CFB Zeitgeist Score
21
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 26th percentile.
Dilin Jones
On Trialas of 2026-06-22
Dilin Jones arrives at Wisconsin with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
300RUSH YDS2RUSH TD76CARRIES
RUSHING VALUE · WEPA
+0.12
via your WEPA model · 2025 · 75 plays
Wisconsin fans keep putting his case on trial, week to week.
medium confidence2 sources
Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to LSU
2025Wisconsin
2026LSU
RB · WISCONSIN · BIG TEN
Dilin Jones
- 1
- #7
- 6-0 | 205 lb
- Laurel, MD
Heisman Heat
#1500
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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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
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2024–2025+241%
Up 241% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Wisconsin
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-star | 0.9364 | No. 146 recruit | HighSchool | Wisconsin |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wisconsin -> LSU | 3-star | 0.8600 | 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 Wisconsin
Composite
0.9364
#146 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 Dilin Jones
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
70
Grounded Optimism
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=10
- Rivals · n=3
- National · n=4
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Dilin Jones
Only 3 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
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 rushing totals stand
Through 7g
300Rush yards
76Carries
2Rush TDs
Per game
42.9Rush yards
11Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
557.1Rush yards
141Carries
4Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 300): needs 75/game over remaining 6.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 300): needs 116.7/game over remaining 6.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 300): needs 200/game over remaining 6.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 1.3/game over remaining 6.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 2.2/game over remaining 6.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 3/game over remaining 6.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Dilin Jones's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Wisconsin, 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
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
76 71st
YDS
300 65th
YPC
3.9 30th
TD
2 67th
Receiving
REC
9 57th
YDS
21 31st
YPR
2.3 8th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-0vs Miami (OH) | 14 | 73 | 5.2 | 0 | 11 | Season-high 73 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Middle Tennessee | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-38@ Alabama | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-27vs Maryland | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-24@ Michigan | 17 | 63 | 3.7 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-37vs Iowa | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-34vs Ohio State | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 76 | 300 | 3.8 | 2 | 16 |
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
2024Wisconsin5-7HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning
2025Wisconsin4-8HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 300 | #260/735 | 65th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 2 | #247/739 | 67th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 3.9 | #516/735 | 30th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 9 | #236/552 | 57th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 21 | #379/548 | 31st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.12 | #173/362 | 52nd pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 75 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 20.4% | #87/738 | 88th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 76 | #219/739 | 71st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 16 | #448/733 | 39th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 6 | #471/540 | 13th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 2.3 | #507/548 | 8th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 33.3% | #96/738 | 87th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 24.6% | #87/738 | 88th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 22.9% | #96/738 | 87th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 21.0% | #83/738 | 89th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 14.6% | #73/738 | 90th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 14.1% | #90/738 | 88th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 5.2% | #144/738 | 81st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
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 · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 42.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 44.0 | 4.3 | 0.5 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 54.5 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
| Losses5g | 38.2 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 47.7 | 4.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 14.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
21Below cohort
Concern: long run (5th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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.
wepa_rushing0.12Low (p25–p50) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Dilin JonesWisconsinTae MeadowsTroy· 62% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 62% simJordan GantAkron· 59% sim
Carries
Receptions
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Rec yards
Yards / carry
Long run
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jambres Dubar’s 2023 season.
Jambres Dubar
86%match
#2
Fame Ijeboi
78%
#3
Parker Jenkins
77%
#4
TJ McDaniel
72%
#5
Christian Clark
76%
Matches Jambres on
Weight
Rush TD rate
Yards / reception
Differs from Jambres on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Narii Gaither’s path through Gardner-Webb.
Narii Gaither
99%match
#2
Garrett Groshek
98%
#3
Andrew Body
92%
#4
Zylan Perry
91%
#5
Tyler Purdy
91%
Matches Narii on
Yards per carry
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Fame Ijeboi's sophomore season at Minnesota (2025).
Fame Ijeboi
81%match
#2
Kirby Vorhees
74%
#3
Anthony Carrie
73%
#4
Terrance Shelton Jr.
71%
#5
Rickey Hunt
70%
Matches Fame on
Yards / carry
Rush TD rate
Weight
Differs from Fame on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Yards / reception (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
39.7%
272 pass / 413 run
Plays / game
57.1
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
10.8%
249 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Luke Fickell
Wisconsin
2025
Luke Fickell
Wisconsin
Played his entire career under Luke Fickell.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLaurel, MD
Height6'0"
Weight205 lb
Class1
PositionRB
Jersey7
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamWisconsin
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc2 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 | Wisconsin | RB1 | #1500 | #2065 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.