CFB Zeitgeist Score
51
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 63rd percentile.
Luke Lindenmeyer
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
312 REC YDS · 29 REC · 2 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Nebraska for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Nebraska
Returning around him
- 59% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 1 Nebraska player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -3 net (16 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Nebraska · Last season: 7-6 (AP #25) · Talent rank #20 · 2026 recruiting class #22
TE · NEBRASKA · BIG TEN
Luke Lindenmeyer
- 3
- #44
- 6-3 | 250 lb
- La Vista, NE
Heisman Heat
#1294
<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 TE AWARD
Mackey
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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 · receiving yards
2024–2025+524%
Up 524% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Nebraska
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 receiving yards (312).
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 Luke Lindenmeyer
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 Luke Lindenmeyer
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
10.8
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #374 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 30th
Why it matters
#374 of 531 All FBS WRs at 10.8 yards per reception (29 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 10.8 (30th)
MODERATE · n=29 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#302 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#381 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 4 vs Michigan — 60 ypr
Result L 27-30
The week the volume broke through — put up 60 yds vs Michigan.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
312Rec yards
29Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
28.4Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
368.7Rec yards
34Receptions
2Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 312): needs 194/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 312): needs 344/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 29): needs 15.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 29): needs 25.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 4/game over remaining 2.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Luke Lindenmeyer's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Nebraska, 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
TE 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?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
29 88th
YDS
312 87th
YPR
10.8 62nd
TD
2 84th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-17@ Cincinnati | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 2 | W 68-0vs Akron | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-7vs Houston Christian | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-30vs Michigan | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 0 | 23 | Season-high 60 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 38-27vs Michigan State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31@ Maryland | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-24@ Minnesota | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-21vs Northwestern | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-21vs USC | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-40vs Iowa | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Bowl | L 22-44@ Utah | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 29 | 312 | 10.7 | 2 | 26 |
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
2023Nebraska5-7HC: Matt Rhule · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2024Nebraska7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced
2025Nebraska7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
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 | 29 | #58/475 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 312 | #65/475 | 87th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #79/475 | 84th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 10.8 | #181/475 | 62nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 11.2% | #65/468 | 86th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 26 | #178/475 | 63rd pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.5% | #44/468 | 91st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 7.7% | #33/468 | 93rd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 7.3% | #69/468 | 85th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 5.7% | #61/468 | 87th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.7% | #80/468 | 83rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 3.7% | #149/468 | 68th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
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
The Mackey award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 25.3 | 10.7 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 33.8 | 10.8 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 2.2 | 25.2 | 11.5 | 0.3 |
| Losses5g | 3.2 | 32.2 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 28.9 | 9.8 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 27.5 | 12.4 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
51Mid-pack
Concern: long catch (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 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
Luke LindenmeyerNebraskaDecker DeGraafWashington· 90% simHouston ThomasUTSA· 88% simTyler FortenberryArkansas State· 86% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Long catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Hunter Welcing’s 2025 season.
Hunter Welcing
88%match
#2
Jay Rose
78%
#3
Justin Joly
NFL Rd 5
78%
#4
Ryan Jones
76%
#5
Decker DeGraaf
76%
Matches Hunter on
Yards / reception
EPA / play (adj)
Reception volume
Differs from Hunter on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Desirrio Riles's junior season at East Carolina (2025).
Desirrio Riles
86%match
#2
Jaheim Bell
All-ACCNFL Rd 7
80%
#3
Jack Westover
77%
#4
Keyan Burnett
73%
#5
Lake McRee
All-Big Ten
77%
Matches Desirrio on
TD rate
Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Pass share
46.4%
378 pass / 437 run
Plays / game
62.7
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.5%
315 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Matt Rhule
Nebraska
2024
Matt Rhule
Nebraska
2025
Matt Rhule
Nebraska
Played his entire career under Matt Rhule.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLa Vista, NE
Height6'3"
Weight250 lb
Class3
PositionTE
Jersey44
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamNebraska
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc4 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.