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Heisman / Players / Jacob Zeno /Texas A&M

Jacob Zeno

QB · Texas A&M · Sr · #9

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

27 PASS YDS · 0 PASS TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Texas A&M for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Texas A&M for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Quarterback · Texas A&M

Returning around him

  • 75% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • 10 Texas A&M players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -2 net (19 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Texas A&M · Last season: 11-2 (AP #7) · Talent rank #8 · 2026 recruiting class #9

QB · TEXAS A&M · SEC

Jacob Zeno

  • 4
  • #9
  • 6-2 | 215 lb
  • San Antonio, TX

CFB Zeitgeist Score

18

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 99th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#496

<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

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 · passing yards

2021–2025
41.02021
7212022
3,1262023
8192024
27.02025

-34%

Sharp dropoff (-34%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#283 national
CFB
College
3 teams
2021–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionQB
Class4
Jersey9
Measurements6-2 | 215 lb
HometownSan Antonio, TX
Primary teamTexas A&M

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 283 recruit
Composite rating 0.9048 HighSchool
Signed with Baylor 2019
Origin John Jay San Antonio, TX, USA
Class Profile Context
2019 4-star | 0.9048 No. 283 recruit | HighSchool | Baylor

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
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 16
Current nowcast#496Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#729Where 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 Baylor

Composite

0.9048

#283 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 Jacob Zeno

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 Jacob Zeno

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.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

What made this player interesting

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

Jacob Zeno's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Texas A&M, 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 #496 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 6.1% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 283 recruit

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
Pass yards 27 0 TD | 0 INT | #333/382 (13th pct)
Completion rate 40.0% 2/5 completions | #360/383 (6th pct)
Yards/attempt 5.4 Explosiveness through the air | #296/382 (23rd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Pocket-leaning against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Pocket-leaning

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
2 13th
ATT
5 20th
CMP%
40.0% 6th
Y/A
5.4 23rd

Passing Production

YDS
27 13th
TD
0 30th
INT
0 100th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 1 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCMP/ATTYDSTDINTYPAQBRNote
Wk 13W 48-0vs Samford2/527005.47.0Season-high 27 yds
Total2/527005.47.0
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

2021Baylor11-2HC: Dave Aranda · Run-heavy
2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy
2023UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced
2024UAB3-9HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced
2025Texas A&M11-2HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Texas A&M2540.0%275.40085.4----
2024UAB8211869.5%8196.965136.1----
2023UAB27937973.6%3,1268.2209155.6----
2022UAB5810256.9%7217.153126.5----
2021Baylor1333.3%4113.700148.1----
Career5 loaded seasons42260769.5%4,7347.83117146.3----
SeasonTeam
2025Texas A&M----------
2024UAB37972.60--
2023UAB911681.84--
2022UAB31882.81--
2021Baylor3-3-1.00--
Career5 loaded seasons1623502.25--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

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.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

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.

Rush impact -- -- rush TD
Usage 6.1% 13.5% pass share | 0.0% rush share | #325/428 (24th pct)
Passing WEPA +0.31 Opponent-adjusted passing value | #69/200 (66th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 27 #333/382 13th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 0 #285/407 30th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 2 #336/383 13th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 40.0% #360/383 6th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 5.4 #296/382 23rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Value Passing WEPA +0.31 #69/200 66th pct Opponent-adjusted passing value | 94 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Usage Role share 6.1% #325/428 24th pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 5 #326/407 20th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 0 #1/407 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 13.5% #286/428 33rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 10.7% #267/428 38th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 8.0% #323/428 25th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 6.3% #354/428 18th pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 5.3% #330/428 23rd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 2.8% #372/428 13th pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/428 9th pct Ground-game usagevs 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 1 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Home1g27.00.05.40.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Wins1g27.00.05.40.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gTD/gYPAINT/g
Weeks 8+1g27.00.05.40.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

18Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (99th). Concern: pass tds (0th).

Interceptions#1 / 183 · 99th pct
0pass
Yards / att#173 / 183 · 5th pct
5.4pass
Completion %#183 / 183 · 1st pct
40.0%pass
Pass yards#184 / 183 · 0th pct
27pass
Pass TDs#184 / 183 · 0th pct
0pass

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
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
Jacob ZenoTexas A&MNick VattiatoMiddle Tennessee· 51% simRyan BrownePurdue· 50% simAvery JohnsonKansas State· 48% sim
Interceptions
99
Zeno
44
Vattiato
14
Browne
56
Johnson
Yards / att
5
Zeno
13
Vattiato
23
Browne
46
Johnson
Completion %
1
Zeno
41
Vattiato
29
Browne
33
Johnson
Pass yards
0
Zeno
57
Vattiato
56
Browne
61
Johnson
Pass TDs
0
Zeno
64
Vattiato
33
Browne
72
Johnson

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

Mike Elko

Pass share

45.8%

407 pass / 482 run

Plays / game

68.4

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

3.8%

286 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

3 coaches
2021
Jimbo Fisher
Texas A&M
2022
Jimbo Fisher
Texas A&M
2023
Elijah Robinson
Texas A&M
era →
2024
Mike Elko
Texas A&M
era →
2025
Mike Elko
Texas A&M

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Elijah Robinson, and Mike Elko. Multi-era developmental context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownSan Antonio, TX
Height6'2"
Weight215 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey9

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 UAB QB4 #496 #729 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | American Athletic
2023 UAB QB4 #237 #454 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | American Athletic
2022 UAB QB4 #702 #746 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Conference USA
2021 Baylor QB4 #507 #322 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big 12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Texas A&M SEC QB 4 No. 9 | 6-2 | 215 lb | San Antonio, TX
2024 UAB American Athletic QB 4 No. 9 | 6-2 | 215 lb | San Antonio, TX
2023 UAB American Athletic QB 4 No. 9 | 6-2 | 215 lb | San Antonio, TX
2022 UAB Conference USA QB 4 No. 9 | 6-2 | 215 lb | San Antonio, TX
2021 Baylor Big 12 QB 4 No. 9 | 6-2 | 215 lb | San Antonio, TX