CFB Zeitgeist Score
66
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 79th percentile.
Ethan Conner
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
397 REC YDS · 31 REC · 3 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Troy for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Troy
Returning around him
- 33% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: -13 net (14 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Troy · Last season: 8-6 · Talent rank #99 · 2026 recruiting class #82
TE · TROY · SUN BELT
Ethan Conner
- 4
- #14
- 6-4 | 245 lb
- Columbus, MS
Heisman Heat
#2637
<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 TE AWARD
Mackey
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2023
Troy · TE
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2024
Troy · TE
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★
2025
Troy · TE
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+136%
Up 136% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Troy
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
| 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.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (397).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
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 Ethan Conner
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 Ethan Conner
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
12.8
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #240 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 55th
Why it matters
#240 of 531 All FBS WRs at 12.8 yards per reception (31 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 12.8 (55th)
HIGH · n=31 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#222 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#304 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 13 vs Georgia State — 85 ypr
Result W 31-19
The week the volume broke through — put up 85 yds vs Georgia State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
397Rec yards
31Receptions
3Rec TDs
Per game
36.1Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
469.2Rec yards
37Receptions
4Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 397): needs 151.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 397): needs 301.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 31): needs 14.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 31): needs 24.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 3): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 3): needs 3.5/game over remaining 2.
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. Ethan Conner already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
TE 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?
Target magnet | Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
31 90th
YDS
397 92nd
YPR
12.8 80th
TD
3 91st
Rushing
CAR
2 68th
YDS
1 30th
YPC
0.5 19th
TD
0 69th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-20vs Nicholls | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-27@ Clemson | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs South Alabama | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-41@ Texas State | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-14@ UL Monroe | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-23vs Louisiana | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-23vs Arkansas State | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-33@ Old Dominion | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-19vs Georgia State | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 2 | 39 | Season-high 85 yds |
| Wk 15 | L 14-31@ James Madison | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Bowl | L 13-17@ Jacksonville State | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 31 | 397 | 12.5 | 3 | 39 |
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
2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced
2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning
2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 31 | #48/475 | 90th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 397 | #37/475 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 3 | #45/475 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.8 | #96/475 | 80th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 12.6% | #47/468 | 90th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Carries | 2 | #20/59 | 68th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 1 | #39/50 | 24th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 1 | #38/53 | 30th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 0.5 | #44/53 | 19th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #20/62 | 69th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 39 | #77/475 | 84th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.9% | #27/468 | 94th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.4% | #45/468 | 91st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 7.3% | #36/468 | 93rd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 6.7% | #30/468 | 94th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 5.8% | #45/468 | 91st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 4.5% | #103/468 | 78th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.6% | #29/468 | 94th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
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
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Mackey 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 37.4 | 12.9 | 0.6 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 35.0 | 12.1 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 3.0 | 46.2 | 15.8 | 0.5 |
| Losses5g | 2.6 | 24.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 30.6 | 9.9 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 40.7 | 14.6 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
66Solid starter
Elite: yards / catch (81st). Concern: rush yards (27th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 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
Ethan ConnerTroyJyrin JohnsonBowling Green· 87% simBoden GroenKansas· 86% simCarsen RyanBYU· 86% sim
Yards / catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Rec TDs
Long catch
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ben Yurosek’s 2021 season.
Ben Yurosek
79%match
#2
Lance Mason
All-Big Ten
75%
#3
Shane Calhoun
79%
#4
Cade Stover
All-Big TenNFL Rd 4
78%
#5
Keyan Burnett
72%
Matches Ben on
Weight
Class year
Yards / reception
Differs from Ben on
Reception volume (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jacob Petersen's junior season at Toledo (2025).
Jacob Petersen
82%match
#2
Johnny Pascuzzi
80%
#3
Cade Stover
All-Big TenNFL Rd 4
78%
#4
John Samuel Shenker
78%
#5
Christopher Toudle
77%
Matches Jacob on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Reception volume
Differs from Jacob on
Yards / reception (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gerad Parker
Pass share
47.1%
431 pass / 484 run
Plays / game
65.4
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
17.0%
342 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Jon Sumrall
Troy
2024era →
Gerad Parker
Troy
2025
Gerad Parker
Troy
Coaching transition mid-career: Jon Sumrall → Gerad Parker. 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.
HometownColumbus, MS
Height6'4"
Weight245 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey14
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Current teamTroy
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Sun Belt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | Sun Belt | TE |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.