CFB Zeitgeist Score
22
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 22nd percentile.
James BlackStrain
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
224 REC YDS · 22 REC · 1 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Missouri State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Missouri State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +8 net (19 in / 11 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Missouri State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #129 · 2026 recruiting class #133
WR · MISSOURI STATE · CONFERENCE USA
James BlackStrain
- 4
- #5
- 6-2 | 180 lb
- Cocoa, FL
Heisman Heat
#3642
<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 0 · Not on teamR01 · Scout team / redshirt
Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4-star | 0.9013 | No. 305 recruit | HighSchool | Georgia Tech |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Tech -> Missouri State | 3-star | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2023 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 19Heisman 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 Georgia Tech
Composite
0.9013
#305 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 James BlackStrain
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 James BlackStrain
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
10.2
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #411 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 23rd
Why it matters
#411 of 531 All FBS WRs at 10.2 yards per reception (22 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 10.2 (23th)
MODERATE · n=22 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#402 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#475 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 4 vs UT Martin — 47 ypr
Result W 42-10
The week the volume broke through — put up 47 yds vs UT Martin.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 10g
224Rec yards
22Receptions
1Rec TDs
Per game
22.4Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
291.2Rec yards
29Receptions
1Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 224): needs 158.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 224): needs 258.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 22): needs 12.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 22): needs 19.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 2.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 1): needs 3/game over remaining 3.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
James BlackStrain's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Missouri State, 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
WR 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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
22 66th
YDS
224 61st
YPR
10.2 33rd
TD
1 64th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 10-28vs SMU | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-10vs UT Martin | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 1 | 23 | Season-high 47 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 22-20@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-17@ New Mexico State | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-21vs Florida International | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 11 | W 21-17@ Liberty | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-24vs UTEP | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | L 34-41@ Kennesaw State | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 14 | L 30-42vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bowl | L 28-34@ Arkansas State | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 22 | 224 | 10.2 | 1 | 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
2023Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning
2025Missouri State7-6HC: Ryan Beard · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Missouri State | 22 | 224 | 10.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 22 | 224 | 10.2 | 1 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
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.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 22 | #383/1110 | 66th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 224 | #435/1107 | 61st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #396/1111 | 64th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 10.2 | #737/1106 | 33rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 9.1% | #524/1137 | 54th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 32 | #576/1105 | 48th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 8.7% | #188/1137 | 84th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 6.4% | #540/1137 | 53rd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 5.1% | #471/1137 | 59th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.3% | #478/1137 | 58th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 3.8% | #580/1137 | 49th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 2.7% | #848/1137 | 26th pct | Money-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
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 · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 25.4 | 11.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 19.4 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 2.5 | 22.7 | 9.2 | 0.2 |
| Losses4g | 1.8 | 22.0 | 11.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 25.5 | 10.8 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 20.3 | 9.7 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
22Below cohort
Concern: long catch (16th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2023
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
James BlackStrainMissouri StateMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 65% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 59% simAaron TurnerRice· 57% sim
Receptions
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Long catch
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 Robert Williams’s 2024 season.
Robert Williams
85%match
#2
Jeremiah Noga
85%
#3
Peter LeBlanc
83%
#4
Casey Reynolds
79%
#5
Adam Jones
79%
Matches Robert on
Reception volume
TD rate
Yards / reception
Differs from Robert on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Peter LeBlanc's junior season at Louisiana (2022).
Peter LeBlanc
85%match
#2
Alex Adams
All-MAC
78%
#3
Terrell Bynum
78%
#4
R.J. Sneed
76%
#5
Porter Rooks
75%
Matches Peter on
Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Differs from Peter on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Beard
Pass share
51.9%
433 pass / 401 run
Plays / game
64.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
13.0%
307 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
—
Missouri State
2025era →
Ryan Beard
Missouri State
Played his entire career under Ryan Beard.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownCocoa, FL
Height6'2"
Weight180 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey5
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMissouri State
ConferenceConference USA
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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | WR4 | #3642 | #3550 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | WR4 | #4031 | #4241 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | WR4 | #3459 | #3379 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Missouri State | Conference USA | WR | 4 | No. 5 | 6-2 | 180 lb | Cocoa, FL |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 5 | 6-2 | 180 lb | Cocoa, FL |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 5 | 6-2 | 180 lb | Cocoa, FL |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 5 | 6-2 | 180 lb | Cocoa, FL |