CFB Zeitgeist Score
27
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 71st percentile.
Jahiem White
The Long Memoryas of 2026-06-22
Jahiem White arrives at West Virginia with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
133RUSH YDS3RUSH TD24CARRIES
Rival fans bring him up unprompted, and rarely to praise him.
low confidence1 source
Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to North Texas
2025West Virginia
2026North Texas
RB · WEST VIRGINIA · BIG 12
Jahiem White
- 3
- #1
- 5-7 | 190 lb
- York, PA
Heisman Heat
#2578
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
In Their Words
1,296 windows · 2025 fan posts
red×135.2worst×71.6best×9.9helmet×96.2number×34.6look×10.3combos×669.6gold×36.3
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2023–2025-84%
Sharp dropoff (-84%) — career inflection point.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
West Virginia
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8769 | No. 673 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | West Virginia -> North Texas | 3-star | 0.8600 | 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 16Heisman 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 —
Composite
0.8769
#673 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
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 Jahiem White
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
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Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=7
- National · n=6
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Jahiem White
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the rushing totals stand
Through 2g
133Rush yards
24Carries
3Rush TDs
Per game
66.5Rush yards
12Carries
2Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
864.5Rush yards
156Carries
20Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 133): needs 56.1/game over remaining 11.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 133): needs 78.8/game over remaining 11.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 133): needs 124.3/game over remaining 11.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 0.6/game over remaining 11.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 1.1/game over remaining 11.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 1.5/game over remaining 11.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jahiem White's story is about how role and output meet each other. For West Virginia, 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.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
24 43rd
YDS
133 47th
YPC
5.5 74th
TD
3 73rd
Receiving
REC
3 33rd
YDS
15 24th
YPR
5.0 26th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Robert Morris | 18 | 93 | 5.2 | 2 | 19 | Season-high 93 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 10-17@ Ohio | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 1 | 32 | |
| Total | 24 | 133 | 6.0 | 3 | 32 |
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
2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy
2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | 24 | 133 | 5.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 109 | 842 | 7.7 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 133 | 975 | 7.3 | 7 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 5 | 125 | 25.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 8 | 140 | 17.5 | 2 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 133 | #393/735 | 47th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 3 | #204/739 | 73rd pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.5 | #192/735 | 74th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 3 | #371/552 | 33rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 15 | #415/548 | 24th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 20.3% | #90/738 | 88th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 32 | #286/733 | 61st pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 24 | #420/739 | 43rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 13 | #347/540 | 36th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 5.0 | #406/548 | 26th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 31.2% | #113/738 | 85th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 28.3% | #51/738 | 93rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 24.7% | #77/738 | 90th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 16.0% | #60/738 | 92nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 13.6% | #221/738 | 70th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.3% | #275/738 | 63rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 5.4% | #138/738 | 81st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
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
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 2 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 93.0 | 5.2 | 2.0 |
| Road1g | 40.0 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins1g | 93.0 | 5.2 | 2.0 |
| Losses1g | 40.0 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 66.5 | 6.0 | 1.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
27Below cohort
Concern: carries (0th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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
Jahiem WhiteWest VirginiaJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 52% simTae MeadowsTroy· 49% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 49% sim
Yards / carry
Rush TDs
Long run
Rec yards
Receptions
Rush yards
Carries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
38.7%
327 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
70.3
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
10.7%
272 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Neal Brown
West Virginia
2025era →
Rich Rodriguez
West Virginia
Coaching transition mid-career: Neal Brown → Rich Rodriguez. 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.
HometownYork, PA
Height5'7"
Weight190 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey1
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamWest Virginia
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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 | West Virginia | RB3 | #2578 | #2749 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2023 | West Virginia | RB3 | #163 | #228 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | Big 12 | RB | 3 | No. 1 | 5-7 | 190 lb | York, PA |
| 2024 | West Virginia | Big 12 | RB | 3 | No. 1 | 5-7 | 190 lb | York, PA |
| 2023 | West Virginia | Big 12 | RB | 3 | No. 1 | 5-7 | 190 lb | York, PA |