CFB Zeitgeist Score
23
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 85th percentile.
Deuce Spann
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
142 REC YDS · 13 REC · 1 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Pittsburgh for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Pittsburgh
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Pittsburgh · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #56 · 2026 recruiting class #51
WR · PITTSBURGH · ACC
CFB Zeitgeist Score
23
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 85th percentile.
Heisman Heat
#3916
<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 · StarterPart-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2021–2025Modest growth (15%) across the multi-season window.
Career Arc
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8604 | No. 919 recruit | HighSchool |
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida State -> Pittsburgh | 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate |
| 2022 | Illinois -> Florida State | 3-star | 0.8200 | Immediate |
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.
Selector Grid · 2025
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 —
Composite
0.8604
#919 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.
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 reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
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 receiving totals stand
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about Deuce Spann is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
2025 season snapshot | final
30-second read
All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
Rushing
Returns
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-9vs Duquesne | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Central Michigan | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31@ West Virginia | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34vs Louisville | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-7vs Boston College | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31@ Florida State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-13@ Syracuse | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 53-34vs NC State | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-20@ Stanford | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | Season-high 30 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 15-37vs Notre Dame | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-28@ Georgia Tech | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-38vs Miami | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | L 17-23@ East Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 13 | 142 | 11.7 | 1 | 30 |
Traditional history
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 142 | 10.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Florida State | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida State | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Illinois | 5 | 124 | 24.8 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 27 | 353 | 13.1 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 9 | 318 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida State | 5 | 18 | 277 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida State | 5 | 28 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 13 | 55 | 595 | -- | -- |
Advanced metrics second
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.
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 13 | #510/1110 | 54th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 142 | #550/1107 | 50th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #396/1111 | 64th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 10.9 | #664/1106 | 40th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 318 | #33/238 | 87th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.7% | #888/1137 | 22nd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 9 | #213/397 | 47th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 4 | #279/346 | 20th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 3 | #146/407 | 64th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 3.0 | #254/393 | 36th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #19/411 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 30 | #597/1105 | 46th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 21.2 | #85/236 | 64th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 15 | #30/243 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 5.3% | #616/1137 | 46th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 4.5% | #754/1137 | 34th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 2.8% | #812/1137 | 29th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 2.1% | #874/1137 | 23rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 2.1% | #908/1137 | 20th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 2.0% | #884/1137 | 22nd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.6% | #259/1137 | 77th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
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
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.1 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 0.1 |
| Road6g | 0.8 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 1.2 | 15.1 | 13.6 | 0.1 |
| Losses5g | 0.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.3 | 10.3 | 7.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 0.7 | 11.7 | 17.5 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Elite: rush tds (85th). Concern: rec yards (5th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Miles Marshall’s 2022 season.
Miles Marshall
Jalen Williams
RaJae Johnson
Christian Fitzpatrick
Noah Frith
Matches Miles on
Differs from Miles on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
52.3%
464 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.3%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
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Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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.
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. | ||||
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida State | WR4 | #3916 | #4271 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Florida State | WR4 | #1054 | #728 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Florida State | WR4 | #1422 | #1173 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Illinois | WR4 | #1595 | #1918 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 22 | 6-4 | 210 lb | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 2024 | Florida State | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 22 | 6-4 | 210 lb | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 2023 | Florida State | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 22 | 6-4 | 210 lb | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 2022 | Florida State | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 22 | 6-4 | 210 lb | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 2021 | Illinois | Big Ten | WR | 4 | No. 22 | 6-4 | 210 lb | St. Petersburg, FL |