CFB Zeitgeist Score
45
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 68th percentile.
Kyle Parker
One of Usas of 2026-06-22
Kyle Parker arrives at LSU with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
330REC YDS31REC4REC TD
4★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT
No.330
recruiting national rank
LSU fans treat him as a favorite son; the bond outlasts the box score.
high confidence3 sources
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Ohio State
2025LSU
2026Ohio State
WR · LSU · SEC
Kyle Parker
- 2
- #12
- 5-11 | 195 lb
- Allen, TX
Heisman Heat
#985
<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 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2024–2025+500%
Up 500% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
LSU
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4-star | 0.9002 | No. 330 recruit | HighSchool | LSU |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LSU -> Ohio State | 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate |
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 LSU
Composite
0.9002
#330 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 Kyle Parker
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
62
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=8
- National · n=7
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Kyle Parker
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving TDs
4
count
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #161 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 70th
Why it matters
#161 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 4 TDs on 31 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 4 (70th)
HIGH · n=31 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Yards per reception#384 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#362 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 1 at Houston — 1 receiving_tds
Result L 35-38
The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Houston.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 10g
330Rec yards
31Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
33Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
429Rec yards
40Receptions
5Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 330): needs 123.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 330): needs 223.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 31): needs 9.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 31): needs 16.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 1.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 2/game over remaining 3.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Kyle Parker's story is about how role and output meet each other. For LSU, 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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
31 76th
YDS
330 70th
YPR
10.6 38th
TD
4 86th
Returns
KR YDS
35 38th
KR AVG
17.5 36th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10@ Clemson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-10vs SE Louisiana | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 1 | 27 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-24@ Ole Miss | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10vs South Carolina | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 1 | 43 | Season-high 75 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-49vs Texas A&M | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-22vs Arkansas | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | W 13-10vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-17@ Oklahoma | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Bowl | L 35-38@ Houston | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 1 | 19 | |
| Total | 31 | 330 | 11.0 | 4 | 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
2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2025LSU7-6HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced, slow tempo
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 | 31 | #268/1110 | 76th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 330 | #331/1107 | 70th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #152/1111 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 10.6 | #691/1106 | 38th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 35 | #148/238 | 38th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 8.1% | #602/1137 | 47th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 43 | #385/1105 | 65th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 17.5 | #152/236 | 36th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 2 | #132/243 | 46th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.7% | #406/1137 | 64th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 6.1% | #540/1137 | 53rd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 5.0% | #509/1137 | 55th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 4.9% | #497/1137 | 56th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 3.5% | #630/1137 | 45th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 3.5% | #604/1137 | 47th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th 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 · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 39.2 | 11.8 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 26.8 | 10.1 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins5g | 2.8 | 38.4 | 13.7 | 0.4 |
| Losses5g | 3.4 | 27.6 | 8.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.2 | 46.8 | 11.9 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 19.2 | 10.0 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
45Mid-pack
Concern: yards / catch (21st).
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
Kyle ParkerLSUAaron TurnerRice· 76% simAsaad WaseemFlorida Atlantic· 72% simDonovan FaupelNew Mexico State· 71% sim
Rec TDs
Receptions
Rec yards
Long catch
Yards / catch
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 Miles Cross’s 2024 season.
Miles Cross
73%match
#2
Logan Loya
73%
#3
Drake Stoops
72%
#4
DJ Allen
71%
#5
Tyler Page
63%
Matches Miles on
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Differs from Miles on
Class year (lower)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Weight (lower)
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Elijah Steward’s path through Lafayette.
Elijah Steward
97%match
#2
Derick Eugene
97%
#3
Jacquon Gibson
All-MAC
94%
#4
Tyler Brown
94%
#5
Mike Harley
92%
Matches Elijah on
Yards per reception
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Michael Hetzel's sophomore season at App State (2023).
Michael Hetzel
72%match
#2
Mar'Keise Irving
72%
#3
Antonio Williams
All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 7
70%
#4
Jacquon Gibson
All-MAC
70%
#5
Larry Stephens
70%
Matches Michael on
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Michael on
Class year (lower)
Reception volume (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
55.0%
443 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
1 coach2024
Brian Kelly
LSU
2025
Brian Kelly
LSU
Played his entire career under Brian Kelly.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownAllen, TX
Height5'11"
Weight195 lb
Class2
PositionWR
Jersey12
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Current teamLSU
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc3 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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.