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Heisman / Players / Johnathan Arceneaux /Fresno State

Johnathan Arceneaux

RB · Fresno State · Sr

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

267 RUSH YDS · 2 RUSH TD · 40 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Fresno State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Fresno State for 2026

Updated May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Running back · Fresno State

Returning around him

  • 17% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +3 net (13 in / 10 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Fresno State · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #90 · 2026 recruiting class #103

RB · FRESNO STATE · MOUNTAIN WEST

Johnathan Arceneaux

  • 4
  • 5-10 | 193 lb
  • Los Angeles, CA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

37

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 94th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#3116

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R06 · Starter

Starter. A locked-in starting role.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2023–2025
18.02023
2672025

+1383%

Up 1383% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1250 national
CFB
College
Fresno State
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey--
Measurements5-10 | 193 lb
HometownLos Angeles, CA
Primary teamFresno State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1250 recruit
Composite rating 0.8478 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2021
Origin Lawndale Whittier, CA, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8478 No. 1250 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
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 16
Current nowcast#3116Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#3136Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman 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

0.8478

#1250 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

PENDING

The 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 Johnathan Arceneaux

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 Johnathan Arceneaux

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 11g
267Rush yards
40Carries
2Rush TDs
Per game
24.3Rush yards
4Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
315.5Rush yards
47Carries
2Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 267): needs 241.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 267): needs 366.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 267): needs 616.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 4/game over remaining 2.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 6.5/game over remaining 2.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 9/game over remaining 2.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Johnathan Arceneaux's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Fresno 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.

Current place #3116 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 6.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

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
Scrimmage yards 279 267 rush | 12 rec | #286/735 (61st pct)
Rush TD 2 40 carries | #247/739 (67th pct)
Yards/carry 6.7 Per-rush efficiency | #67/735 (91st pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Efficient runner against FBS RB peers.

Efficient runner

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
40 53rd
YDS
267 61st
YPC
6.7 91st
TD
2 67th

Receiving

REC
1 16th
YDS
12 21st
YPR
12.0 88th
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 7-31@ Kansas122.002
Wk 1W 42-14vs Georgia Southern3113.706
Wk 2W 36-27@ Oregon State
Wk 3W 56-7vs Southern6416.8112
Wk 7L 21-49@ Colorado State155.005
Wk 9L 0-23vs San Diego State1-5-5.000
Wk 10W 30-7@ Boise State3155.0012
Wk 12W 24-3vs Wyoming47017.5158Season-high 70 yds
Wk 13L 17-28vs Utah State45513.8044
Wk 14W 41-14@ San José State11474.309
BowlW 18-3vs Miami (OH)6264.308
Total402675.7258
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2023Fresno State9-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Pass-leaning
2025Fresno State9-4HC: Matt Entz · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Fresno State402676.72--
2023Fresno State8182.20--
Career2 loaded seasons482855.92--
SeasonTeam
2025Fresno State11212.00--
2023Fresno State2157.50--
Career2 loaded seasons3279.00--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

Receiving work 1 12 rec yds | #467/552 (16th pct)
Usage 6.4% 10.7% rush share | #471/738 (36th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.13 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #156/362 (57th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 267 #286/735 61st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 2 #247/739 67th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 6.7 #67/735 91st pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 1 #467/552 16th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 12 #435/548 21st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.13 #156/362 57th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 33 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 6.4% #471/738 36th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 58 #112/733 85th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 40 #345/739 53rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 12 #365/540 33rd pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 12.0 #65/548 88th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 10.7% #471/738 36th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 10.4% #340/738 54th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 8.6% #398/738 46th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 4.6% #574/738 22nd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.4% #578/738 22nd pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 2.0% #612/738 17th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 1.1% #495/738 33rd 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home6g33.06.90.3
Road5g13.84.10.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins7g30.06.90.3
Losses4g14.24.00.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-76g14.24.40.2
Weeks 8+5g36.47.10.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

37Mid-pack
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (94th). Concern: carries (0th).

Yards / carry#19 / 349 · 94th pct
6.7rush
Long run#102 / 349 · 70th pct
58rush
Rush TDs#236 / 349 · 26th pct
2rush
Rush yards#286 / 349 · 18th pct
267rush
Rec yards#313 / 338 · 7th pct
12rece
Receptions#327 / 338 · 2nd pct
1rece
Carries#346 / 349 · 1st pct
40rush

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
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

wepa_rushing0.13Low (p25–p50) (n=178)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Johnathan ArceneauxFresno StateJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 55% simJeremiah CobbAuburn· 49% simQuinton JacksonRice· 49% sim
Yards / carry
94
Arceneaux
41
Brunson
71
Cobb
49
Jackson
Long run
70
Arceneaux
73
Brunson
51
Cobb
88
Jackson
Rush TDs
26
Arceneaux
50
Brunson
62
Cobb
72
Jackson
Rush yards
18
Arceneaux
80
Brunson
88
Cobb
85
Jackson
Rec yards
7
Arceneaux
3
Brunson
47
Cobb
42
Jackson
Receptions
2
Arceneaux
2
Brunson
45
Cobb
12
Jackson
Carries
1
Arceneaux
85
Brunson
88
Cobb
89
Jackson

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

RB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Chris McMillian’s 2025 season.

Chris McMillian

84%match

Bowling Green · 2025

#2

Demond Claiborne

Wake Forest · 2023

NFL Rd 6
78%
#3

Rodney Hammond Jr.

Pittsburgh · 2022

77%
#4

Daijun Edwards

Georgia · 2021

73%
#5

Tae Meadows

Troy · 2025

75%

Matches Chris on

EPA / carry (adj)
Weight
Total rush EPA (college ability)

Differs from Chris on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Eli Sanders's junior season at Iowa State (2023).

Eli Sanders

78%match

Iowa State · 2023

#2

Nay'Quan Wright

Florida · 2022

75%
#3

Dewayne Coleman

Army · 2025

73%
#4

Trelon Smith

UTSA · 2022

74%
#5

Tae Meadows

Troy · 2025

74%

Matches Eli on

Yards / carry
Receiving share
Rush TD rate

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

Pass share

44.2%

373 pass / 471 run

Plays / game

64.9

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.4%

282 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Jeff Tedford
Fresno State
2025
Matt Entz
Fresno State
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Tedford → Matt Entz. 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.

HometownLos Angeles, CA
Height5'10"
Weight193 lb
Class4
PositionRB

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

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 Fresno State RB4 #3116 #3136 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mountain West
2023 Fresno State RB4 #2634 #2521 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mountain West
2022 Fresno State RB4 #1893 #1548 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mountain West
2021 Fresno State RB4 #3092 #2864 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Fresno State Mountain West RB 4 5-10 | 193 lb | Los Angeles, CA
2024 Fresno State Mountain West RB 4 5-10 | 193 lb | Los Angeles, CA
2023 Fresno State Mountain West RB 4 5-10 | 193 lb | Los Angeles, CA
2022 Fresno State Mountain West RB 4 5-10 | 193 lb | Los Angeles, CA
2021 Fresno State Mountain West RB 4 5-10 | 193 lb | Los Angeles, CA