CFB Zeitgeist Score
46
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / att at the 83rd percentile.
KJ Jackson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
441 PASS YDS · 3 PASS TD · 52 RUSH YDS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Arkansas for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Quarterback · Arkansas
Returning around him
- 36% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 4 Arkansas players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (41 in / 43 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Arkansas · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #23 · 2026 recruiting class #32
QB · ARKANSAS · SEC
KJ Jackson
- 1
- #7
- 6-4 | 220 lb
- Montgomery, AL
Heisman Heat
#485
<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 QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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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
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2024–2025+647%
Up 647% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Arkansas
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-star | 0.8917 | No. 457 recruit | HighSchool | Arkansas |
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.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Arkansas
Composite
0.8917
#457 national
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 KJ Jackson
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- National · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about KJ Jackson
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 passing totals stand
Through 5g
441Pass yards
3Pass TDs
0INT
Per game
88.2Pass yards
1Pass TDs
0INT
Projected (13g)
1,147Pass yards
8Pass TDs
0INT
To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 441): needs 319.9/game over remaining 8.
To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 441): needs 444.9/game over remaining 8.
To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 3): needs 2.8/game over remaining 8.
To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 3): needs 3.4/game over remaining 8.
To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 3): needs 4/game over remaining 8.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
KJ Jackson's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Arkansas, 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
QB 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?
Balanced quarterback against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
33 49th
ATT
54 52nd
CMP%
61.1% 49th
Y/A
8.2 79th
Passing Production
YDS
441 52nd
TD
3 57th
INT
0 100th
Rushing
CAR
11 38th
YDS
52 55th
YPC
4.7 74th
TD
2 73rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs Alabama A&M | 2/4 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 43.2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-14vs Arkansas State | 3/3 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 99.7 | |
| Wk 8 | L 42-45vs Texas A&M | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6.1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 37-52@ Texas | 16/29 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 84.4 | Season-high 206 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 17-31vs Missouri | 11/17 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 7.4 | 87.7 | |
| Total | 33/54 | 441 | 3 | 0 | 10.0 | 64.2 |
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
2024Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning
2025Arkansas2-10HC: Sam Pittman · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 441 | #183/382 | 52nd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 3 | #178/407 | 57th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 33 | #196/383 | 49th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 61.1% | #195/383 | 49th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 8.2 | #80/382 | 79th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 52 | #184/408 | 55th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 18.3% | #220/428 | 49th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 54 | #197/407 | 52nd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 0 | #1/407 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 12 | #261/391 | 34th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 11 | #254/408 | 38th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.7 | #108/407 | 74th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 2 | #113/408 | 73rd pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 28.6% | #211/428 | 51st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 28.5% | #222/428 | 48th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 24.3% | #223/428 | 48th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 16.7% | #213/428 | 50th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 15.9% | #229/428 | 47th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 15.4% | #223/428 | 48th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 5.5% | #264/428 | 39th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #69/258 | 74th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
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 · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 58.8 | 0.5 | 10.7 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 206 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 53.0 | 0.5 | 16.1 | 0.0 |
| Losses3g | 112 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 53.0 | 0.5 | 16.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 112 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
46Mid-pack
Elite: interceptions (99th). Strength: yards / att (82nd). Concern: pass yards (2nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · QB · 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
KJ JacksonArkansasCade KlubnikClemson· 60% simNick VattiatoMiddle Tennessee· 58% simAvery JohnsonKansas State· 57% sim
Interceptions
Yards / att
Fumbles lost
Completion %
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Pass TDs
Pass yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sam Pittman
Pass share
48.8%
381 pass / 400 run
Plays / game
65.1
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
8.3%
324 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Sam Pittman
Arkansas
2025
Sam Pittman
Arkansas
Played his entire career under Sam Pittman.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMontgomery, AL
Height6'4"
Weight220 lb
Class1
PositionQB
Jersey7
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamArkansas
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc2 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 | Arkansas | QB1 | #485 | #475 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.