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Kaleno Levine

CB · Troy · Sr · #5

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

45 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Troy for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Troy for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Troy

Returning around him

  • 33% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -13 net (14 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Troy · Last season: 8-6 · Talent rank #99 · 2026 recruiting class #82

CB · TROY · SUN BELT

Kaleno Levine

  • 4
  • #5
  • 5-11 | 177 lb
  • Fort Worth, TX

CFB Zeitgeist Score

53

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 91st percentile.

Heisman Heat

Awaiting

Not on the live Heisman board this week.

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

TOP DB AWARD

Jim Thorpe

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Troy
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionCB
Class4
Jersey5
Measurements5-11 | 177 lb
HometownFort Worth, TX
Primary teamTroy

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
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.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Hudson Valley 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 14, 2025
Season Move Context
2025 Missouri State -> Hudson Valley 3-star | 0.8400 | Immediate

Heisman Lens

Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.

Current nowcast--Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast--Where the full season sim points
Win probability--Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability--Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability--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.

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 Kaleno Levine

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 Kaleno Levine

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 defensive totals stand

final
Through 13g
45Tackles
3.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.3Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Final
45Tackles
3.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks

Why this is a rare defensive case

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

Kaleno Levine is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Troy's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 1 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.

Current place -- -- win | -- finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 0.0 sacks | 3.5 TFL

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
Total tackles 45 29 solo | #729/4942 (85th pct)
TFL 3.5 Backfield disruption | #869/4972 (83rd pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

Coverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
45 85th
SOLO
29 88th
TFL
3.5 83rd
SACK
0.0 65th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
5 90th
INT
1 65th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 38-20vs Nicholls310.00.00
Wk 2L 16-27@ Clemson540.00.01
Wk 3L 7-28vs Memphis311.00.00
Wk 4W 21-17@ Buffalo200.00.01
Wk 7W 48-41@ Texas State220.00.00
Wk 8W 37-14@ UL Monroe220.00.00
Wk 9W 35-23vs Louisiana320.00.010
Wk 10L 10-23vs Arkansas State431.00.00
Wk 12L 0-33@ Old Dominion430.00.01
Wk 13W 31-19vs Georgia State430.00.02
Wk 14W 28-18@ Southern Miss650.00.00Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 15L 14-31@ James Madison321.00.00
BowlL 13-17@ Jacksonville State410.50.00
Total45293.50.015
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

2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Troy45293.50.051--
Career1 loaded season45293.50.051--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT 1 0 pick-six TD | #308/869 (65th pct)
Pass breakups 5 Coverage disruption | #218/2184 (90th pct)
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 45 #729/4942 85th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 3.5 #869/4972 83rd pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Interceptions 1 #308/869 65th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 5 #218/2184 90th pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense INT return avg 34.0 #71/578 88th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense INT return yards 34 #189/578 67th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 29 #559/4584 88th pct Volumevs FBS DEF

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

The Thorpe 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/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home5g3.40.40.00.4
Road8g3.50.20.00.4

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins7g3.10.00.00.4
Losses6g3.80.60.00.3

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g3.20.20.00.3
Weeks 8+7g3.70.30.00.4

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the CB cohort

53Mid-pack
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (90th). Strength: solo tackles (80th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct
5defe
Solo tackles#559 / 2975 · 80th pct
29defe
Tackles#729 / 2975 · 75th pct
45defe
Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct
3.5defe
Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct
1inte
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · CB · 2025

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.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Kaleno LevineTroyTyler MartinMassachusetts· 87% simTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 86% simRobert FitzgeraldNorthwestern· 82% sim
Passes defended
91
Levine
67
Martin
91
Ra-El
86
Fitzgerald
Solo tackles
80
Levine
87
Martin
100
Ra-El
100
Fitzgerald
Tackles
75
Levine
98
Martin
99
Ra-El
99
Fitzgerald
Tackles for loss
69
Levine
63
Martin
56
Ra-El
85
Fitzgerald
Interceptions
31
Levine
31
Martin
31
Fitzgerald
Sacks
24
Levine
24
Martin
24
Ra-El
24
Fitzgerald
QB hurries
22
Levine
22
Martin
22
Ra-El
55
Fitzgerald

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

Player DNA

The Volume Tackler

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

CB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaylin Davies’s 2023 season.

Jaylin Davies

89%match

UCLA · 2023

#2

Jon Johnson

New Mexico · 2025

88%
#3

Tyreek Chappell

Texas A&M · 2025

86%
#4

David Fisher

North Texas · 2025

88%
#5

Jaylon Jones

Georgia State · 2021

NFL Rd 7
86%

Matches Jaylin on

Weight
PD rate
Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jon Johnson's sophomore season at New Mexico (2025).

Jon Johnson

94%match

New Mexico · 2025

#2

Noah Pierre

Indiana · 2021

94%
#3

Jayden Williams

Florida Atlantic · 2022

92%
#4

Jaylon Jones

Georgia State · 2021

NFL Rd 7
93%
#5

Tre Avery

Rutgers · 2021

All-Big Ten
92%

Matches Jon on

Class year
Height
Interceptions

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

Pass share

47.1%

431 pass / 484 run

Plays / game

65.4

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

17.0%

342 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Gerad Parker
Troy

Played his entire career under Gerad Parker.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownFort Worth, TX
Height5'11"
Weight177 lb
Class4
PositionCB
Jersey5

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
This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model.

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Troy Sun Belt CB 4 No. 5 | 5-11 | 177 lb | Fort Worth, TX