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Heisman / Players / Elijah Sarratt /Indiana

Elijah Sarratt

WR · Indiana · Sr · #13

The Long Memoryas of 2026-06-22

Elijah Sarratt arrives at Indiana with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.

806REC YDS64REC15REC TD

REC YDS · 900-YD CLUB

957

957 receiving yards — clears the 900-WR volume bar.

Rival fans bring him up unprompted, and rarely to praise him.

low confidence1 source

Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.

Read the story so far

He lines up at WR for Indiana.

On the field, the headline is 806 rec yds, with 64 rec.

Rival fans bring him up unprompted, and rarely to praise him.

The number to watch: 957 — rec yds · 900-yd club.

Why nowHe changed programs heading into 2026 — a fresh fit to prove out.
  • season totals
  • 957 receiving yards — clears the 900-WR volume bar.
  • compiled from tagged fan discourse

AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data

2026 NFL DRAFTDrafted by Baltimore — Rd 4, Pick 15, #115 overall

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season

#115Rd 4 · Pick 15
Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season

WR · INDIANA · BIG TEN

Elijah Sarratt

  • 4
  • #13
  • 6-2 | 209 lb
  • Stafford, VA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

79

All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 100th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#106

<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 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
In Their Words 64 windows · 2025 fan posts
elijah×221.3indiana×27.8draft×14.3

“Indiana WR Elijah Sarratt has declared for the NFL Draft [Source]( Made with the /r/CFB [Recruiting and Draft Post Generator](”

reddit/CFB · fan post, verbatim

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2023

2023

James Madison · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2024

Indiana · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2025

Indiana · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 4, Pick 15 · #115 overall · Baltimore

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
1,1912023
9572024
8062025

-32%

Sharp dropoff (-32%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
R4 &middot; #115
Baltimore &middot; 2026

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey13
Measurements6-2 | 209 lb
HometownStafford, VA
Primary teamIndiana

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 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Indiana 2024
Transfer stars 4-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 15, 2023
Season Move Context
2024 James Madison -> Indiana 4-star | 0.9000 | 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 16
Current nowcast#106Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#90Where 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

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

NFL Draft

2026 · Rd 4, Pick 15

#115 overall · Baltimore

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 Elijah Sarratt

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmRivals: 1 mentions · belief +100 · "By Stewart Mandel Aug. 19, 2025Updated 7:19 am CDT 17 The Big Ten is the toast "RivalsNational: 5 mentions · belief -20 · "Indiana is losing WR Elijah Sarratt, WR E.J. Williams Jr., WR Jonathan Brady. "National
  • Rivals · n=1
  • National · n=5

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Elijah Sarratt

Only 1 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Receiving yards (total)

806

yds

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #64 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 88th

Why it matters

#64 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving yards — 806 yards on 64 receptions.

Vs cohort

This player 806 (88th)

HIGH · n=64 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving TDs#1 / 531
  • Yards per reception#249 / 531

Signature Moment

Week 5 at Iowa — 132 receiving_yards_total

Result W 20-15

The week the volume broke through — put up 132 yds at Iowa.

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

final
Through 13g
806Rec yards
64Receptions
15Rec TDs
Per game
62Rec yards
5Receptions
1Rec TDs
Final
806Rec yards
64Receptions
15Rec TDs

✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 806.

✓ Hit 60-catch season · finished with 64.

✓ Hit 8 receiving TDs · finished with 15.

✓ Hit 10 receiving TDs · finished with 15.

Why the honors trail matters

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

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Elijah Sarratt already has 3 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #106 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 10.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

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 64 15 rec TD | #41/1110 (96th pct)
Receiving yards 806 12.6 per catch | #68/1107 (94th pct)
Scrimmage yards 806 Total offensive yardage | #68/1107 (94th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.

Target magnet

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
64 96th
YDS
806 94th
YPR
12.6 56th
TD
15 100th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 27-14vs Old Dominion34414.70222 TD catches
Wk 2W 56-9vs Kennesaw State99710.83273 TD catches
Wk 3W 73-0vs Indiana State3237.7015
Wk 4W 63-10vs Illinois99210.22212 TD catches
Wk 5W 20-15@ Iowa613222.0149Season-high 132 yds
Wk 7W 30-20@ Oregon812115.1129
Wk 8W 38-13vs Michigan State47017.52272 TD catches
Wk 9W 56-6vs UCLA263.015
Wk 14W 56-3@ Purdue34113.7118
Wk 15W 13-10@ Ohio State33712.3117
BowlW 38-3vs Alabama44010.0124
BowlW 56-22vs Oregon77510.7223
BowlW 27-21vs Miami3289.3012
Total6480612.11549
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

