CFB Zeitgeist Score
15
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 42nd percentile.
Leo Blackburn
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
129 REC YDS · 14 REC · 2 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Georgia State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Georgia State
Returning around him
- 68% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 1 Georgia State player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -6 net (33 in / 39 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia State · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #77 · 2026 recruiting class #67
WR · GEORGIA STATE · SUN BELT
Leo Blackburn
- 4
- #3
- 6-4 | 220 lb
- Atlanta, GA
Heisman Heat
#3000
<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
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+59%
Up 59% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4-star | 0.8968 | No. 341 recruit | HighSchool | Georgia Tech |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech -> Georgia State | 3-star | 0.8200 | 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 Georgia Tech
Composite
0.8968
#341 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 Leo Blackburn
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 Leo Blackburn
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 receiving totals stand
Through 6g
129Rec yards
14Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
21.5Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
279.5Rec yards
30Receptions
4Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 129): needs 81.6/game over remaining 7.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 129): needs 124.4/game over remaining 7.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 14): needs 6.6/game over remaining 7.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 14): needs 9.4/game over remaining 7.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 0.9/game over remaining 7.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 1.1/game over remaining 7.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Leo Blackburn's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Georgia 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
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
14 55th
YDS
129 49th
YPR
9.2 26th
TD
2 75th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-63@ Ole Miss | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-38vs Memphis | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-21vs Murray State | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-70@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | 19 | Season-high 37 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 20-41vs App State | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-41@ Georgia Southern | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 14 | 129 | 7.0 | 2 | 21 |
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
2022Georgia Tech5-7HC: Brent Key · Balanced
2025Georgia State1-11HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia State | 14 | 129 | 9.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 19 | 210 | 11.1 | 3 | -- |
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 | 14 | #496/1110 | 55th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 129 | #571/1107 | 49th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #281/1111 | 75th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 9.2 | #817/1106 | 26th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 7.2% | #673/1137 | 41st pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 21 | #741/1105 | 33rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.9% | #233/1137 | 80th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 7.0% | #463/1137 | 59th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 4.5% | #575/1137 | 50th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 4.3% | #566/1137 | 50th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 2.9% | #696/1137 | 39th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 1.7% | #925/1137 | 19th pct | Early-down loadvs 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 · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 21.0 | 7.4 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 22.0 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins1g | 3.0 | 36.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 |
| Losses5g | 2.2 | 18.6 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 19.4 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 32.0 | 10.7 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
15Below cohort
Concern: rec yards (3rd).
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
Leo BlackburnGeorgia StateMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 52% simAaron TurnerRice· 49% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 44% sim
Rec TDs
Yards / catch
Receptions
Long catch
Rec yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Jump-Ball Target
Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Reece Vander Zee’s 2025 season.
Reece Vander Zee
78%match
#2
Tyler Griffin
78%
#3
Javon Antonio
77%
#4
Corey Gammage
68%
#5
J.J. Sparkman
72%
Matches Reece on
TD rate
Yards / reception
Weight
Differs from Reece on
Class year (higher)
Recruiting rating (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Neno Lemay’s path through Nicholls.
Neno Lemay
99%match
#2
T.J. Vasher
97%
#3
Antwan Davis
97%
#4
Ian Duarte
96%
#5
Seydou Traore
All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 5
92%
Matches Neno on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Grayson Barnes's junior season at West Virginia (2025).
Grayson Barnes
79%match
#2
Tyler Griffin
79%
#3
Brad Rozner
76%
#4
Warren Thompson
75%
#5
Dominick Mazotti
75%
Matches Grayson on
Total EPA (college ability)
Reception volume
Differs from Grayson on
Recruiting rating (higher)
TD rate (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Pass share
56.5%
472 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
69.6
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.6%
373 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022
Shawn Elliott
Georgia State
2025era →
Dell McGee
Georgia State
Coaching transition mid-career: Shawn Elliott → Dell McGee. 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.
HometownAtlanta, GA
Height6'4"
Weight220 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey3
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamGeorgia State
ConferenceSun Belt
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 | Georgia Tech | WR4 | #3000 | #3013 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | WR4 | #3643 | #3551 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | WR4 | #2116 | #2624 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | WR4 | #3462 | #3382 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | WR | 4 | No. 3 | 6-4 | 220 lb | Atlanta, GA |
| 2024 | Georgia Tech | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 3 | 6-4 | 220 lb | Atlanta, GA |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 3 | 6-4 | 220 lb | Atlanta, GA |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 3 | 6-4 | 220 lb | Atlanta, GA |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | ACC | WR | 4 | No. 3 | 6-4 | 220 lb | Atlanta, GA |