CFB Zeitgeist Score
38
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 68th percentile.
PJ Martin
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
326 RUSH YDS · 2 RUSH TD · 60 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to South Alabama for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · South Alabama
Returning around him
- 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -18 net (12 in / 30 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Alabama · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #102 · 2026 recruiting class #118
RB · SOUTH ALABAMA · SUN BELT
PJ Martin
- 2
- 5-10 | 202 lb
- New Orleans, LA
Heisman Heat
#3806
<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 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2023–2025+335%
Up 335% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
South Alabama
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8304 | No. 1866 recruit | HighSchool | South Alabama |
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 South Alabama
Composite
0.8304
#1866 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 PJ Martin
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 PJ Martin
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 8g
326Rush yards
60Carries
2Rush TDs
Per game
40.8Rush yards
8Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
529.8Rush yards
98Carries
3Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 326): needs 84.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 326): needs 134.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 326): needs 234.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 1.6/game over remaining 5.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 2.6/game over remaining 5.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 3.6/game over remaining 5.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
PJ Martin's story is about how role and output meet each other. For South Alabama, 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
60 63rd
YDS
326 67th
YPC
5.4 72nd
TD
2 67th
Receiving
REC
5 43rd
YDS
49 48th
YPR
9.8 76th
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-21vs Morgan State | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-33vs Tulane | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | L 15-31@ Auburn | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 0 | 38 | Season-high 69 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 22-36@ North Texas | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ Troy | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-15vs Arkansas State | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 1 | 27 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-31@ Georgia State | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 60 | 326 | 5.3 | 2 | 38 |
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
2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced
2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | 60 | 326 | 5.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | South Alabama | 12 | 75 | 6.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 72 | 401 | 5.6 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | South Alabama | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 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 | 326 | #247/735 | 67th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 2 | #247/739 | 67th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.4 | #206/735 | 72nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 5 | #315/552 | 43rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 49 | #286/548 | 48th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.13 | #156/362 | 57th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 53 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 13.3% | #218/738 | 71st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 60 | #276/739 | 63rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 38 | #244/733 | 67th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 35 | #95/540 | 83rd pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 9.8 | #132/548 | 76th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 19.6% | #267/738 | 64th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 17.6% | #131/738 | 82nd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 15.6% | #215/738 | 71st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 12.8% | #277/738 | 63rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 8.7% | #258/738 | 65th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.5% | #267/738 | 64th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 3.7% | #253/738 | 66th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/256 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs 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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 45.2 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 36.2 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins2g | 22.0 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| Losses6g | 47.0 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 44.7 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 29.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
38Mid-pack
Elite: fumbles lost (86th). Concern: receptions (17th).
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
PJ MartinSouth AlabamaJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 62% simJeremiah CobbAuburn· 61% simTae MeadowsTroy· 61% sim
Fumbles lost
Yards / carry
Long run
Rush yards
Rec yards
Rush TDs
Carries
Receptions
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 Colby McDonald’s 2021 season.
Colby McDonald
82%match
#2
Chase Brown
81%
#3
Micah Kelly
79%
#4
Ja'shon Benjamin
78%
#5
Larry McCammon III
All-Conference USA
77%
Matches Colby on
Yards / carry
Total rush EPA (college ability)
EPA / carry (adj)
Differs from Colby on
Class year (lower)
Recruiting rating (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ashton Stredick's junior season at California (2023).
Ashton Stredick
80%match
#2
Ja'shon Benjamin
79%
#3
Chase Brown
79%
#4
Kamari Moulton
78%
#5
Cam'Ron Valdez
71%
Matches Ashton on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
EPA / carry (adj)
Yards / carry
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Pass share
37.0%
310 pass / 527 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.2%
249 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Kane Wommack
South Alabama
2025era →
Major Applewhite
South Alabama
Coaching transition mid-career: Kane Wommack → Major Applewhite. 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.
HometownNew Orleans, LA
Height5'10"
Weight202 lb
Class2
PositionRB
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Current teamSouth Alabama
ConferenceSun Belt
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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Alabama | RB2 | #3806 | #3898 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | South Alabama | RB2 | #1829 | #2029 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | RB | 2 | 5-10 | 202 lb | New Orleans, LA |
| 2024 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | RB | 2 | 5-10 | 202 lb | New Orleans, LA |
| 2023 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | RB | 2 | 5-10 | 202 lb | New Orleans, LA |