CFB Zeitgeist Score
73
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 96th percentile.
Peter Manuma
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
73 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Hawai'i for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Hawai'i
Returning around him
- 46% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: +7 net (16 in / 9 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Hawai'i · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #124
DB · HAWAI'I · MOUNTAIN WEST
Peter Manuma
- 4
- #1
- 6-0 | 205 lb
- Ewa Beach, HI
Heisman Heat
#13316
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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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
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Hawai'i
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8389 | No. 1491 recruit | HighSchool | Hawai'i |
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.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to Hawai'i
Composite
0.8389
#1491 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 Peter Manuma
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 Peter Manuma
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 defensive totals stand
Through 12g
73Tackles
2.5Tackles for loss
1Sacks
Per game
6Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Projected (13g)
79Tackles
2.7Tackles for loss
1.1Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 73): needs 7/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 73): needs 27/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 1): needs 5/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 1): needs 9/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Peter Manuma is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Hawai'i's defense, with 1.0 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF 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?
Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
73 95th
SOLO
39 95th
TFL
2.5 75th
SACK
1.0 82nd
QBH
1 44th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
7 96th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20vs Stanford | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-40@ Arizona | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20vs Sam Houston | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-3vs Portland State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-23vs Fresno State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-35@ Air Force | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-26vs Utah State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-19@ Colorado State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-45@ San José State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-38@ UNLV | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Wyoming | 11 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Bowl | W 35-31vs California | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 73 | 39 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 7 |
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
2022Hawai'i3-10HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning
2023Hawai'i5-8HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-heavy
2025Hawai'i9-4HC: Timmy Chang · Pass-leaning
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 73 | #227/4942 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 2.5 | #1236/4972 | 75th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.0 | #872/4972 | 82nd pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 7 | #85/2184 | 96th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 1 | #1051/1878 | 44th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 39 | #237/4584 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
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 Thorpe 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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 6.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Losses4g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DB cohort
73Solid starter
Elite: passes defended (96th). Strength: tackles (92nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DB · 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
Peter ManumaHawai'iDevin LafayetteTroy· 86% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 86% simEli BlakeyMiami (OH)· 85% sim
Passes defended
Tackles
Solo tackles
Sacks
Tackles for loss
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Craig Woodson’s 2024 season.
Craig Woodson
90%match
NFL Rd 4
#2
R.J. Mickens
NFL Rd 6
89%
#3
Lyrik Rawls
85%
#4
Bennett Williams
83%
#5
Malachi Moore
NFL Rd 4
83%
Matches Craig on
Tackle volume
PD rate
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Craig Woodson's senior season at California (2024).
Craig Woodson
94%match
NFL Rd 4
#2
Devin Neal
All-Big 12NFL Rd 6
91%
#3
Lyrik Rawls
88%
#4
Andrew Mukuba
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 32
88%
#5
Sanoussi Kane
NFL Rd 7
88%
Matches Craig on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
60.2%
540 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.8%
427 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Timmy Chang
Hawai'i
2023
Timmy Chang
Hawai'i
2025
Timmy Chang
Hawai'i
Played his entire career under Timmy Chang.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownEwa Beach, HI
Height6'0"
Weight205 lb
Class4
PositionDB
Jersey1
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamHawai'i
ConferenceMountain West
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 | Hawai'i | DB4 | #13316 | #13406 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2023 | Hawai'i | DB4 | #12759 | #13236 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2022 | Hawai'i | DB4 | #13072 | #13732 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mountain West |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | DB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 205 lb | Ewa Beach, HI |
| 2024 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | DB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 205 lb | Ewa Beach, HI |
| 2023 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | DB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 205 lb | Ewa Beach, HI |
| 2022 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | DB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-0 | 205 lb | Ewa Beach, HI |