CFB Zeitgeist Score
20
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 26th percentile.
Parker Jenkins
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
256 RUSH YDS · 2 RUSH TD · 75 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to East Carolina for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · East Carolina
Returning around him
- 51% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 1 East Carolina player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -3 net (23 in / 26 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
East Carolina · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #78 · 2026 recruiting class #77
RB · EAST CAROLINA · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
Parker Jenkins
- 3
- #5
- 5-11 | 209 lb
- Houston, TX
Heisman Heat
#1934
<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 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2023–2025-45%
Sharp dropoff (-45%) — career inflection point.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Parker Jenkins
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 Parker Jenkins
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
256Rush yards
75Carries
2Rush TDs
Per game
23.3Rush yards
7Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
302.5Rush yards
89Carries
2Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 256): needs 247/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 256): needs 372/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 256): needs 622/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 4/game over remaining 2.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 6.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 9/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.
Parker Jenkins's story is about how role and output meet each other. For East Carolina, 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
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?
Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
75 70th
YDS
256 60th
YPC
3.4 20th
TD
2 67th
Receiving
REC
9 57th
YDS
69 58th
YPR
7.7 59th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24@ NC State | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-3vs Campbell | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0@ Coastal Carolina | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 1 | 14 | Season-high 42 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 13-34vs BYU | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-6vs Army | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-26@ Tulane | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-14@ Temple | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-22vs Charlotte | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-58@ UTSA | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-3@ Florida Atlantic | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bowl | W 23-17vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 75 | 256 | 4.0 | 2 | 17 |
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
2023Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced
2024Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | 75 | 256 | 3.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Houston | 17 | 34 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Houston | 99 | 464 | 4.7 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 191 | 754 | 3.9 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Houston | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Houston | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 27 | 157 | 5.8 | 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 | 256 | #297/735 | 60th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 2 | #247/739 | 67th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 3.4 | #591/735 | 20th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 9 | #236/552 | 57th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 69 | #231/548 | 58th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.01 | #344/362 | 5th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 72 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 10.3% | #309/738 | 58th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 75 | #223/739 | 70th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 17 | #434/733 | 41st pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 22 | #198/540 | 64th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 7.7 | #224/548 | 59th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 96 | #57/200 | 72nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 19.2 | #92/199 | 54th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick returns | 5 | #59/206 | 72nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 16.4% | #320/738 | 57th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 13.1% | #267/738 | 64th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 10.5% | #337/738 | 54th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 9.9% | #346/738 | 53rd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 9.8% | #213/738 | 71st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 5.2% | #432/738 | 42nd pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 3.2% | #287/738 | 61st pct | Air-game usagevs 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 24.6 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 22.2 | 4.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins7g | 27.4 | 3.9 | 0.3 |
| Losses4g | 16.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 25.9 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 18.8 | 4.7 | 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
20Below cohort
Concern: yards / carry (3rd).
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_rushing0.01Below (<p25) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Parker JenkinsEast CarolinaTae MeadowsTroy· 61% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 58% simKamari MoultonIowa· 56% sim
Rec yards
Carries
Receptions
Rush TDs
Rush yards
Long run
Yards / carry
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Rahjai Harris’s 2021 season.
Rahjai Harris
84%match
#2
Cam Porter
80%
#3
Leshon Williams
79%
#4
Jalen Holston
77%
#5
Trey Sanders
77%
Matches Rahjai on
Weight
Rush TD rate
Yards / reception
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Star Thomas's junior season at Duke (2024).
Star Thomas
76%match
All-Conference USA
#2
Sedrick Irvin
72%
#3
Jaylen Coleman
70%
#4
Kalib Hicks
67%
#5
Branson Robinson
70%
Matches Star on
Receiving share
Yards / carry
Height
Differs from Star on
Class year (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Pass share
44.5%
440 pass / 548 run
Plays / game
76.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.7%
343 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Mike Houston
East Carolina
2024
Mike Houston
East Carolina
2025era →
Blake Harrell
East Carolina
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. 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.
HometownHouston, TX
Height5'11"
Weight209 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey5
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamEast Carolina
ConferenceAmerican Athletic
Joined2025
Career arc3 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.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | American Athletic | RB | 3 | No. 5 | 5-11 | 209 lb | Houston, TX |
| 2024 | Houston | Big 12 | RB | 3 | No. 5 | 5-11 | 209 lb | Houston, TX |
| 2023 | Houston | Big 12 | RB | 3 | No. 5 | 5-11 | 209 lb | Houston, TX |