CFB Zeitgeist Score
74
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 93rd percentile.
Jordan van den Berg
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
42 TACKLES · 4 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Chicago2026 NFL rookie season
#213Rd 6 · Pick 32
Chicago2026 NFL rookie season
DL · GEORGIA TECH · ACC
Jordan van den Berg
- 4
- #99
- 6-3 | 300 lb
- Johannesburg
Heisman Heat
#11302
<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
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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
4 seasons on the ladder
2021
Penn State · DL
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2022
Penn State · DL
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2023
Penn State · DL
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★
2025
Georgia Tech · DL
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 6, Pick 32 · #213 overall · Chicago
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R6 · #213
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Penn State -> Georgia Tech | 3-star | 0.8700 | 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
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 6, Pick 32
#213 overall · Chicago
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 van den Berg
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 van den Berg
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
42Tackles
11Tackles for loss
4Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.8Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Final
42Tackles
11Tackles for loss
4Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Jordan van den Berg is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Georgia Tech's defense, with 4.0 sacks, 11.0 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
42 83rd
SOLO
21 79th
TFL
11.0 99th
SACK
4.0 97th
QBH
4 85th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-20@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-21vs Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs Temple | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29@ Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-20vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-18@ Duke | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-16vs Syracuse | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 36-48@ NC State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-34@ Boston College | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 28-42vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 9-16vs Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 21-25@ BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 21 | 11.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
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
2021Penn State7-5HC: James Franklin · Balanced
2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
2025Georgia Tech9-4HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 42 | 21 | 11.0 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Penn State | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 loaded seasons | 67 | 34 | 14.0 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- |
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 | 42 | #834/4942 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 11.0 | #74/4972 | 99th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 4.0 | #169/4972 | 97th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 4 | #291/1878 | 85th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 21 | #959/4584 | 79th pct | Volumevs 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 Lombardi 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Losses4g | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort
74Solid starter
Elite: tackles for loss (97th). Strength: sacks (93rd). Concern: passes defended (17th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DL · 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 van den BergGeorgia TechMarcAnthony ParkerNavy· 83% simEthan WesloskiNorth Texas· 81% simMaverick BaranowskiMinnesota· 79% sim
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Tackles
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The 3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tommy Dunn’s 2024 season.
Tommy Dunn
91%match
#2
James Smith
86%
#3
Anthony Holmes Jr.
85%
#4
Tyler Onyedim
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 2
84%
#5
DJ Dale
84%
Matches Tommy on
Sack rate
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Lawrence Johnson's senior season at Auburn (2023).
Lawrence Johnson
85%match
#2
Jude Okolo
84%
#3
D'Anta Johnson
All-AAC
83%
#4
David Gusta
81%
#5
Martez Poynter
All-MAC
79%
Matches Lawrence on
Class year
Sack rate
TFL rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Pass share
46.1%
391 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.0%
221 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Geoff Collins
Georgia Tech
2022era →
Brent Key
Georgia Tech
2023
Brent Key
Georgia Tech
2025
Brent Key
Georgia Tech
Coaching transition mid-career: Geoff Collins → Brent Key. 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.
HometownJohannesburg
Height6'3"
Weight300 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey99
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Current teamGeorgia Tech
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-ACC
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-ACC | all_conference | Georgia Tech | ACC | DT |
| 2024 | All-ACC | all_conference | Georgia Tech | ACC | DT |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | DL4 | #11302 | #11319 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Penn State | DL4 | #5046 | #4875 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2022 | Penn State | DL4 | #4867 | #4832 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2021 | Penn State | DL4 | #8132 | #7809 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 99 | 6-3 | 300 lb | Johannesburg |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | ACC | DL | 4 | No. 99 | 6-3 | 300 lb | Johannesburg |
| 2023 | Penn State | Big Ten | DL | 4 | No. 99 | 6-3 | 300 lb | Johannesburg |
| 2022 | Penn State | Big Ten | DL | 4 | No. 99 | 6-3 | 300 lb | Johannesburg |
| 2021 | Penn State | Big Ten | DL | 4 | No. 99 | 6-3 | 300 lb | Johannesburg |