CFB Zeitgeist Score
24
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by receptions at the 55th percentile.
Karsyn Pupunu
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
306 REC YDS · 33 REC · 0 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Hawai'i for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Hawai'i
Returning around him
- 46% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: +7 net (16 in / 9 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Hawai'i · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #124
WR · HAWAI'I · MOUNTAIN WEST
Karsyn Pupunu
- 4
- #11
- 6-3 | 205 lb
- Lahaina, HI
Heisman Heat
#4478
<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
2023–2025+331%
Up 331% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Hawai'i
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 Karsyn Pupunu
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 Karsyn Pupunu
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving yards (total)
306
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #386 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 27th
Why it matters
#386 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving yards — 306 yards on 33 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 306 (27th)
HIGH · n=33 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Yards per reception#454 / 531
- Receiving TDs#476 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 8 at Colorado State — 56 receiving_yards_total
Result W 31-19
The week the volume broke through — put up 56 yds at Colorado State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
306Rec yards
33Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
25.5Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
331.5Rec yards
36Receptions
0Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 306): needs 394/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 306): needs 694/game over remaining 1.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 33): needs 27/game over remaining 1.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 33): needs 47/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Karsyn Pupunu's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Hawai'i, 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
33 78th
YDS
306 68th
YPR
9.3 27th
TD
0 45th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20vs Stanford | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-40@ Arizona | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20vs Sam Houston | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-3vs Portland State | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-23vs Fresno State | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-35@ Air Force | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-26vs Utah State | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-19@ Colorado State | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | 20 | Season-high 56 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 38-45@ San José State | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-38@ UNLV | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Wyoming | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Bowl | W 35-31vs California | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 22 | |
| Total | 33 | 306 | 9.3 | 0 | 22 |
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
2023Hawai'i5-8HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-heavy
2025Hawai'i9-4HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning
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 | 33 | #247/1110 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 306 | #355/1107 | 68th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #615/1111 | 45th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 9.3 | #808/1106 | 27th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 8.5% | #569/1137 | 50th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 22 | #722/1105 | 35th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.0% | #463/1137 | 59th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 6.8% | #319/1137 | 72nd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 6.1% | #540/1137 | 53rd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 5.3% | #452/1137 | 60th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.5% | #450/1137 | 61st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 4.0% | #560/1137 | 51st pct | Early-down loadvs 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.7 | 26.1 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 24.6 | 8.3 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 2.9 | 30.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
| Losses4g | 2.5 | 16.5 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.9 | 25.6 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 25.2 | 10.7 | 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
24Below cohort
Concern: long catch (5th).
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
Karsyn PupunuHawai'iMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 76% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 67% simKevin Coleman Jr.Missouri· 63% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
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 Justin Olson’s 2023 season.
Justin Olson
79%match
#2
Frank Ladson Jr.
78%
#3
Sterling Berkhalter
78%
#4
Joshua Cobbs
77%
#5
Solomon Enis
77%
Matches Justin on
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Yards / reception
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Rico Bussey Jr.’s path through Hawai'i.
Rico Bussey Jr.
99%match
#2
Taco Dowler
99%
#3
Caleb Burke
96%
#4
Landon Wolf
96%
#5
Daniel Crawford
All-MAC
94%
Matches Rico on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Darryle Simmons's junior season at Marshall (2023).
Darryle Simmons
85%match
#2
Yo'Heinz Tyler
All-MAC
83%
#3
Frank Ladson Jr.
82%
#4
Julian Ortega-Jones
80%
#5
TJ Harden
71%
Matches Darryle on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
Yards / reception
Differs from Darryle on
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
60.2%
540 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
427 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Timmy Chang
Hawai'i
2025
Timmy Chang
Hawai'i
Played his entire career under Timmy Chang.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLahaina, HI
Height6'3"
Weight205 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey11
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamHawai'i
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2025
Career arc5 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 | Hawai'i | WR4 | #4478 | #4776 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2023 | Hawai'i | WR4 | #3756 | #4225 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2022 | Hawai'i | WR4 | #5392 | #5958 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2021 | Hawai'i | WR4 | #4781 | #5068 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mountain West |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | WR | 4 | No. 11 | 6-3 | 205 lb | Lahaina, HI |
| 2024 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | WR | 4 | No. 11 | 6-3 | 205 lb | Lahaina, HI |
| 2023 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | WR | 4 | No. 11 | 6-3 | 205 lb | Lahaina, HI |
| 2022 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | WR | 4 | No. 11 | 6-3 | 205 lb | Lahaina, HI |
| 2021 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | WR | 4 | No. 11 | 6-3 | 205 lb | Lahaina, HI |