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Jackson Wade

WR · Florida · So · #83

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

10 REC YDS · 1 REC · 0 REC TD

2026 TRANSFERTransferred Florida → Boston College for 2026

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to Boston College

2025Florida
2026Boston College

WR · FLORIDA · SEC

Jackson Wade

  • 2
  • #83
  • 5-11 | 185 lb
  • Dallas, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

5

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 17th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#3041

<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

R03 · Backup

Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2024–2025
10.02024
10.02025

+0%

Modest growth (0%) across the multi-season window.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Florida
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class2
Jersey83
Measurements5-11 | 185 lb
HometownDallas, GA
Primary teamFlorida

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 Boston College 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 5, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Florida -> Boston College 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 16
Current nowcast#3041Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#3255Where 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.

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 Jackson Wade

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

50

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 2 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "The Florida State Seminoles assemble their most impressive official visit list i"Own fansRivals: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "Jayden Wade (6-3 190 lbs) out of IMG academy will pick amongst: Oregon, Michigan"RivalsNational: 6 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here]( https://www.r"National
  • Own fans · n=2
  • Rivals · n=1
  • National · n=6

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jackson Wade

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

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 3g
10Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
3.3Rec yards
0Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
43.3Rec yards
4Receptions
0Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 10): needs 69/game over remaining 10.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 10): needs 99/game over remaining 10.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 1): needs 5.9/game over remaining 10.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 1): needs 7.9/game over remaining 10.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 0.8/game over remaining 10.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1/game over remaining 10.

What made this player interesting

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

Jackson Wade's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Florida, 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 #3041 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 2.7% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

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 1 0 rec TD | #973/1110 (12th pct)
Receiving yards 10 10.0 per catch | #997/1107 (10th pct)
Scrimmage yards 10 Total offensive yardage | #997/1107 (10th 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
1 12th
YDS
10 10th
YPR
10.0 33rd
TD
0 45th

Returns

KR YDS
-5 1st
KR AVG
-2.5 1st

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 3 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 55-0vs Long Island University11010.0010Season-high 10 yds
Wk 12L 24-34@ Ole Miss
Wk 14W 40-21vs Florida State
Total11010.0010
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

2024Florida8-5HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning
2025Florida4-8HC: Billy Napier · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Florida11010.00--
2024Florida11010.00--
Career2 loaded seasons22010.00--
SeasonTeam
2025Florida-----5----
2024Florida----------
Career2 loaded seasons-----5----
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 2.7% 5.6% pass-game share | #817/1137 (28th pct)
Return yards -5 0 return TD | #237/238 (1st pct)
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #615/1111 (45th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 1 #973/1110 12th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 10 #997/1107 10th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 10.0 #746/1106 33rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards -5 #237/238 1st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 5.6% #817/1137 28th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 10 #965/1105 13th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 2 #132/243 46th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg -2.5 #235/236 1st pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.7% #696/1137 39th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 3.6% #582/1137 49th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 2.9% #739/1137 35th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 2.7% #834/1137 27th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 0.0% #937/1137 18th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 0.0% #1009/1137 11th pct Known-passing sharevs 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 · 3 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home2g0.55.010.00.0
Road1g

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins2g0.55.010.00.0
Losses1g

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-71g1.010.010.00.0
Weeks 8+2g

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

5Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (0th).

Yards / catch#462 / 558 · 17th pct
10.0rece
Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Rec yards#559 / 558 · 0th pct
10rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
1rece
Long catch#559 / 558 · 0th pct
10rece

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
Jackson WadeFloridaMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 47% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 42% simAaron TurnerRice· 38% sim
Yards / catch
17
Wade
9
III
15
Gibson
1
Turner
Rec TDs
7
Wade
24
III
7
Gibson
68
Turner
Rec yards
0
Wade
70
III
74
Gibson
48
Turner
Receptions
0
Wade
92
III
92
Gibson
92
Turner
Long catch
0
Wade
16
III
56
Gibson
65
Turner

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

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

Pass share

49.4%

372 pass / 381 run

Plays / game

62.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.1%

311 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

1 coach
2024
Billy Napier
Florida
2025
Billy Napier
Florida

Played his entire career under Billy Napier.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownDallas, GA
Height5'11"
Weight185 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey83

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 Florida WR2 #3041 #3255 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Florida WR2 #4065 #4012 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Florida SEC WR 2 No. 83 | 5-11 | 185 lb | Dallas, GA
2024 Florida SEC WR 2 No. 83 | 5-11 | 185 lb | Dallas, GA
2023 Florida SEC WR 2 No. 83 | 5-11 | 185 lb | Dallas, GA