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OFFSEASON · SUMMER 2026 · COMMITMENT SEASON

KP Price

DB · Boston College · Jr · #2

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

93 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Boston College for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Boston College for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Boston College

Returning around him

  • 62% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
  • 4 Boston College players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -4 net (26 in / 30 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Boston College · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #69 · 2026 recruiting class #59

DB · BOSTON COLLEGE · ACC

KP Price

  • 3
  • #2
  • 6-1 | 200 lb
  • Baltimore, MD

CFB Zeitgeist Score

59

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 75th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#10739

<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 DB AWARD

Jim Thorpe

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1286 national
CFB
College
Boston College
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionDB
Class3
Jersey2
Measurements6-1 | 200 lb
HometownBaltimore, MD
Primary teamBoston College

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1286 recruit
Composite rating 0.8542 HighSchool
Signed with Boston College 2023
Origin St. Frances Academy Baltimore, MD, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8542 No. 1286 recruit | HighSchool | Boston College

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 · 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 16
Current nowcast#10739Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#10625Where 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 Boston College

Composite

0.8542

#1286 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

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 KP Price

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 KP Price

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.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
93Tackles
3Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
8Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
101Tackles
3.2Tackles for loss
0Sacks

✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 93.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 93): needs 7/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 6/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 10/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.

KP Price is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Boston College's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 3.0 tackles for loss, and 2 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.

Current place #10739 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 0.0 sacks | 3.0 TFL

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
Total tackles 93 65 solo | #72/4942 (99th pct)
TFL 3.0 Backfield disruption | #1006/4972 (80th pct)
Sacks 0.0 Pass-rush finish | #1762/4972 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

Coverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
93 99th
SOLO
65 100th
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
0.0 65th
QBH
3 75th

Coverage & Takeaways

INT
2 87th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 66-10vs Fordham550.00.00
Wk 2L 40-42@ Michigan State630.00.00
Wk 3L 20-30@ Stanford941.00.00
Wk 5L 24-28vs California631.00.00
Wk 6L 7-48@ Pittsburgh1070.00.00
Wk 7L 10-41vs Clemson14101.00.010Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 8L 23-38vs UConn520.00.00
Wk 9L 24-38@ Louisville850.00.010
Wk 10L 10-25vs Notre Dame530.00.00
Wk 11L 13-45vs SMU540.00.00
Wk 12L 34-36vs Georgia Tech1090.00.00
Wk 14W 34-12@ Syracuse10100.00.00
Total93653.00.020
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

2023Boston College7-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-leaning
2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Boston College93653.00.0--2--
2023Boston College18140.00.01----
Career2 loaded seasons111793.00.012--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

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.

INT 2 0 pick-six TD | #114/869 (87th pct)
Pass breakups 0 Coverage disruption
QB pressures 3 Quarterback hurries | #462/1878 (75th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 93 #72/4942 99th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 3.0 #1006/4972 80th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 0.0 #1762/4972 65th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Interceptions 2 #114/869 87th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 3 #462/1878 75th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 65 #4/4584 100th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense INT return yards 48 #118/578 80th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense INT return avg 24.0 #161/578 72nd pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Fumbles recovered 1 #103/736 86th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/773 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS DEF

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

The Thorpe 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/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home7g7.10.30.00.0
Road5g8.60.20.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins2g7.50.00.00.0
Losses10g7.80.30.00.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-76g8.30.50.00.0
Weeks 8+6g7.20.00.00.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort

59Solid starter
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th). Strength: tackles (97th). Concern: passes defended (17th).

Solo tackles#4 / 2975 · 100th pct
65defe
Tackles#72 / 2975 · 98th pct
93defe
QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct
3defe
Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct
2inte
Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct
3.0defe
Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct
0fumb
Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct
0.0defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DB · 2024

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 · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
KP PriceBoston CollegeMicah DaveyUTEP· 82% simBryce LlewellynEastern Michigan· 75% simBlake FletcherAir Force· 75% sim
Solo tackles
100
Price
99
Davey
95
Llewellyn
91
Fletcher
Tackles
98
Price
99
Davey
99
Llewellyn
99
Fletcher
QB hurries
82
Price
82
Davey
72
Llewellyn
92
Fletcher
Interceptions
75
Price
75
Llewellyn
Tackles for loss
63
Price
91
Davey
80
Llewellyn
28
Fletcher
Forced fumbles
47
Price
47
Davey
47
Llewellyn
Sacks
24
Price
63
Davey
24
Llewellyn
24
Fletcher
Passes defended
18
Price
18
Davey
86
Llewellyn
67
Fletcher

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

S

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ronnie Hickman’s 2021 season.

Ronnie Hickman

87%match

Ohio State · 2021

All-Big Ten
#2

Evan Williams

Oregon · 2023

78%
#3

Julius Wood

East Carolina · 2023

All-AAC
80%
#4

Maxen Hook

Toledo · 2021

All-MAC
78%
#5

Scotty Edwards

Stanford · 2024

77%

Matches Ronnie on

PD rate
Height
Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Lewis Carter's junior season at UCF (2025).

Lewis Carter

80%match

UCF · 2025

#2

Malik Shorts

Southern Miss · 2022

All-Sun Belt
80%
#3

Bronson Olevao

Utah State · 2025

80%
#4

Leon Hart Jr.

Florida Atlantic · 2025

76%
#5

Mikel Jones

Syracuse · 2022

76%

Matches Lewis on

Class year
Tackle volume
PD rate

Differs from Lewis on

Weight (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

Pass share

54.8%

454 pass / 374 run

Plays / game

69.0

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

10.9%

349 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches
2023
Jeff Hafley
Boston College
2025
Bill O'Brien
Boston College
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Hafley → Bill O'Brien. 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.

HometownBaltimore, MD
Height6'1"
Weight200 lb
Class3
PositionDB
Jersey2

Trophy Case · Detail

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

Honors

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 Boston College DB3 #10739 #10625 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC
2023 Boston College DB3 #14234 #14259 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Boston College ACC DB 3 No. 2 | 6-1 | 200 lb | Baltimore, MD
2024 Boston College ACC DB 3 No. 2 | 6-1 | 200 lb | Baltimore, MD
2023 Boston College ACC DB 3 No. 2 | 6-1 | 200 lb | Baltimore, MD