CFB Zeitgeist Score
18
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 33rd percentile.
P.J. Prioleau
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
59 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 13 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Virginia Tech for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Virginia Tech
Returning around him
- 50% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: +0 net (27 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Virginia Tech · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #40 · 2026 recruiting class #39
RB · VIRGINIA TECH · ACC
P.J. Prioleau
- 4
- #20
- 5-11 | 182 lb
- Radford, VA
Heisman Heat
#1960
<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 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Earning real snaps in the rotation.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Virginia Tech
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.
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.
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 P.J. Prioleau
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 P.J. Prioleau
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 11g
59Rush yards
13Carries
0Rush TDs
Per game
5.4Rush yards
1Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
69.7Rush yards
15Carries
0Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 59): needs 345.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 59): needs 470.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 59): needs 720.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 7.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 2.
Why this is more than a rushing profile
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
P.J. Prioleau is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 59 rushing yards, 13 catches, and 363 return yards for Virginia Tech. 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
13 32nd
YDS
59 32nd
YPC
4.5 48th
TD
0 40th
Receiving
REC
13 71st
YDS
90 66th
YPR
6.9 49th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-24@ South Carolina | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-44vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 26-45vs Old Dominion | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-6vs Wofford | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 17 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 23-21@ NC State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-30vs Wake Forest | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-35@ Georgia Tech | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-34vs California | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-28vs Louisville | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-34vs Miami | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-27@ Virginia | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 13 | 59 | 5.2 | 0 | 16 |
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
2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced
2025Virginia Tech3-9HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 59 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 13 | 59 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 13 | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | -- |
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 | 59 | #498/735 | 32nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #447/739 | 40th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.5 | #383/735 | 48th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 13 | #160/552 | 71st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 90 | #186/548 | 66th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 5.7% | #502/738 | 32nd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 16 | #448/733 | 39th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 13 | #504/739 | 32nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 24 | #174/540 | 68th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 6.9 | #281/548 | 49th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 339 | #16/200 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 24.0 | #2/27 | 96th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 24 | #18/27 | 37th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 19.9 | #83/199 | 59th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick returns | 17 | #9/206 | 96th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Punt returns | 1 | #20/29 | 34th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.0% | #457/738 | 38th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 6.5% | #500/738 | 32nd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 5.9% | #121/738 | 84th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 5.6% | #531/738 | 28th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 5.5% | #616/738 | 17th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 4.1% | #486/738 | 34th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 4.0% | #520/738 | 30th pct | Known-passing sharevs 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.1 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 5.7 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| Losses8g | 5.2 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.7 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
18Below cohort
Concern: carries (0th).
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.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
P.J. PrioleauVirginia TechKamari MoultonIowa· 47% simTae MeadowsTroy· 47% simRashod DubinionApp State· 46% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Yards / carry
Long run
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Carries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Pry
Pass share
42.0%
319 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
63.3
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.5%
296 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Brent Pry
Virginia Tech
2025
Brent Pry
Virginia Tech
Played his entire career under Brent Pry.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownRadford, VA
Height5'11"
Weight182 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey20
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamVirginia Tech
ConferenceACC
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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | RB4 | #1960 | #2015 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | RB4 | #2510 | #2398 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | RB4 | #3198 | #3361 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | ACC | RB | 4 | No. 20 | 5-11 | 182 lb | Radford, VA |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | ACC | RB | 4 | No. 20 | 5-11 | 182 lb | Radford, VA |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | ACC | RB | 4 | No. 20 | 5-11 | 182 lb | Radford, VA |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | ACC | RB | 4 | No. 20 | 5-11 | 182 lb | Radford, VA |