CFB Zeitgeist Score
92
Elite in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 99th percentile.
Keyshawn James-Newby
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
52 TACKLES · 9 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Philadelphia2026 NFL rookie season
#252Rd 7 · Pick 36
Philadelphia2026 NFL rookie season
DT · NEW MEXICO · MOUNTAIN WEST
Keyshawn James-Newby
- 4
- #1
- 6-2 | 244 lb
- Helena, MT
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
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TOP DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
New Mexico
NFL
NFL Draft
R7 · #252
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
Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.
Heisman 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 7, Pick 36
#252 overall · Philadelphia
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 Keyshawn James-Newby
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 Keyshawn James-Newby
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 12g
52Tackles
15Tackles for loss
9Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
1.2Tackles for loss
0.8Sacks
Projected (13g)
56Tackles
16.2Tackles for loss
9.8Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 52): needs 28/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 52): needs 48/game over remaining 1.
✓ Hit 6-sack season · finished with 9.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 9): needs 1/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Keyshawn James-Newby is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on New Mexico's defense, with 9.0 sacks, 15.0 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 | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
52 89th
SOLO
29 88th
TFL
15.0 100th
SACK
9.0 100th
QBH
5 90th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
5 90th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ Michigan | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 32-22vs Idaho State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-10@ UCLA | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-20vs New Mexico State | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 2 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 6 | L 28-35@ San José State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 25-41@ Boise State | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | W 24-22vs Nevada | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-35@ UNLV | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-17vs Colorado State | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-3@ Air Force | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-17vs San Diego State | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 17-20@ Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 29 | 15.0 | 9.0 | — | 5 |
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
2025New Mexico9-4HC: Jason Eck · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 52 | 29 | 15.0 | 9.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 52 | 29 | 15.0 | 9.0 | 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 | 52 | #550/4942 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 15.0 | #21/4972 | 100th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 9.0 | #20/4972 | 100th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 5 | #218/2184 | 90th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 5 | #188/1878 | 90th pct | Disruptionvs 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.
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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Road7g | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Losses4g | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DT cohort
92Elite
Elite: sacks (99th). Strength: tackles for loss (99th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DT · 2025
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
Keyshawn James-NewbyNew MexicoRasheem BilesPittsburgh· 91% simRolijah HardyIndiana· 90% simSammy BrownClemson· 90% sim
Sacks
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Passes defended
Tackles
Solo tackles
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 Jose Ramirez’s 2022 season.
Jose Ramirez
92%match
All-MACNFL Rd 6
#2
Prince Dorbah
88%
#3
Zach McCloud
85%
#4
Blaine Spires
84%
#5
William Whitlow Jr.
82%
Matches Jose on
TFL rate
Weight
Sack rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Cole Nelson's junior season at Virginia Tech (2023).
Cole Nelson
87%match
#2
Josaiah Stewart
All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 26
84%
#3
Jose Ramirez
All-MACNFL Rd 6
84%
#4
Sherman Timbs
84%
#5
Owen Porter
All-Sun Belt
83%
Matches Cole on
Class year
Sack rate
TFL rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Pass share
43.3%
350 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
11.3%
293 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Jason Eck
New Mexico
Played his entire career under Jason Eck.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownHelena, MT
Height6'2"
Weight244 lb
Class4
PositionDT
Jersey1
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Current teamNew Mexico
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2025
Career arc1 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Mountain West
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
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-Mountain West | all_conference | New Mexico | Mountain West | DL |
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 | New Mexico | Mountain West | DT | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 244 lb | Helena, MT |