CFB Zeitgeist Score
85
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 93rd percentile.
Jaishawn Barham
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
32 TACKLES · 4 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Dallas2026 NFL rookie season
#92Rd 3 · Pick 28
Dallas2026 NFL rookie season
LB · MICHIGAN · BIG TEN
Jaishawn Barham
- 4
- #1
- 6-3 | 243 lb
- District Heights, MD
Heisman Heat
#7547
<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 LB AWARD
Butkus
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R3 · #92
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4-star | 0.9519 | No. 119 recruit | HighSchool | Maryland |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Maryland -> Michigan | 4-star | 0.9100 | 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 Maryland
Composite
0.9519
#119 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 3, Pick 28
#92 overall · Dallas
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 Jaishawn Barham
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 Jaishawn Barham
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 defensive totals stand
Through 11g
32Tackles
10Tackles for loss
4Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.9Tackles for loss
0.4Sacks
Projected (13g)
38Tackles
11.8Tackles for loss
4.7Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 32): needs 24/game over remaining 2.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 32): needs 34/game over remaining 2.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 4): needs 1/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 4): needs 3/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.
Jaishawn Barham is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Michigan's defense, with 4.0 sacks, 10.0 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.
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
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
High-disruption defender | Coverage splash against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
32 75th
SOLO
21 79th
TFL
10.0 98th
SACK
4.0 97th
QBH
5 90th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
4 84th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17vs New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-24@ Oklahoma | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 63-3vs Central Michigan | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27@ Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-10vs Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-31@ USC | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-7vs Washington | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-20@ Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-22@ Northwestern | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-20@ Maryland | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 9-27vs Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 21 | 10.0 | 4.0 | — | 4 |
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
2022Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced
2023Maryland8-5HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning
2024Michigan8-5HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-heavy
2025Michigan9-4HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 32 | #1250/4942 | 75th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 10.0 | #103/4972 | 98th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 4.0 | #169/4972 | 97th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 4 | #340/2184 | 84th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 5 | #188/1878 | 90th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 21 | #959/4584 | 79th 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
Status—Awaiting 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 vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Losses3g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
85All-Conference
Elite: tackles for loss (96th). Strength: sacks (93rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 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
Jaishawn BarhamMichiganRasheem BilesPittsburgh· 80% simCade UluaveCalifornia· 80% simJohn MillerUtah State· 79% sim
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Passes defended
Solo tackles
Tackles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Thumper
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to O.C. Brothers’s 2023 season.
O.C. Brothers
74%match
#2
James Walley Jr.
57%
#3
Jackson Adams
50%
#4
Brenton Cox
50%
#5
Cian Slone
49%
Matches O.C. on
Tackle volume
Sack rate
Class year
Differs from O.C. on
PD rate (lower)
Height (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Richard Kinley II's senior season at Middle Tennessee (2023).
Richard Kinley II
78%match
#2
Khordae Sydnor
77%
#3
O.C. Brothers
76%
#4
Diwun Black
All-AAC
76%
#5
Ethan Downs
All-Big 12
74%
Matches Richard on
TFL rate
Weight
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sherrone Moore
Pass share
40.9%
340 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
64.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.4%
256 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Jim Harbaugh
Michigan
2023
Jim Harbaugh
Michigan
2024era →
Sherrone Moore
Michigan
2025
Sherrone Moore
Michigan
Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Harbaugh → Sherrone Moore. 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.
HometownDistrict Heights, MD
Height6'3"
Weight243 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey1
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMichigan
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc4 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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan | Big Ten | LB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-3 | 243 lb | District Heights, MD |
| 2024 | Michigan | Big Ten | LB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-3 | 243 lb | District Heights, MD |
| 2023 | Maryland | Big Ten | LB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-3 | 243 lb | District Heights, MD |
| 2022 | Maryland | Big Ten | LB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-3 | 243 lb | District Heights, MD |