CFB Zeitgeist Score
89
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by tackles for loss at the 99th percentile.
Jordan Kwiatkowski
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
112 TACKLES · 2.5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Central Michigan for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Central Michigan
Returning around him
- 10% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -5 net (12 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Central Michigan · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #121 · 2026 recruiting class #113
LB · CENTRAL MICHIGAN · MID-AMERICAN
Jordan Kwiatkowski
- 4
- #12
- 6-1 | 235 lb
- Sterling Heights, MI
Heisman Heat
#13572
<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 LB AWARD
Butkus
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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 · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2022
Central Michigan · LB
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2023
Central Michigan · LB
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★
2025
Central Michigan · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Central Michigan
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8489 | No. 1297 recruit | HighSchool | Central Michigan |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan -> -- | 3-star | Immediate |
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—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Central Michigan
Composite
0.8489
#1297 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 Jordan Kwiatkowski
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 Kwiatkowski
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 13g
112Tackles
13.5Tackles for loss
2.5Sacks
Per game
9Tackles
1Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Final
112Tackles
13.5Tackles for loss
2.5Sacks
✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 112.
✓ Hit 100-tackle season · finished with 112.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jordan Kwiatkowski is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Central Michigan's defense, with 2.5 sacks, 13.5 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?
High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
112 100th
SOLO
51 99th
TFL
13.5 99th
SACK
2.5 92nd
QBH
2 66th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
4 84th
INT
3 94th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-14@ San José State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-45@ Pittsburgh | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-63@ Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-10vs Wagner | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-13vs Eastern Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-28@ Akron | 10 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-6@ Bowling Green | 14 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 38-13vs Massachusetts | 10 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Western Michigan | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-19vs Buffalo | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-16@ Kent State | 14 | 6 | 4.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 4.5 TFL |
| Wk 14 | L 3-21vs Toledo | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | L 7-34@ Northwestern | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 112 | 51 | 13.5 | 2.5 | 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
2022Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning
2023Central Michigan5-7HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning
2025Central Michigan7-6HC: Matt Drinkall · Run-heavy, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | 112 | 51 | 13.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Central Michigan | 31 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Central Michigan | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 153 | 71 | 14.0 | 2.5 | 6 | 3 | -- |
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 | 112 | #22/4942 | 100th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 13.5 | #36/4972 | 99th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 2.5 | #393/4972 | 92nd 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 | QB hurries | 2 | #647/1878 | 66th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 92 | #22/578 | 96th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 51 | #61/4584 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 30.7 | #92/578 | 84th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Defensive TD | 1 | #23/200 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pick-six TD | 1 | #13/119 | 90th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Butkus 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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Road8g | 9.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 8.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Losses6g | 8.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 11.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
89All-Conference
Elite: tackles (99th). Strength: tackles for loss (98th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 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 KwiatkowskiCentral MichiganColton PharesApp State· 96% simGavin MoulDelaware· 95% simMatt RoseStanford· 94% sim
Tackles
Tackles for loss
Solo tackles
Interceptions
Passes defended
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Every-Down Linebacker
Leads the team in tackles and rarely leaves the field.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Marlowe Wax’s 2023 season.
Marlowe Wax
82%match
#2
Teddye Buchanan
NFL Rd 4
80%
#3
Tommy Eichenberg
All-Big TenNFL Rd 5
79%
#4
Tyrice Knight
All-Conference USANFL Rd 4
78%
#5
Cade Uluave
All-ACC
76%
Matches Marlowe on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Sack rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Tyrice Knight's senior season at UTEP (2023).
Tyrice Knight
88%match
All-Conference USANFL Rd 4
#2
Marlowe Wax
87%
#3
Teddye Buchanan
NFL Rd 4
85%
#4
Nick Jackson
78%
#5
Brian Holloway
All-Sun Belt
77%
Matches Tyrice on
Tackle volume
TFL rate
Sack rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Drinkall
Pass share
32.2%
252 pass / 531 run
Plays / game
60.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
10.1%
188 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Jim McElwain
Central Michigan
2023
Jim McElwain
Central Michigan
2025era →
Matt Drinkall
Central Michigan
Coaching transition mid-career: Jim McElwain → Matt Drinkall. 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.
HometownSterling Heights, MI
Height6'1"
Weight235 lb
Class4
PositionLB
Jersey12
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Current teamCentral Michigan
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-MAC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 all-conference honors
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-MAC | all_conference | Central Michigan | MAC | LB |
| 2024 | All-MAC | all_conference | Central Michigan | MAC | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Central Michigan | LB4 | #13572 | #13642 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2023 | Central Michigan | LB4 | #15221 | #15353 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2022 | Central Michigan | LB4 | #12614 | #12681 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mid-American |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | LB | 4 | No. 12 | 6-1 | 235 lb | Sterling Heights, MI |
| 2024 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | LB | 4 | No. 12 | 6-1 | 235 lb | Sterling Heights, MI |
| 2023 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | LB | 4 | No. 12 | 6-1 | 235 lb | Sterling Heights, MI |
| 2022 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | LB | 4 | No. 12 | 6-1 | 235 lb | Sterling Heights, MI |