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Heisman / Players / LaJohntay Wester /Colorado

LaJohntay Wester

WR · Colorado · Sr · #10

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

NOW IN NFLBaltimore — drafted 2025, Rd 6, Pick 27, #203 overall

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 2nd NFL season

#203Rd 6 · Pick 27
BaltimoreEntering 2nd NFL season

WR · COLORADO · BIG 12

LaJohntay Wester

  • 4
  • #10
  • 5-11 | 167 lb
  • Palmetto, FL

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#154

<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 0 · Not on team

R00 · Walk-on

Walk-on. Earning a roster spot is the starting line.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R12 All-American · 2023

2021

Florida Atlantic · WR

2022

Florida Atlantic · WR

2023

Florida Atlantic · WR

R12 · All-American

Elite

2024

Colorado · WR

NFL Draft 2025 · Rd 6, Pick 27 · #203 overall · Baltimore

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2024
7022021
7192022
1,1682023
9312024

+33%

Up 33% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2024
NFL
NFL Draft
R6 &middot; #203
Baltimore &middot; 2025

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey10
Measurements5-11 | 167 lb
HometownPalmetto, FL
Primary teamColorado

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Colorado 2024
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 15, 2023
Season Move Context
2024 Florida Atlantic -> Colorado 3-star | 0.8900 | 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 16
Current nowcast#154Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#168Where 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

NFL Draft

2025 · Rd 6, Pick 27

#203 overall · Baltimore

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 LaJohntay Wester

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 LaJohntay Wester

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. LaJohntay Wester already has 3 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #154 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 9.6% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

2024 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2024 season snapshot | final

2024 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 74 10 rec TD | #13/1110 (99th pct)
Receiving yards 931 12.6 per catch | #33/1107 (97th pct)
Scrimmage yards 931 Total offensive yardage | #33/1107 (97th 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

2024 Season · Final

2024 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
74 99th
YDS
931 97th
YPR
12.6 56th
TD
10 99th

Rushing

CAR
1 35th
TD
0 81st

Returns

KR YDS
14 16th
KR AVG
7.0 9th
PR YDS
108 76th
PR AVG
12.0 78th
RET TD
1 89th

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

2021Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo
2022Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Run-leaning
2023Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Tom Herman · Balanced
2024Colorado9-4HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning
SeasonTeam
2024Colorado7493112.610--
2023Florida Atlantic1081,16810.88--
2022Florida Atlantic6271911.68--
2021Florida Atlantic6570210.84--
Career4 loaded seasons3093,52011.430--
SeasonTeam
2024Colorado1--141081
2023Florida Atlantic844302781
2022Florida Atlantic15106--136--
2021Florida Atlantic529--129--
Career4 loaded seasons29179446512
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 9.6% 15.1% pass-game share | #240/1137 (79th pct)
Return yards 122 1 return TD | #202/238 (16th pct)
Touchdowns 11 Across offense and returns | #12/1111 (99th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 74 #13/1110 99th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 931 #33/1107 97th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 10 #12/1111 99th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 12.6 #486/1106 56th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 14 #202/238 16th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return yards 108 #54/224 76th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 15.1% #240/1137 79th pct Air-game usagevs 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 69 #102/1105 91st pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Punt return avg 12.0 #49/222 78th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Punt returns 9 #80/237 67th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 7.0 #216/236 9th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 2 #132/243 46th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return TD 1 #4/27 89th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 11.9% #132/1137 88th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 11.0% #171/1137 85th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 10.9% #81/1137 93rd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 9.6% #114/1137 90th pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 8.6% #122/1137 89th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 7.6% #203/1137 82nd pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.3% #332/1137 71st 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 · 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 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

Deion Sanders

Pass share

45.6%

356 pass / 424 run

Plays / game

65.0

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

12.5%

320 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches
2021
Karl Dorrell
Colorado
2022
Mike Sanford Jr.
Colorado
era →
2023
Deion Sanders
Colorado
era →
2024
Deion Sanders
Colorado

Played under 3 different head coaches: Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr., and Deion Sanders. Multi-era developmental context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownPalmetto, FL
Height5'11"
Weight167 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey10

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 entries
🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2023)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM

All-Conf 1st team (2023)

All-AAC

Trophy Case · Detail

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

All-America

1 All-America selection

National selector recognition is one of the strongest non-Heisman signals on a player card and should sit near the top of the showcase.

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
2023 All-AAC all_conference Florida Atlantic | AAC RET
2023 All-AAC all_conference Florida Atlantic | AAC WR
2023 All-America (FWAA) all_america Florida Atlantic | FWAA first | AP-RET

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Colorado WR4 #154 #168 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big 12
2023 Florida Atlantic WR4 #773 #1134 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | American Athletic
2022 Florida Atlantic WR4 #947 #1399 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Conference USA
2021 Florida Atlantic WR4 #1220 #1657 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Conference USA

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Colorado Big 12 WR 4 No. 10 | 5-11 | 167 lb | Palmetto, FL
2023 Florida Atlantic American Athletic WR 4 No. 10 | 5-11 | 167 lb | Palmetto, FL
2022 Florida Atlantic Conference USA WR 4 No. 10 | 5-11 | 167 lb | Palmetto, FL
2021 Florida Atlantic Conference USA WR 4 No. 10 | 5-11 | 167 lb | Palmetto, FL