CFB Zeitgeist Score
34
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 42nd percentile.
Jordan King
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
267 REC YDS · 22 REC · 2 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to California for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · California
Returning around him
- 22% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 1 California player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -4 net (32 in / 36 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
California · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #36 · 2026 recruiting class #69
WR · CALIFORNIA · ACC
Jordan King
- 3
- #4
- 6-2 | 220 lb
- Portland, OR
Heisman Heat
#1408
<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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025+434%
Up 434% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
California
NFL
NFL Draft
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
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.
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 Jordan King
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 Jordan King
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
12.1
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #286 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 46th
Why it matters
#286 of 531 All FBS WRs at 12.1 yards per reception (22 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 12.1 (46th)
MODERATE · n=22 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#302 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#429 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 9 at Virginia Tech — 64 ypr
Result L 34-42
The week the volume broke through — put up 64 yds at Virginia Tech.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 10g
267Rec yards
22Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
26.7Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
347.1Rec yards
29Receptions
3Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 267): needs 144.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 267): needs 244.3/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 2): needs 2/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 2.7/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.
Jordan King's story is about how role and output meet each other. For California, 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
267 65th
YPR
12.1 52nd
TD
2 75th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-15@ Oregon State | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-3vs Texas Southern | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-14vs Minnesota | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-24@ Boston College | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-45vs Duke | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-18vs North Carolina | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42@ Virginia Tech | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | 38 | Season-high 64 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31vs Virginia | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-26@ Louisville | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-31@ Stanford | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Total | 22 | 267 | 10.7 | 2 | 38 |
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
2024California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced
2025California7-6HC: Justin Wilcox · Pass-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | 22 | 267 | 12.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | California | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 26 | 317 | 12.2 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | California | -- | -- | -12 | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | -- | -- | -12 | -- | -- |
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 | 267 | #393/1107 | 65th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #281/1111 | 75th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.1 | #537/1106 | 52nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 6.8% | #704/1137 | 38th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 38 | #486/1105 | 56th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 8.4% | #340/1137 | 70th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.0% | #390/1137 | 66th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 4.1% | #596/1137 | 48th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.8% | #676/1137 | 41st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 2.6% | #799/1137 | 30th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 2.3% | #807/1137 | 29th pct | Base-situation sharevs 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 | 27.0 | 10.9 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 26.4 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 2.0 | 21.5 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Losses4g | 2.5 | 34.5 | 13.7 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 22.0 | 8.8 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 31.4 | 12.6 | 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
34Below cohort
Concern: long catch (26th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 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
Jordan KingCaliforniaMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 63% simAaron TurnerRice· 60% simTrent WalkerOregon State· 60% sim
Rec TDs
Yards / catch
Receptions
Rec yards
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 Jayden Thomas’s 2023 season.
Jayden Thomas
91%match
#2
Bub Means
NFL Rd 5
84%
#3
Rashod Owens
83%
#4
Rodney Harris II
82%
#5
Chris Bell
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 30
82%
Matches Jayden on
TD rate
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Kyndon Fuselier’s path through Lamar.
Kyndon Fuselier
99%match
#2
Amari Rodgers
All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 22
98%
#3
Jalen Preston
96%
#4
Jeremiah Hunter
95%
#5
Brionne Penny
95%
Matches Kyndon on
Yards per reception
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jaron Tibbs's sophomore season at Purdue (2024).
Jaron Tibbs
85%match
#2
Jalen Preston
82%
#3
Jonathan Mingo
All-SECNFL Rd 2 · Pk 8
81%
#4
Rashod Owens
81%
#5
J.J. Jones
81%
Matches Jaron on
TD rate
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
57.0%
502 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.2%
353 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Justin Wilcox
California
2025
Justin Wilcox
California
Played his entire career under Justin Wilcox.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownPortland, OR
Height6'2"
Weight220 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey4
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamCalifornia
ConferenceACC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | WR3 | #1408 | #1623 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | California | WR3 | #3858 | #3804 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
| 2022 | California | WR3 | #4203 | #4465 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Pac-12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | ACC | WR | 3 | No. 4 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Portland, OR |
| 2024 | California | ACC | WR | 3 | No. 4 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Portland, OR |
| 2023 | California | Pac-12 | WR | 3 | No. 4 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Portland, OR |
| 2022 | California | Pac-12 | WR | 3 | No. 4 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Portland, OR |