CFB Zeitgeist Score
67
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 94th percentile.
Nick DeGennaro
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
500 REC YDS · 28 REC · 5 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to James Madison for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · James Madison
Returning around him
- 78% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +7 net (37 in / 30 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
James Madison · Last season: 12-2 (AP #19) · Talent rank #127 · 2026 recruiting class #108
WR · JAMES MADISON · SUN BELT
Nick DeGennaro
- 4
- #11
- 6-1 | 196 lb
- Old Bridge, NJ
Heisman Heat
#3124
<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 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
James Madison
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8422 | No. 1448 recruit | HighSchool | Maryland |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Richmond -> James Madison | 3-star | 0.8300 | Immediate |
| 2022 | Maryland -> -- | 3-star | 0.8300 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2021 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 20Heisman 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 Maryland
Composite
0.8422
#1448 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 Nick DeGennaro
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 Nick DeGennaro
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
17.9
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #24 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 96th
Why it matters
#24 of 531 All FBS WRs at 17.9 yards per reception (28 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 17.9 (96th)
MODERATE · n=28 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#98 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#221 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 10 at Texas State — 101 ypr
Result W 52-20
The week the volume broke through — put up 101 yds at Texas State.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 10g
500Rec yards
28Receptions
5Rec TDs
Per game
50Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
650Rec yards
36Receptions
6Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 500): needs 66.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 500): needs 166.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 28): needs 10.7/game over remaining 3.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 28): needs 17.3/game over remaining 3.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 1/game over remaining 3.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 1.7/game over remaining 3.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Nick DeGennaro's story is about how role and output meet each other. For James Madison, 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?
Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
28 73rd
YDS
500 80th
YPR
17.9 89th
TD
5 91st
Rushing
CAR
1 35th
YDS
5 35th
YPC
5.0 57th
TD
0 81st
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 14-28@ Louisville | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-13@ Liberty | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-10vs Georgia Southern | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 8 | W 63-27vs Old Dominion | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 2 | 65 | Season-high 106 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 52-20@ Texas State | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 2 | 76 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 12 | W 58-10vs App State | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-20vs Washington State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 14 | W 59-10@ Coastal Carolina | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 15 | W 31-14vs Troy | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Bowl | L 34-51@ Oregon | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 1 | 47 | |
| Total | 28 | 500 | 16.6 | 5 | 76 |
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
2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 28 | 500 | 17.9 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 28 | 500 | 17.9 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 1 | 5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 1 | 5 | -- | -- | -- |
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 | 28 | #303/1110 | 73rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 500 | #225/1107 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 5 | #96/1111 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 17.9 | #120/1106 | 89th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 11.1% | #436/1137 | 62nd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 5 | #261/346 | 25th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 5 | #259/397 | 35th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.0 | #170/393 | 57th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 1 | #264/407 | 35th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 76 | #44/1105 | 96th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 5.7% | #572/1137 | 50th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.0% | #425/1137 | 63rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 5.0% | #707/1137 | 38th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 4.5% | #544/1137 | 52nd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.3% | #478/1137 | 58th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.0% | #805/1137 | 29th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.2% | #374/1137 | 67th 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 · 10 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 38.2 | 14.9 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 61.8 | 18.2 | 0.6 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 2.5 | 47.4 | 17.2 | 0.5 |
| Losses2g | 4.0 | 60.5 | 14.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 46.8 | 13.7 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 52.2 | 18.5 | 0.7 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
67Solid starter
Elite: yards / catch (94th). Strength: long catch (92nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2021
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
Nick DeGennaroJames MadisonChris Dawn Jr.Texas State· 75% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 75% simChase HendricksOhio· 73% sim
Yards / catch
Long catch
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Receptions
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Treon Sibley’s 2023 season.
Treon Sibley
84%match
#2
Reggie Roberson Jr.
75%
#3
Luke Grimm
74%
#4
Jeff Foreman
74%
#5
Keelan Marion
73%
Matches Treon on
Yards / reception
Weight
Class year
Differs from Treon on
Recruiting rating (higher)
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Dallas Dixon’s path through Central Michigan.
Dallas Dixon
98%match
All-MAC
#2
Nic Trujillo
91%
#3
Cary Angeline
91%
#4
Billy Bowens
90%
#5
Zane Pope
90%
Matches Dallas on
Height
Weight
Yards per reception
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Keontra Smith's graduate season at SMU (2024).
Keontra Smith
68%match
#2
Treon Sibley
62%
#3
De'Zhaun Stribling
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 1
58%
#4
Brady Boyd
58%
#5
Micah Davis
54%
Matches Keontra on
Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
TD rate
Differs from Keontra on
Recruiting rating (lower)
Yards / reception (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Chesney
Pass share
39.7%
385 pass / 584 run
Plays / game
69.2
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.8%
269 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Bob Chesney
James Madison
Played his entire career under Bob Chesney.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownOld Bridge, NJ
Height6'1"
Weight196 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey11
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamJames Madison
ConferenceSun Belt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Maryland | WR4 | #3124 | #2936 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | Sun Belt | WR | 4 | No. 11 | 6-1 | 196 lb | Old Bridge, NJ |
| 2021 | Maryland | Big Ten | WR | 4 | No. 11 | 6-1 | 196 lb | Old Bridge, NJ |