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Heisman / Players / Khalil Shakir /Boise State

Khalil Shakir

WR · Boise State · Sr · #2

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

NOW IN NFLBuffalo — drafted 2022, Rd 5, Pick 5, #148 overall

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 5th NFL season

#148Rd 5 · Pick 5
BuffaloEntering 5th NFL season

WR · BOISE STATE · MOUNTAIN WEST

Khalil Shakir

  • 4
  • #2
  • 6-0 | 188 lb
  • Murrieta, CA

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#274

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R02 · Deep reserve

Deep reserve. In the program, working up the two-deep.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#360 national
CFB
College
Boise State
2021
NFL
NFL Draft
R5 &middot; #148
Buffalo &middot; 2022

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey2
Measurements6-0 | 188 lb
HometownMurrieta, CA
Primary teamBoise State

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 4-star No. 360 recruit
Composite rating 0.8918 HighSchool
Signed with Boise State 2018
Origin Vista Murrieta Murrieta, CA, USA
Class Profile Context
2018 4-star | 0.8918 No. 360 recruit | HighSchool | Boise State

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2021 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 20
Current nowcast#274Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#326Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%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.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Boise State

Composite

0.8918

#360 national

NFL Draft

2022 · Rd 5, Pick 5

#148 overall · Buffalo

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 Khalil Shakir

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 Khalil Shakir

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.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

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

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Khalil Shakir already has 2 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #274 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 12.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 360 recruit

2021 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2021 season snapshot | final

2021 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 77 7 rec TD | #12/1110 (99th pct)
Receiving yards 1,117 14.5 per catch | #9/1107 (99th pct)
Scrimmage yards 1,247 Total offensive yardage | #9/1107 (99th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Target magnet | All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Target magnetAll-purpose weapon

2021 Season · Final

2021 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
77 99th
YDS
1,117 99th
YPR
14.5 73rd
TD
7 97th

Rushing

CAR
21 97th
YDS
130 97th
YPC
6.2 69th
TD
0 81st

Returns

KR YDS
80 58th
KR AVG
26.7 88th
PR YDS
115 78th
PR AVG
12.8 83rd

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

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

2021Boise State7-5HC: Andy Avalos · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2021Boise State771,11714.57--
Career1 loaded season771,11714.57--
SeasonTeam
2021Boise State2113080115--
Career1 loaded season2113080115--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

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.

Usage 12.2% 19.6% pass-game share | #98/1137 (91st pct)
Return yards 195 0 return TD | #100/238 (58th pct)
Touchdowns 7 Across offense and returns | #37/1111 (97th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 77 #12/1110 99th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 1,117 #9/1107 99th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 7 #37/1111 97th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 14.5 #302/1106 73rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 80 #100/238 58th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return yards 115 #50/224 78th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 19.6% #98/1137 91st pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 130 #14/397 97th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 33 #28/346 92nd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 21 #14/407 97th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 6.2 #124/393 69th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 69 #102/1105 91st pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 26.7 #29/236 88th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Punt return avg 12.8 #38/222 83rd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Punt returns 9 #80/237 67th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 3 #108/243 56th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 14.7% #12/1137 99th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 12.7% #104/1137 91st pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 12.7% #18/1137 99th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 12.2% #38/1137 97th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 11.0% #181/1137 84th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 8.4% #210/1137 82nd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 4.7% #22/1137 98th 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2021

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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

Pass share

46.6%

472 pass / 540 run

Plays / game

72.3

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.4%

358 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021

1 coach
2021
Andy Avalos
Boise State

Played his entire career under Andy Avalos.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownMurrieta, CA
Height6'0"
Weight188 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey2

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2021)

All-Mountain West

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

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
2021 All-Mountain West all_conference Boise State | Mountain West WR
2020 All-Mountain West all_conference Boise State | Mountain West WR

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2021 Boise State WR4 #274 #326 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mountain West

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2021 Boise State Mountain West WR 4 No. 2 | 6-0 | 188 lb | Murrieta, CA