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Heisman / Players / Quinshon Judkins /Ohio State

Quinshon Judkins

RB · Ohio State · Jr · #1

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

NOW IN NFLCleveland — drafted 2025, Rd 2, Pick 4, #36 overall

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ClevelandEntering 2nd NFL season

#36Rd 2 · Pick 4
ClevelandEntering 2nd NFL season

RB · OHIO STATE · BIG TEN

Quinshon Judkins

  • 3
  • #1
  • 6-0 | 219 lb
  • Pike Road, AL

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#1097

<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

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R03 · Backup

Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

2 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2022

2022

Ole Miss · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2023

Ole Miss · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

NFL Draft 2025 · Rd 2, Pick 4 · #36 overall · Cleveland

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2022–2023
1,5672022
1,1582023

-26%

Sharp dropoff (-26%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#562 national
CFB
College
Ole Miss
2022–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
R2 &middot; #36
Cleveland &middot; 2025

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class3
Jersey1
Measurements6-0 | 219 lb
HometownPike Road, AL
Primary teamOhio State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 562 recruit
Composite rating 0.8804 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2022
Origin Pike Road Pike Road, AL, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8804 No. 562 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Ohio State 2024
Transfer stars 4-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 5, 2024
Season Move Context
2024 Ole Miss -> Ohio State 4-star | 0.9600 | Immediate

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 16
Current nowcast#1097Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#787Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman 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 —

Composite

0.8804

#562 national

NFL Draft

2025 · Rd 2, Pick 4

#36 overall · Cleveland

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

PENDING

The 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 Quinshon Judkins

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 Quinshon Judkins

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.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Quinshon Judkins already has 3 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #1097 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 1,307 1,158 rush | 149 rec | #18/735 (98th pct)
Rush TD 15 271 carries | #8/739 (99th pct)
Yards/carry 4.3 Per-rush efficiency | #435/735 (41st pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Workhorse | Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.

WorkhorsePassing-game back

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
271 100th
YDS
1,158 98th
YPC
4.3 41st
TD
15 99th

Receiving

REC
22 89th
YDS
149 84th
YPR
6.8 48th
TD
2 97th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2023Ole Miss11-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2023Ole Miss2711,1584.315--
2022Ole Miss2741,5675.716--
Career2 loaded seasons5452,7255.031--
SeasonTeam
2023Ole Miss221496.82--
2022Ole Miss151328.81--
Career2 loaded seasons372817.63--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

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.

Traditional first

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.

Receiving work 22 149 rec yds | #63/552 (89th pct)
Usage -- Role share still loading
Rushing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 1,158 #18/735 98th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 15 #8/739 99th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.3 #435/735 41st pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 22 #63/552 89th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 149 #91/548 84th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 271 #3/739 100th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 40 #233/733 68th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 25 #166/540 69th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 6.8 #287/548 48th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #20/552 97th pct Scoringvs 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

Pass share

47.0%

408 pass / 461 run

Plays / game

62.1

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.9%

267 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2023

1 coach
2022
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2023
Ryan Day
Ohio State

Played his entire career under Ryan Day.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownPike Road, AL
Height6'0"
Weight219 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey1

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2024)

All-Big Ten

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

3 all-conference honors

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2024 All-Big Ten all_conference Ohio State | Big Ten RB
2023 All-SEC all_conference Ole Miss | SEC RB
2022 All-SEC all_conference Ole Miss | SEC RB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Ohio State RB3 #1097 #787 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 Ole Miss RB3 #62 #64 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 Ole Miss RB3 #140 #189 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Ohio State Big Ten RB 3 No. 1 | 6-0 | 219 lb | Pike Road, AL
2023 Ole Miss SEC RB 3 No. 1 | 6-0 | 219 lb | Pike Road, AL
2022 Ole Miss SEC RB 3 No. 1 | 6-0 | 219 lb | Pike Road, AL