CFB Zeitgeist Score
62
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 65th percentile.
R.J. Maryland
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
322 REC YDS · 27 REC · 2 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to SMU for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · SMU
Returning around him
- 50% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 1 SMU player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -11 net (14 in / 25 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
SMU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #25) · Talent rank #25 · 2026 recruiting class #31
TE · SMU · ACC
R.J. Maryland
- 4
- #82
- 6-4 | 240 lb
- Southlake, TX
Heisman Heat
#259
<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 TE AWARD
Mackey
—
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 · receiving yards
2022–2025+9%
Modest growth (9%) across the multi-season window.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
SMU
NFL
NFL Draft
—
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4-star | 0.8978 | No. 342 recruit | HighSchool | SMU |
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 SMU
Composite
0.8978
#342 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 R.J. Maryland
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 R.J. Maryland
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
11.9
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #297 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 44th
Why it matters
#297 of 531 All FBS WRs at 11.9 yards per reception (27 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 11.9 (44th)
MODERATE · n=27 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving TDs#302 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#370 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 9 at Wake Forest — 51 ypr
Result L 12-13
The week the volume broke through — put up 51 yds at Wake Forest.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 12g
322Rec yards
27Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
26.8Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
348.8Rec yards
29Receptions
2Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 322): needs 378/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 322): needs 678/game over remaining 1.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 27): needs 33/game over remaining 1.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 27): needs 53/game over remaining 1.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 6/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
R.J. Maryland's story is about how role and output meet each other. For SMU, 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
TE 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?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
27 86th
YDS
322 87th
YPR
11.9 71st
TD
2 84th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-13vs East Texas A&M | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 2 | L 45-48vs Baylor | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-10@ Missouri State | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-35@ TCU | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-18vs Syracuse | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-10vs Stanford | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-24@ Clemson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-13@ Wake Forest | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 49 | Season-high 51 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 26-20vs Miami | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-13@ Boston College | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-6vs Louisville | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 14 | L 35-38@ California | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Total | 27 | 322 | 12.0 | 2 | 49 |
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
2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo
2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning
2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning
2025SMU9-4HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 27 | #66/475 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 322 | #61/475 | 87th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #79/475 | 84th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 11.9 | #137/475 | 71st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 8.5% | #125/468 | 74th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 49 | #42/475 | 91st pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.0% | #23/468 | 95th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 5.7% | #48/468 | 90th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 4.7% | #98/468 | 79th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.0% | #259/468 | 45th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 2.3% | #311/468 | 34th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 2.2% | #288/468 | 39th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
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 Mackey 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
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 21.7 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 32.0 | 15.3 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 2.5 | 27.4 | 10.9 | 0.2 |
| Losses4g | 1.8 | 25.8 | 14.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 22.3 | 9.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 31.3 | 14.6 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
62Solid starter
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 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
R.J. MarylandSMURiley NowakowskiIndiana· 91% simJett CarpenterNevada· 87% simNoah MeyersWestern Kentucky· 86% sim
Long catch
Yards / catch
Rec yards
Receptions
Rec TDs
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Camm McDonald’s 2021 season.
Camm McDonald
90%match
#2
Elijah Mojarro
82%
#3
Devin Culp
NFL Rd 7
78%
#4
Lance Mason
All-Big Ten
72%
#5
Jordan Dingle
77%
Matches Camm on
TD rate
Reception volume
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jyrin Johnson's senior season at Bowling Green (2025).
Jyrin Johnson
82%match
All-MAC
#2
D'Andre Rogers
80%
#3
Bryce Kennon
80%
#4
Jake Roberts
78%
#5
Matt Lauter
All-Mountain West
78%
Matches Jyrin on
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Pass share
53.7%
460 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.4%
333 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Rhett Lashlee
SMU
2023
Rhett Lashlee
SMU
2024
Rhett Lashlee
SMU
2025
Rhett Lashlee
SMU
Played his entire career under Rhett Lashlee.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSouthlake, TX
Height6'4"
Weight240 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey82
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamSMU
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.
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.