CFB Zeitgeist Score
52
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by completion % at the 90th percentile.
Emory Williams
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
156 PASS YDS · 0 PASS TD · 19 RUSH YDS
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to East Carolina
2025Miami
2026East Carolina
QB · MIAMI · ACC
Emory Williams
- 2
- #8
- 6-5 | 220 lb
- Milton, FL
Heisman Heat
#193
<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 QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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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
In Their Words
46 windows · 2025 fan posts
emory×903.6miami×27.1cfb×25.4source×25.1recruiting×22.3draft×19.9
“Miami Quarterback Emory Williams transfers to ECU \[Source\]( Made with the /r/CFB \[Recruiting and Draft Post Generator\](”
reddit/CFB · fan post, verbatim
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2023–2025-67%
Sharp dropoff (-67%) — career inflection point.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Miami
NFL
NFL Draft
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Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#21 in market ▼ from #18 · 6 books
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8789 | No. 627 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Miami -> East Carolina | 3-star | 0.8500 | 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 —
Composite
0.8789
#627 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 Emory Williams
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=9
- National · n=7
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Emory Williams
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 passing totals stand
Through 4g
156Pass yards
0Pass TDs
0INT
Per game
39Pass yards
0Pass TDs
0INT
Projected (13g)
507Pass yards
0Pass TDs
0INT
To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 156): needs 316/game over remaining 9.
To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 156): needs 427.1/game over remaining 9.
To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 0): needs 2.8/game over remaining 9.
To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 0): needs 3.3/game over remaining 9.
To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 0): needs 3.9/game over remaining 9.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Emory Williams's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Miami, 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
QB 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?
Efficient | Pocket-leaning against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
13 36th
ATT
19 37th
CMP%
68.4% 80th
Y/A
8.2 79th
Passing Production
YDS
156 37th
TD
0 30th
INT
0 100th
Rushing
CAR
4 24th
YDS
19 39th
YPC
4.8 75th
TD
0 44th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman | 8/12 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 14.8 | Season-high 77 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 49-12vs South Florida | 2/2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 99.8 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-7vs Stanford | 1/2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 94.8 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-7vs NC State | 2/3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 84.1 | |
| Total | 13/19 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 73.4 |
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
2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 156 | #242/382 | 37th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 0 | #285/407 | 30th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 13 | #245/383 | 36th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 68.4% | #79/383 | 80th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 8.2 | #80/382 | 79th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 19 | #250/408 | 39th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 9.8% | #277/428 | 36th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 19 | #257/407 | 37th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 0 | #1/407 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 10 | #298/391 | 24th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.8 | #103/407 | 75th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 4 | #312/408 | 24th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #230/408 | 44th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 20.5% | #238/428 | 45th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 17.8% | #267/428 | 38th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 15.4% | #262/428 | 39th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 10.0% | #273/428 | 36th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 6.9% | #300/428 | 30th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 6.7% | #291/428 | 32nd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 2.0% | #366/428 | 15th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/258 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
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 · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 39.0 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 39.0 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 54.0 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 24.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
52Mid-pack
Elite: interceptions (99th). Strength: fumbles lost (91st). Concern: pass tds (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · QB · 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
Emory WilliamsMiamiCade KlubnikClemson· 55% simJalen KitnaUAB· 55% simJoe FagnanoUConn· 51% sim
Interceptions
Fumbles lost
Completion %
Yards / att
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Pass yards
Pass TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
47.2%
496 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
65.6
16 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.1%
245 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2024
Mario Cristobal
Miami
2025
Mario Cristobal
Miami
Played his entire career under Mario Cristobal.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMilton, FL
Height6'5"
Weight220 lb
Class2
PositionQB
Jersey8
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMiami
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc3 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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.