CFB Zeitgeist Score
29
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 62nd percentile.
Lamar Radcliffe
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
340 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 66 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to San José State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · San José State
Returning around him
- 59% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- Transfer portal: +1 net (17 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
San José State · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #109 · 2026 recruiting class #117
RB · SAN JOSÉ STATE · MOUNTAIN WEST
Lamar Radcliffe
- 2
- #2
- 6-1 | 220 lb
- Sacramento, CA
Heisman Heat
#3112
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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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
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
San José State
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 | 0.8800 | No. 651 recruit | HighSchool | San José State |
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 San José State
Composite
0.8800
#651 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 Lamar Radcliffe
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 Lamar Radcliffe
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 rushing totals stand
Through 8g
340Rush yards
66Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
42.5Rush yards
8Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
552.5Rush yards
107Carries
2Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 340): needs 82/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 340): needs 132/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 340): needs 232/game over remaining 5.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 1.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 2.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 1): needs 3.8/game over remaining 5.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Lamar Radcliffe's story is about how role and output meet each other. For San José State, 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
RB 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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
66 66th
YDS
340 67th
YPC
5.2 67th
TD
1 56th
Receiving
REC
4 38th
YDS
24 33rd
YPR
6.0 38th
TD
1 89th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-16vs Central Michigan | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-38@ Texas | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-28vs New Mexico | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-35@ Wyoming | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 8 | L 25-30@ Utah State | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-38vs Hawai'i | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 1 | 30 | Season-high 97 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 16-26vs Air Force | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-55@ Nevada | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 66 | 340 | 4.9 | 1 | 30 |
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
2025San José State3-9HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Pass-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San José State | 66 | 340 | 5.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 66 | 340 | 5.2 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San José State | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 1 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 340 | #240/735 | 67th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #323/739 | 56th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.2 | #240/735 | 67th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 4 | #343/552 | 38th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 24 | #367/548 | 33rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.09 | #226/362 | 38th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 68 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 12.4% | #239/738 | 68th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 66 | #255/739 | 66th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 30 | #297/733 | 60th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 15 | #296/540 | 45th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 6.0 | #340/548 | 38th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #60/552 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 31.1% | #114/738 | 85th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 17.2% | #185/738 | 75th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 14.8% | #223/738 | 70th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 11.5% | #288/738 | 61st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.3% | #333/738 | 55th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 3.5% | #526/738 | 29th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 0.9% | #518/738 | 30th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 2 | #205/256 | 20th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 50.0 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 35.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 80.5 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| Losses6g | 29.8 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 31.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 54.0 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
29Below cohort
Concern: receptions (12th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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.
wepa_rushing0.09Low (p25–p50) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Lamar RadcliffeSan José StateJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 63% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 61% simTae MeadowsTroy· 60% sim
Yards / carry
Rush yards
Long run
Carries
Rec yards
Fumbles lost
Rush TDs
Receptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Workhorse
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ari Broussard’s 2021 season.
Ari Broussard
80%match
#2
Carson Steele
79%
#3
Deion Hankins
All-Conference USA
79%
#4
Michael Turner
78%
#5
Adam Hill
74%
Matches Ari on
Weight
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Rush TD rate
Differs from Ari on
Class year (lower)
Height (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Demetric Felton’s path through UCLA.
Demetric Felton
97%match
NFL Rd 6
#2
Kadarius Calloway
91%
#3
Joshua Samuel
90%
#4
Dedrick Mills
90%
#5
Anthony Tyus III
All-MAC
88%
Matches Demetric on
Yards per carry
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Micah Ford's sophomore season at Stanford (2025).
Micah Ford
82%match
#2
Adam Hill
75%
#3
Ari Broussard
73%
#4
Trey Cornist
72%
#5
Chaton Mobley
72%
Matches Micah on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Receiving share
Yards / carry
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
61.1%
486 pass / 310 run
Plays / game
66.3
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
2.1%
420 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Ken Niumatalolo
San José State
Played his entire career under Ken Niumatalolo.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSacramento, CA
Height6'1"
Weight220 lb
Class2
PositionRB
Jersey2
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamSan José State
ConferenceMountain West
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 | San José State | RB2 | #3112 | #2962 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San José State | Mountain West | RB | 2 | No. 2 | 6-1 | 220 lb | Sacramento, CA |
| 2024 | San José State | Mountain West | RB | 2 | No. 2 | 6-1 | 220 lb | Sacramento, CA |