miss · LB
—
2023
Charlotte · LB
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★
2024
Charlotte · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
South Carolina · LB
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Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4-star | 0.9168 | No. 229 recruit | HighSchool | Ole Miss |
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 · 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 Ole Miss
Composite
0.9168
#229 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 Demon Clowney
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 Demon Clowney
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 4g
6Tackles
1.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.4Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
20Tackles
4.9Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 6): needs 8.2/game over remaining 9.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 6): needs 10.4/game over remaining 9.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 0.7/game over remaining 9.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 1.1/game over remaining 9.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Demon Clowney is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on South Carolina's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.5 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?
Defensive contributor against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
6 32nd
SOLO
5 39th
TFL
1.5 64th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
2 66th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs South Carolina State | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 7-26vs Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-29vs Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-30@ Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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
2021Ole Miss10-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2023Charlotte3-9HC: Biff Poggi · Run-leaning
2024Charlotte5-7HC: Biff Poggi · Balanced, slow tempo
2025South Carolina4-8HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Charlotte | 23 | 13 | 5.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Charlotte | 31 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 loaded seasons | 68 | 34 | 13.5 | 6.5 | -- | -- | -- |
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 | 6 | #3348/4942 | 32nd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 1.5 | #1771/4972 | 64th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 2 | #647/1878 | 66th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 5 | #2793/4584 | 39th 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 Butkus 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 · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins1g | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Losses3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
28Below cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 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
Demon ClowneySouth CarolinaBlake FletcherAir Force· 43% simTyler MartinMassachusetts· 40% simMicah DaveyUTEP· 39% sim
QB hurries
Tackles for loss
Sacks
Passes defended
Solo tackles
Tackles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
45.5%
340 pass / 407 run
Plays / game
62.2
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
13.0%
316 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
2022
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
2023
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
2024
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
2025
Shane Beamer
South Carolina
Played his entire career under Shane Beamer.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownBaltimore, MD
Height6'4"
Weight255 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey30
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Current teamSouth Carolina
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-AAC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All-AAC | all_conference | Charlotte | AAC | DL |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Charlotte | LB4 | #12031 | #12797 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2023 | Charlotte | LB4 | #11136 | #11831 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | LB4 | #9197 | #9123 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | SEC |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | LB4 | #6713 | #6626 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina | SEC | LB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Baltimore, MD |
| 2024 | Charlotte | American Athletic | LB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Baltimore, MD |
| 2023 | Charlotte | American Athletic | LB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Baltimore, MD |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | SEC | LB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Baltimore, MD |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | SEC | LB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-4 | 255 lb | Baltimore, MD |