CFB Zeitgeist Score
72
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 100th percentile.
John Henry Daley
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
45 TACKLES · 11.5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Utah for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · Utah
Returning around him
- 14% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 3 Utah players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -3 net (17 in / 20 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Utah · Last season: 11-2 (AP #15) · Talent rank #44 · 2026 recruiting class #40
DE · UTAH · BIG 12
John Henry Daley
- 2
- #90
- 6-4 | 247 lb
- Alpine, UT
Heisman Heat
#9131
<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 DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2023
BYU · DE
—
2024
Utah · DE
—
★
2025
Utah · DE
R12 · All-American
Elite
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 | 3-star | 0.8737 | No. 613 recruit | HighSchool |
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.
Achievements
- Honors Badge 0.7% Honors Badge Recognized on a major honors list (Heisman, All-American, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Nagurski, Biletnikoff). Held by 0.7% of the 2025 pool. Recognized on: All-America (WCFF).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
NIL Valuation · On3
$792K
On3 ranking · Jun 2026
Whisper Rate
$2.00M
per-deal market estimate
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8737
#613 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 John Henry Daley
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 John Henry Daley
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
45Tackles
17.5Tackles for loss
11.5Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
1.6Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Projected (13g)
53Tackles
20.7Tackles for loss
13.6Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 45): needs 17.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 45): needs 27.5/game over remaining 2.
✓ Hit 6-sack season · finished with 11.5.
✓ Hit 10-sack season · finished with 11.5.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
John Henry Daley is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Utah's defense, with 11.5 sacks, 17.5 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 | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
45 85th
SOLO
23 82nd
TFL
17.5 100th
SACK
11.5 100th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
1 43rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-10@ UCLA | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 63-9vs Cal Poly | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 3 | W 31-6@ Wyoming | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | L 10-34vs Texas Tech | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-14@ West Virginia | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 42-10vs Arizona State | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24@ BYU | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 53-7vs Colorado | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-14vs Cincinnati | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-28@ Baylor | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-47vs Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 45 | 23 | 17.5 | 11.5 | — | 1 |
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
2023BYU5-7HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced
2024Utah5-7HC: Kyle Whittingham · Balanced
2025Utah11-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy
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 | 45 | #729/4942 | 85th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 17.5 | #5/4972 | 100th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 11.5 | #7/4972 | 100th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 1 | #1241/2184 | 43rd pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 23 | #839/4584 | 82nd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-AMERICAN
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-AMERICAN · Rung 12 of 16
Why he’s here
All-American — named 1st team by at least one NCAA-recognized selector.
What moves him up
Add selectors to reach Consensus (3 of 5).
What moves him down
Lose the selector and this slips to national-watch territory.
Accolade streams
1st-team selections1×1ST
First-team selections from 1 selectors.
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF1st
SN—
SI—
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 4.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Losses2g | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DE cohort
72Solid starter
Elite: tackles for loss (99th). Strength: sacks (99th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DE · 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
John Henry DaleyUtahMichael MontgomerySouthern Miss· 85% simChris JonesSouthern Miss· 83% simJackson KuwatchMiami (OH)· 81% sim
Tackles for loss
Sacks
Tackles
Solo tackles
Passes defended
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Speed Rusher
Bends the edge and wins with first-step quickness. Lighter frame, relentless motor.
EDGE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ryan Davis’s 2025 season.
Ryan Davis
82%match
#2
Malachi Lawrence
NFL Rd 1 · Pk 23
80%
#3
Andrew Edson
78%
#4
Jaylen Harrell
NFL Rd 7
78%
#5
Jahfari Harvey
76%
Matches Ryan on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Caleb Herring's junior season at Tennessee (2025).
Caleb Herring
74%match
#2
Mykel Williams
NFL Rd 1 · Pk 11
70%
#3
Reggie Grimes
67%
#4
Isaac Terrell
64%
#5
Jimmy Scott
64%
Matches Caleb on
Weight
TFL rate
Sack rate
Differs from Caleb on
Class year (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Pass share
39.8%
371 pass / 562 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.2%
289 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Kyle Whittingham
Utah
2024
Kyle Whittingham
Utah
2025
Kyle Whittingham
Utah
Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownAlpine, UT
Height6'4"
Weight247 lb
Class2
PositionDE
Jersey90
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamUtah
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2025)
1 selectors honored him
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big 12
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 All-America selection
National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.
1 all-conference honor
Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Big 12 | all_conference | Utah | Big 12 | DE |
| 2025 | All-America (WCFF) | all_america | WCFF | DL |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.