CFB Zeitgeist Score
56
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 90th percentile.
Jeremy Smith
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
50 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Marshall for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Marshall
Returning around him
- 100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +5 net (27 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Marshall · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #89 · 2026 recruiting class #120
S · MARSHALL · SUN BELT
Jeremy Smith
- 4
- #17
- 6-0 | 182 lb
- Highland Springs, VA
Heisman Heat
#12129
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Marshall
NFL
NFL Draft
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Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#8 in market ▼ from #6 · 4 books
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3-star | 0.8267 | No. 1819 recruit | HighSchool | Marshall |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| 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 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 Marshall
Composite
0.8267
#1819 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 Jeremy Smith
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 Jeremy Smith
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 12g
50Tackles
1.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.1Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
54Tackles
1.6Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 50): needs 30/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 50): needs 50/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 6/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jeremy Smith is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Marshall's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 3 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?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
50 88th
SOLO
27 86th
TFL
1.5 64th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
4 84th
INT
3 94th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-45@ Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-21vs Missouri State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-28@ Middle Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 51-54@ Louisiana | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-24vs Old Dominion | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-37vs Texas State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-44@ Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-35vs James Madison | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-18@ Georgia State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-26@ App State | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 19-24vs Georgia Southern | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 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
2021Marshall7-5HC: Charles Huff · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy
2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
2024Marshall10-3HC: Charles Huff · Run-leaning
2025Marshall5-7HC: Tony Gibson · 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 | 50 | #600/4942 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 1.5 | #1771/4972 | 64th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 3 | #56/869 | 94th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 4 | #340/2184 | 84th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 27 | #649/4584 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 1 | #103/736 | 86th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs 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 Thorpe 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Losses7g | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the S cohort
56Solid starter
Elite: interceptions (89th). Strength: passes defended (85th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · S · 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
Jeremy SmithMarshallTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 87% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 82% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 80% sim
Interceptions
Passes defended
Tackles
Solo tackles
Forced fumbles
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tariq Drake’s 2022 season.
Tariq Drake
89%match
All-MAC
#2
Renardo Green
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 32
86%
#3
Kempton Shine
85%
#4
Jalen Mcmurray
84%
#5
Tyan Milton
83%
Matches Tariq on
PD rate
Tackle volume
Height
Differs from Tariq on
Class year (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jalen Mcmurray's graduate season at Tennessee (2025).
Jalen Mcmurray
88%match
#2
Joseph Charleston
86%
#3
JaTravis Broughton
77%
#4
Darian Chestnut
75%
#5
Donyai Taylor
All-AAC
74%
Matches Jalen on
Class year
Height
Weight
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Pass share
40.4%
335 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.0%
244 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Charles Huff
Marshall
2022
Charles Huff
Marshall
2023
Charles Huff
Marshall
2024
Charles Huff
Marshall
2025era →
Tony Gibson
Marshall
Coaching transition mid-career: Charles Huff → Tony Gibson. 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.
HometownHighland Springs, VA
Height6'0"
Weight182 lb
Class4
PositionS
Jersey17
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamMarshall
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc6 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 | Marshall | S4 | #12129 | #12245 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Marshall | S4 | #12527 | #12496 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | Marshall | S4 | #8164 | #8051 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2021 | Marshall | S4 | #10021 | #9816 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Conference USA |
| 2020 | Marshall | S4 | #945 | #838 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Conference USA |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marshall | Sun Belt | S | 4 | No. 17 | 6-0 | 182 lb | Highland Springs, VA |
| 2024 | Marshall | Sun Belt | S | 4 | No. 17 | 6-0 | 182 lb | Highland Springs, VA |
| 2023 | Marshall | Sun Belt | S | 4 | No. 17 | 6-0 | 182 lb | Highland Springs, VA |
| 2022 | Marshall | Sun Belt | S | 4 | No. 17 | 6-0 | 182 lb | Highland Springs, VA |
| 2021 | Marshall | Conference USA | S | 4 | No. 17 | 6-0 | 182 lb | Highland Springs, VA |
| 2020 | Marshall | Conference USA | S | 4 | No. 17 | 6-0 | 182 lb | Highland Springs, VA |