2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced
2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning
2025Indiana16-0HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-heavy
SeasonTeam
2025Indiana6480612.615--
2024Indiana5395718.18--
2023James Madison821,19114.58--
Career3 loaded seasons1992,95414.831--
SeasonTeam
2025Indiana----------
2024Indiana----------
2023James Madison11------
Career3 loaded seasons11------
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 10.2% 26.0% pass-game share | #21/1137 (98th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 15 Across offense and returns | #1/1111 (100th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 64 #41/1110 96th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 806 #68/1107 94th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 15 #1/1111 100th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 12.6 #486/1106 56th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 26.0% #21/1137 98th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 49 #283/1105 74th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 14.7% #53/1137 95th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 12.7% #106/1137 91st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 10.3% #100/1137 91st pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 10.2% #94/1137 92nd pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 9.4% #85/1137 93rd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 8.1% #180/1137 84th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

ALL-CONF HM

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16

Why he’s here

All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.

What moves him up

A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.

What moves him down

A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home9g4.952.810.41.2
Road4g5.082.815.81.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins13g4.962.012.11.2

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-79g5.872.412.31.1
Weeks 8+4g3.038.511.61.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

79All-Conference
5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (99th). Strength: receptions (92nd).

Rec TDs#1 / 558 · 100th pct
15rece
Receptions#41 / 558 · 93rd pct
64rece
Rec yards#68 / 558 · 88th pct
806rece
Long catch#248 / 558 · 55th pct
49rece
Yards / catch#297 / 558 · 46th pct
12.6rece

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 · 5 metrics
Elijah SarrattIndianaJosh CameronBaylor· 97% simGriffin WildeNorthwestern· 96% simIverson HooksUAB· 95% sim
Rec TDs
100
Sarratt
97
Cameron
95
Wilde
92
Hooks
Receptions
93
Sarratt
96
Cameron
97
Wilde
97
Hooks
Rec yards
88
Sarratt
92
Cameron
92
Wilde
94
Hooks
Long catch
55
Sarratt
52
Cameron
55
Wilde
58
Hooks
Yards / catch
46
Sarratt
46
Cameron
44
Wilde
49
Hooks

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

Player DNA

The Jump-Ball Target

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kaedin Robinson’s 2023 season.

Kaedin Robinson

72%match

App State · 2023

#2

Josh Cameron

Baylor · 2024

All-Big 12NFL Rd 6
71%
#3

Cedric Tillman

Tennessee · 2021

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 11
70%
#4

Marcell Barbee

Texas State · 2020

All-Sun Belt
62%
#5

Tre Harris

Louisiana Tech · 2022

All-Conference USANFL Rd 2 · Pk 23
68%

Matches Kaedin on

Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Class year

Differs from Kaedin on

TD rate (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ben Ratzlaff’s path through Houston Christian.

Ben Ratzlaff

100%match

Houston Christian · 2020

#2

Colton Dowell

UT Martin · 2022

NFL Rd 7
99%
#3

Marlon Williams

UCF · 2020

All-AAC
99%
#4

Blayne Taylor

Abilene Christian · 2024

99%
#5

Josh Palmer

Tennessee · 2020

99%

Matches Ben on

Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Will Sheppard's senior season at Vanderbilt (2023).

Will Sheppard

70%match

Vanderbilt · 2023

#2

Nick Nash

San José State · 2023

Consensus All-American
66%
#3

Camden Brown

Georgia Southern · 2025

All-Sun Belt
65%
#4

Cortez Braham

Memphis · 2025

64%
#5

Brant Kuithe

Utah · 2024

All-Big 12
63%

Matches Will on

Total EPA (college ability)
Height

Differs from Will on

TD rate (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Reception volume (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Pass share

38.7%

404 pass / 641 run

Plays / game

65.3

16 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.3%

275 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Tom Allen
Indiana
2024
Curt Cignetti
Indiana
era →
2025
Curt Cignetti
Indiana

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. 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.

HometownStafford, VA
Height6'2"
Weight209 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey13

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-Big Ten

Trophy Case · Detail

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

All-Conference

3 all-conference honors

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
2025 All-Big Ten all_conference Indiana | Big Ten WR
2024 All-Big Ten all_conference Indiana | Big Ten WR
2023 All-Sun Belt all_conference James Madison | Sun Belt WR

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Indiana WR4 #106 #90 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 James Madison WR4 #180 #212 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Indiana Big Ten WR 4 No. 13 | 6-2 | 209 lb | Stafford, VA
2024 Indiana Big Ten WR 4 No. 13 | 6-2 | 209 lb | Stafford, VA
2023 James Madison Sun Belt WR 4 No. 13 | 6-2 | 209 lb | Stafford, VA