CFB Zeitgeist Score
55
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 61st percentile.
Landon Sims
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
559 RUSH YDS · 3 RUSH TD · 122 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Hawai'i for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Running back · Hawai'i
Returning around him
- 46% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: +7 net (16 in / 9 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Hawai'i · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #124
RB · HAWAI'I · MOUNTAIN WEST
Landon Sims
- 4
- #30
- 6-2 | 220 lb
- Gig Harbor, WA
Heisman Heat
#3563
<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 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2023–2025+119%
Up 119% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Hawai'i
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
| 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.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in rushing yards (559).
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.
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 Landon Sims
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 Landon Sims
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving TDs
2
count
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #302 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 43rd
Why it matters
#302 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 2 TDs on 37 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 2 (43th)
HIGH · n=37 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#422 / 531
- Yards per reception#512 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 10 at San José State — 1 receiving_tds
Result L 38-45
The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at San José State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the rushing totals stand
Through 13g
559Rush yards
122Carries
3Rush TDs
Per game
43Rush yards
9Carries
0Rush TDs
Final
559Rush yards
122Carries
3Rush TDs
Why this is more than a rushing profile
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Landon Sims is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 559 rushing yards, 37 catches, and 0 return yards for Hawai'i. That kind of all-purpose footprint gives the card a much richer story than a basic carry total.
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?
Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
122 85th
YDS
559 82nd
YPC
4.6 51st
TD
3 73rd
Receiving
REC
37 99th
YDS
272 96th
YPR
7.4 57th
TD
2 97th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20vs Stanford | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-40@ Arizona | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20vs Sam Houston | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-3vs Portland State | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-23vs Fresno State | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-35@ Air Force | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-26vs Utah State | 10 | 82 | 8.2 | 1 | 43 | Season-high 82 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 31-19@ Colorado State | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-45@ San José State | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-6vs San Diego State | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-38@ UNLV | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Wyoming | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Bowl | W 35-31vs California | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 122 | 559 | 4.5 | 3 | 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
2023Hawai'i5-8HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-heavy
2025Hawai'i9-4HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning
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 | 559 | #135/735 | 82nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 3 | #204/739 | 73rd pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.6 | #364/735 | 51st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 37 | #9/552 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 272 | #21/548 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.03 | #325/362 | 10th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 116 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 17.9% | #116/738 | 84th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 122 | #111/739 | 85th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 43 | #211/733 | 71st pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 28 | #138/540 | 75th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 7.4 | #237/548 | 57th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #20/552 | 97th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 35.3% | #88/738 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 22.0% | #107/738 | 86th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 20.0% | #128/738 | 83rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 18.5% | #117/738 | 84th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 13.7% | #95/738 | 87th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.1% | #232/738 | 69th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 7.6% | #66/738 | 91st 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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 39.9 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 48.0 | 4.4 | 0.4 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 45.0 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
| Losses4g | 38.5 | 4.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 44.9 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 40.0 | 4.6 | 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
55Solid starter
Elite: receptions (96th). Strength: rec yards (94th). Concern: fumbles lost (13th).
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_rushing0.03Below (<p25) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Landon SimsHawai'iRashod DubinionApp State· 85% simAl-Jay HendersonBuffalo· 82% simAdam RandallClemson· 79% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Carries
Rush yards
Long run
Rush TDs
Yards / carry
Fumbles lost
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 TJ Harden’s 2024 season.
TJ Harden
77%match
#2
Ari Broussard
70%
#3
Sam Scott
70%
#4
Dylan Carson
66%
#5
Marcus Major
67%
Matches TJ on
Weight
Receiving share
Rush TD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to TJ Harden's junior season at UCLA (2024).
TJ Harden
84%match
#2
Tai Lavatai
74%
#3
Dylan Carson
74%
#4
Jalen Mayden
71%
#5
Owen Burk
71%
Matches TJ on
Class year
Receiving share
Yards / carry
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
60.2%
540 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
427 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Timmy Chang
Hawai'i
2025
Timmy Chang
Hawai'i
Played his entire career under Timmy Chang.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownGig Harbor, WA
Height6'2"
Weight220 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey30
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamHawai'i
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2025
Career arc5 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 | Hawai'i | RB4 | #3563 | #3704 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2023 | Hawai'i | RB4 | #2241 | #2869 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2022 | Hawai'i | RB4 | #4460 | #4914 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2021 | Hawai'i | RB4 | #4053 | #4150 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mountain West |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | RB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Gig Harbor, WA |
| 2024 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | RB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Gig Harbor, WA |
| 2023 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | RB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Gig Harbor, WA |
| 2022 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | RB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Gig Harbor, WA |
| 2021 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | RB | 4 | No. 30 | 6-2 | 220 lb | Gig Harbor, WA |