CFB Zeitgeist Score
75
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 74th percentile.
Miles Davis
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
732 RUSH YDS · 8 RUSH TD · 131 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Utah State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Running back · Utah State
Returning around him
- 63% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- Transfer portal: +10 net (29 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Utah State · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #114 · 2026 recruiting class #87
RB · UTAH STATE · MOUNTAIN WEST
Miles Davis
- 4
- 5-11 | 215 lb
- Las Vegas, NV
Heisman Heat
#469
<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 3 · RecognizedR11 · National watch / fringe AA
National watch / fringe All-America. Knocking on the All-America door.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
6 seasons on the ladder
2020
BYU · RB
R08 · Watch-list name
Recognized
2021
BYU · RB
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2022
BYU · RB
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2023
BYU · RB
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2024
BYU · RB
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★
2025
Utah State · RB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2020–2025+662%
Up 662% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8100 | No. 2503 recruit | HighSchool | BYU |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | BYU -> Utah State | 3-star | 0.8100 | 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.
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 (732).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to BYU
Composite
0.8100
#2503 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 Miles Davis
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Miles Davis
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 13g
732Rush yards
131Carries
8Rush TDs
Per game
56.3Rush yards
10Carries
1Rush TDs
Final
732Rush yards
131Carries
8Rush 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.
Miles Davis is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 732 rushing yards, 28 catches, and 68 return yards for Utah State. 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?
Workhorse | Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
131 88th
YDS
732 89th
YPC
5.6 77th
TD
8 93rd
Receiving
REC
28 93rd
YDS
201 90th
YPR
7.2 55th
TD
3 99th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-16vs UTEP | 12 | 88 | 7.3 | 1 | 58 | |
| Wk 2 | L 22-44@ Texas A&M | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-30vs Air Force | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-7vs McNeese | 13 | 118 | 9.1 | 1 | 30 | Season-high 118 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 35-55@ Vanderbilt | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | L 26-44@ Hawai'i | 15 | 102 | 6.8 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-25vs San José State | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-33@ New Mexico | 10 | 110 | 11.0 | 1 | 64 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-14vs Nevada | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 2 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | L 26-29@ UNLV | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-17@ Fresno State | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-25vs Boise State | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 1 | 19 | |
| Bowl | L 21-34vs Washington State | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 131 | 732 | 5.2 | 8 | 64 |
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
2020BYU10-1HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced
2021BYU10-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2022BYU8-5HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced
2023BYU5-7HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced
2024BYU11-2HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning
2025Utah State6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced
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 | 732 | #82/735 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 8 | #51/739 | 93rd pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.6 | #172/735 | 77th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 28 | #39/552 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 201 | #57/548 | 90th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.13 | #156/362 | 57th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 118 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 17.4% | #122/738 | 84th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 131 | #90/739 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 64 | #88/733 | 88th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 30 | #126/540 | 77th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 7.2 | #250/548 | 55th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 3 | #5/552 | 99th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 68 | #79/200 | 61st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 17.0 | #118/199 | 41st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick returns | 4 | #69/206 | 67th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 29.6% | #126/738 | 83rd pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 20.6% | #118/738 | 84th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 20.2% | #91/738 | 88th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 19.3% | #158/738 | 79th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 11.0% | #165/738 | 78th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.4% | #219/738 | 70th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 6.4% | #103/738 | 86th 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.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 55.1 | 5.2 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 57.7 | 5.1 | 0.5 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 63.5 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| Losses7g | 50.1 | 4.8 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 60.4 | 5.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 51.5 | 5.1 | 0.8 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
75All-Conference
Elite: receptions (87th). Strength: rec yards (84th). 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_rushing0.13Low (p25–p50) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Miles DavisUtah StateDaylan SmothersNC State· 91% simMichael WashingtonArkansas· 90% simNate SheppardDuke· 88% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Long run
Yards / carry
Carries
Fumbles lost
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Satellite Back
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Montrell Johnson’s 2023 season.
Montrell Johnson
78%match
#2
Owen Allen
74%
#3
Tyler Lavine
73%
#4
Bhayshul Tuten
NFL Rd 4
75%
#5
Tayon Fleet-Davis
75%
Matches Montrell on
EPA / carry (adj)
Yards / reception
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Differs from Montrell on
Rush TD rate (higher)
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Asim Rose’s path through Kentucky.
Asim Rose
95%match
#2
Cooper Wallace
93%
#3
Calvin Turner
All-Mountain West
92%
#4
Trey Smith
91%
#5
Bryson Washington
All-Big 12
91%
Matches Asim on
Yards per carry
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
47.9%
403 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
64.8
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
12.7%
339 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2020–2025
4 coaches2020
Frank Maile
Utah State
2021era →
Blake Anderson
Utah State
2022
Blake Anderson
Utah State
2023
Blake Anderson
Utah State
2024era →
Nate Dreiling
Utah State
2025era →
Bronco Mendenhall
Utah State
Played under 4 different head coaches: Frank Maile, Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling, and Bronco Mendenhall. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownLas Vegas, NV
Height5'11"
Weight215 lb
Class4
PositionRB
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Current teamUtah State
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2025
Career arc6 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Mountain West
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Mountain West | all_conference | Utah State | Mountain West | RB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BYU | RB4 | #469 | #378 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2023 | BYU | RB4 | #2046 | #2348 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2022 | BYU | RB4 | #1107 | #1077 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | FBS Independents |
| 2021 | BYU | RB4 | #1745 | #1318 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | FBS Independents |
| 2020 | BYU | RB4 | #24 | #14 | 0.3% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | FBS Independents |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah State | Mountain West | RB | 4 | 5-11 | 215 lb | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2024 | BYU | Big 12 | RB | 4 | 5-11 | 215 lb | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2023 | BYU | Big 12 | RB | 4 | 5-11 | 215 lb | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2022 | BYU | FBS Independents | RB | 4 | 5-11 | 215 lb | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2021 | BYU | FBS Independents | RB | 4 | 5-11 | 215 lb | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2020 | BYU | FBS Independents | RB | 4 | 5-11 | 215 lb | Las Vegas, NV |