CFB Zeitgeist Score
29
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 83rd percentile.
Koby Young
One of Usas of 2026-06-22
Koby Young is Houston's steady hand — loved less for the stat line than for staying.
191REC YDS12REC0REC TD
Houston fans treat him as a favorite son; the bond outlasts the box score.
high confidence6 sources
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
2026 Outlook
Returning to Houston for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Houston
Returning around him
- 105% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 1 Houston player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (18 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Houston · Last season: 10-3 (AP #25) · Talent rank #66 · 2026 recruiting class #52
WR · HOUSTON · BIG 12
Koby Young
- 1
- #18
- 6-0 | 180 lb
- New Orleans, LA
Heisman Heat
#3790
<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 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025+1369%
Up 1369% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Houston
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 | 3-star | 0.8867 | No. 528 recruit | HighSchool | Houston |
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 Houston
Composite
0.8867
#528 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 Koby Young
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
67
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=9
- National · n=3
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Koby Young
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 receiving totals stand
Through 9g
191Rec yards
12Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
21.2Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
275.9Rec yards
17Receptions
0Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 191): needs 127.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 191): needs 202.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 12): needs 12/game over remaining 4.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 12): needs 17/game over remaining 4.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 2.5/game over remaining 4.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Koby Young's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Houston, 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?
Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
12 52nd
YDS
191 57th
YPR
15.9 81st
TD
0 45th
Rushing
CAR
1 35th
YDS
8 45th
YPC
8.0 81st
TD
0 81st
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-0vs Stephen F. Austin | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24@ Oregon State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 11-35vs Texas Tech | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 43 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-28vs Arizona | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-16@ Arizona State | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-45vs West Virginia | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 30 | Season-high 56 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 30-27@ UCF | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-17vs TCU | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | W 38-35vs LSU | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Total | 12 | 191 | 17.7 | 0 | 43 |
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
2024Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2025Houston10-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-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 | 12 | #533/1110 | 52nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 191 | #479/1107 | 57th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #615/1111 | 45th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 15.9 | #213/1106 | 81st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 10.3% | #475/1137 | 58th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 8 | #198/346 | 43rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 8 | #220/397 | 45th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 8.0 | #76/393 | 81st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 1 | #264/407 | 35th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 43 | #385/1105 | 65th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 6.5% | #279/1137 | 76th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.8% | #411/1137 | 64th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 4.6% | #536/1137 | 53rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 4.0% | #812/1137 | 29th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.1% | #783/1137 | 31st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 2.8% | #844/1137 | 26th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.4% | #312/1137 | 73rd 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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 22.8 | 19.8 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 18.0 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 1.2 | 15.3 | 12.2 | 0.0 |
| Losses3g | 1.7 | 33.0 | 28.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 0.8 | 18.8 | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 23.2 | 11.8 | 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
29Below cohort
Elite: yards / catch (83rd). Concern: receptions (2nd).
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
Koby YoungHoustonJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 50% simMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 49% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 48% sim
Yards / catch
Rush yards
Long catch
Rush TDs
Rec yards
Rec TDs
Receptions
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 Ahmarian Granger’s 2022 season.
Ahmarian Granger
85%match
#2
DuWayne Johnson
80%
#3
Trey Cleveland
79%
#4
Drue Jackson
72%
#5
Jayon Farrar
76%
Matches Ahmarian on
Total EPA (college ability)
Weight
EPA / play (adj)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Donovan Brown's sophomore season at Syracuse (2023).
Donovan Brown
75%match
#2
Bailey Stockton
74%
#3
Noah Jennings
74%
#4
Tastean Reddicks
73%
#5
Ben Ratzlaff
62%
Matches Donovan on
Height
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Differs from Donovan on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Reception volume (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Pass share
41.4%
377 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
70.1
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.5%
262 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Dana Holgorsen
Houston
2025era →
Willie Fritz
Houston
Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Willie Fritz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownNew Orleans, LA
Height6'0"
Weight180 lb
Class1
PositionWR
Jersey18
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No fields populated yet.
Current teamHouston
ConferenceBig 12
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 | Houston | WR1 | #3790 | #4204 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.