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Ethan Stuhlsatz

LB · Wyoming · Sr · #42

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

40 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Wyoming for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Wyoming for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Wyoming

Returning around him

  • 77% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +3 net (19 in / 16 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Wyoming · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #117 · 2026 recruiting class #89

LB · WYOMING · MOUNTAIN WEST

Ethan Stuhlsatz

  • 4
  • #42
  • 6-4 | 241 lb
  • Wichita, KS

CFB Zeitgeist Score

41

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by tackles at the 69th percentile.

Heisman Heat

Awaiting

Not on the live Heisman board this week.

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

TOP LB AWARD

Butkus

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Wyoming
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionLB
Class4
Jersey42
Measurements6-4 | 241 lb
HometownWichita, KS
Primary teamWyoming

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 Wyoming 2025
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 16, 2024
Season Move Context
2025 Lindenwood -> Wyoming Immediate

Heisman Lens

Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.

Current nowcast--Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast--Where the full season sim points
Win probability--Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability--Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability--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

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

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 Ethan Stuhlsatz

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 Stuhlsatz

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 11g
40Tackles
1.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
47Tackles
1.8Tackles for loss
0Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 40): needs 20/game over remaining 2.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 40): needs 30/game over remaining 2.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 3/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 5/game over remaining 2.

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Ethan Stuhlsatz is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Wyoming's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place -- -- win | -- finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 0.0 sacks | 1.5 TFL

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 40 20 solo | #906/4942 (82nd pct)
TFL 1.5 Backfield disruption | #1771/4972 (64th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

High-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
40 82nd
SOLO
20 78th
TFL
1.5 64th
SACK
0.0 65th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
1 43rd

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 10-0@ Akron410.00.00
Wk 2W 31-7vs Northern Iowa310.00.00
Wk 4L 20-37@ Colorado110.00.00
Wk 6L 17-31vs UNLV200.00.00
Wk 7W 35-28vs San José State100.00.00
Wk 8L 21-24@ Air Force110.00.00
Wk 9W 28-0vs Colorado State440.00.00
Wk 10L 7-24@ San Diego State1050.00.01Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 12L 3-24@ Fresno State220.00.00
Wk 13L 7-13vs Nevada510.00.00
Wk 14L 7-27@ Hawai'i741.50.00
Total40201.50.01
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

2025Wyoming4-8HC: Jay Sawvel · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Wyoming40201.50.01----
Career1 loaded season40201.50.01----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT -- -- pick-six TD
Pass breakups 1 Coverage disruption | #1241/2184 (43rd pct)
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 40 #906/4942 82nd pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 1.5 #1771/4972 64th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 1 #1241/2184 43rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 20 #1029/4584 78th pct Volumevs FBS DEF

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

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Butkus 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/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g3.00.00.00.0
Road6g4.20.20.00.2

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins4g3.00.00.00.0
Losses7g4.00.20.00.1

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-75g2.20.00.00.0
Weeks 8+6g4.80.20.00.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort

41Mid-pack
6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd).

Tackles#906 / 2975 · 69th pct
40defe
Solo tackles#1029 / 2975 · 64th pct
20defe
Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct
1defe
Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct
1.5defe
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · LB · 2025

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 · 6 metrics
Ethan StuhlsatzWyomingTyler MartinMassachusetts· 81% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 73% simJonJon VaughnsUCLA· 69% sim
Tackles
69
Stuhlsatz
98
Martin
99
Ra-El
99
Vaughns
Solo tackles
64
Stuhlsatz
87
Martin
100
Ra-El
96
Vaughns
Passes defended
48
Stuhlsatz
67
Martin
91
Ra-El
48
Vaughns
Tackles for loss
39
Stuhlsatz
63
Martin
56
Ra-El
85
Vaughns
Sacks
24
Stuhlsatz
24
Martin
24
Ra-El
63
Vaughns
QB hurries
22
Stuhlsatz
22
Martin
22
Ra-El
22
Vaughns

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

Player DNA

The Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

LB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Danny Stutsman’s 2021 season.

Danny Stutsman

78%match

Oklahoma · 2021

NFL Rd 4
#2

Aakil Washington

Liberty · 2022

76%
#3

Jaden Keller

Virginia Tech · 2025

76%
#4

Ethan Barr

Vanderbilt · 2022

76%
#5

Jack Dingle

Cincinnati · 2024

75%

Matches Danny on

Tackle volume
Weight
Sack rate

Differs from Danny on

PD rate (higher)
Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Steven Williams's sophomore season at Old Dominion (2022).

Steven Williams

89%match

Old Dominion · 2022

#2

Grayson Metz

Northwestern · 2022

86%
#3

Jacob Wahlberg

Purdue · 2022

85%
#4

David Ugwoegbu

Oklahoma · 2021

84%
#5

Denzel Feaster

UTSA · 2021

83%

Matches Steven on

Class year
TFL rate
PD rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jay Sawvel

Pass share

49.8%

383 pass / 386 run

Plays / game

64.1

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.3%

332 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Jay Sawvel
Wyoming

Played his entire career under Jay Sawvel.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownWichita, KS
Height6'4"
Weight241 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey42

Trophy Case · Detail

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

Honors

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
This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model.

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Wyoming Mountain West LB 4 No. 42 | 6-4 | 241 lb | Wichita, KS