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Heisman / Players / Horatio Fields /Auburn

Horatio Fields

WR · Auburn · Sr · #5

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

106 REC YDS · 12 REC · 1 REC TD

2026 TRANSFERTransferred Auburn → Ole Miss for 2026

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to Ole Miss

2025Auburn
2026Ole Miss

WR · AUBURN · SEC

Horatio Fields

  • 4
  • #5
  • 6-2 | 201 lb
  • Douglasville, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

8

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 24th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#3849

<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 1 · 2-deep

R04 · Rotational

Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2023–2025
54.02023
1062025

+96%

Up 96% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1767 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey5
Measurements6-2 | 201 lb
HometownDouglasville, GA
Primary teamAuburn

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1767 recruit
Composite rating 0.8293 HighSchool
Signed with Wake Forest 2021
Origin New Manchester Douglasville, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8293 No. 1767 recruit | HighSchool | Wake Forest

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 2 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Ole Miss 2026
Transfer stars 4-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 29, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Auburn -> Ole Miss 4-star | 0.9000 | Immediate
2025 Wake Forest -> Auburn 4-star | 0.9200 | 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#3849Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#4124Where 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

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 Wake Forest

Composite

0.8293

#1767 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

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 Horatio Fields

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmNational: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "With a 41-yard kick, Bert Auburn becomes UT’s all-time leader in field goals and"National
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Horatio Fields

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 receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 4g
106Rec yards
12Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
26.5Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
344.5Rec yards
39Receptions
3Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 106): needs 66/game over remaining 9.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 106): needs 99.3/game over remaining 9.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 12): needs 5.3/game over remaining 9.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 12): needs 7.6/game over remaining 9.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 0.8/game over remaining 9.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 1/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.

Horatio Fields's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Auburn, 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.

Current place #3849 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 5.6% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 2 portal moves

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 12 1 rec TD | #533/1110 (52nd pct)
Receiving yards 106 8.8 per catch | #620/1107 (44th pct)
Scrimmage yards 106 Total offensive yardage | #620/1107 (44th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
12 52nd
YDS
106 44th
YPR
8.8 22nd
TD
1 64th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 4 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 38-24@ Baylor2178.509
Wk 2W 42-3vs Ball State6518.5111Season-high 51 yds
Wk 3W 31-15vs South Alabama22010.0014
Wk 4L 17-24@ Oklahoma2189.009
Total121069.0114
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

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning
2025Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Auburn121068.81--
2023Wake Forest55410.80--
Career2 loaded seasons171609.41--
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 5.6% 12.5% pass-game share | #342/1137 (70th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 1 Across offense and returns | #396/1111 (64th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 12 #533/1110 52nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 106 #620/1107 44th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #396/1111 64th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 8.8 #861/1106 22nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 12.5% #342/1137 70th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 14 #876/1105 21st pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 12.2% #122/1137 89th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 8.7% #335/1137 71st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 5.6% #410/1137 64th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 5.0% #425/1137 63rd pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 4.5% #450/1137 61st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.3% #751/1137 34th pct Middle-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.

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

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/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home2g4.035.59.20.5
Road2g2.017.58.80.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins3g3.329.39.00.3
Losses1g2.018.09.00.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-74g3.026.59.00.2

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

8Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (1st).

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct
1rece
Yards / catch#515 / 558 · 8th pct
8.8rece
Receptions#533 / 558 · 2nd pct
12rece
Rec yards#547 / 558 · 2nd pct
106rece
Long catch#552 / 558 · 1st pct
14rece

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
Horatio FieldsAuburnMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 49% simAaron TurnerRice· 43% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 42% sim
Rec TDs
24
Fields
24
III
68
Turner
7
Gibson
Yards / catch
8
Fields
9
III
1
Turner
15
Gibson
Receptions
2
Fields
92
III
92
Turner
92
Gibson
Rec yards
2
Fields
70
III
48
Turner
74
Gibson
Long catch
1
Fields
16
III
65
Turner
56
Gibson

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

Player DNA

The Possession Receiver

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Andrew Erickson’s 2021 season.

Andrew Erickson

88%match

New Mexico · 2021

#2

Davis Koetter

Boise State · 2021

83%
#3

Eric Holley

Toledo · 2025

83%
#4

Montana Lemonious-Craig

Arizona · 2023

81%
#5

Chas Nimrod

Tennessee · 2023

80%

Matches Andrew on

TD rate
Reception volume
Yards / reception

Differs from Andrew on

Class year (higher)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Caleb Gossett’s path through Ohio.

Caleb Gossett

99%match

Ohio · 2025

#2

Max Tomczak

Youngstown State · 2025

99%
#3

Antwan Davis

Ball State · 2020

94%
#4

Osirus Mitchell

Mississippi State · 2020

93%
#5

Louis Brown

Baylor · 2025

92%

Matches Caleb on

Height
Yards per reception
Weight

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Peter LeBlanc's junior season at Louisiana (2022).

Peter LeBlanc

82%match

Louisiana · 2022

#2

Solomon Enis

Utah · 2022

80%
#3

Alex Adams

Akron · 2023

All-MAC
78%
#4

Montana Lemonious-Craig

Arizona · 2023

76%
#5

Terrell Bynum

USC · 2022

76%

Matches Peter on

Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Weight

Differs from Peter on

Reception volume (lower)
TD rate (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Hugh Freeze

Pass share

44.7%

360 pass / 445 run

Plays / game

67.1

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

13.3%

308 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Hugh Freeze
Auburn
2025
Hugh Freeze
Auburn

Played his entire career under Hugh Freeze.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownDouglasville, GA
Height6'2"
Weight201 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey5

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
2024 Wake Forest WR4 #3849 #4124 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC
2023 Wake Forest WR4 #3073 #3530 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | ACC
2022 Wake Forest WR4 #3143 #2930 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | ACC
2021 Wake Forest WR4 #2568 #2176 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Auburn SEC WR 4 No. 5 | 6-2 | 201 lb | Douglasville, GA
2024 Wake Forest ACC WR 4 No. 5 | 6-2 | 201 lb | Douglasville, GA
2023 Wake Forest ACC WR 4 No. 5 | 6-2 | 201 lb | Douglasville, GA
2022 Wake Forest ACC WR 4 No. 5 | 6-2 | 201 lb | Douglasville, GA
2021 Wake Forest ACC WR 4 No. 5 | 6-2 | 201 lb | Douglasville, GA