CFB Zeitgeist Score
65
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 74th percentile.
Rayshaun Benny
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
35 TACKLES · 1.5 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season
#250Rd 7 · Pick 34
Baltimore2026 NFL rookie season
DL · MICHIGAN · BIG TEN
Rayshaun Benny
- 4
- #26
- 6-4 | 305 lb
- Detroit, MI
Heisman Heat
#7278
<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 DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
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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 · Season-by-season Standing
5 seasons on the ladder
2021
Michigan · DL
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2022
Michigan · DL
—
2023
Michigan · DL
—
2024
Michigan · DL
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★
2025
Michigan · DL
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 7, Pick 34 · #250 overall · Baltimore
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Michigan
NFL
NFL Draft
R7 · #250
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 | 4-star | 0.9253 | No. 177 recruit | HighSchool | Michigan |
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—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Michigan
Composite
0.9253
#177 national
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 7, Pick 34
#250 overall · Baltimore
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 Rayshaun Benny
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 Rayshaun Benny
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 13g
35Tackles
3Tackles for loss
1.5Sacks
Per game
3Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.1Sacks
Final
35Tackles
3Tackles for loss
1.5Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Rayshaun Benny is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Michigan's defense, with 1.5 sacks, 3.0 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?
High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
35 78th
SOLO
19 76th
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
1.5 85th
QBH
2 66th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17vs New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-24@ Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-3vs Central Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27@ Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-10vs Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-31@ USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-7vs Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-20@ Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-16vs Purdue | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 24-22@ Northwestern | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-20@ Maryland | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 9-27vs Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 27-41@ Texas | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 19 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 2 |
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
2021Michigan12-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning
2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy
2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2024Michigan8-5HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-heavy
2025Michigan9-4HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-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 | 35 | #1098/4942 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 3.0 | #1006/4972 | 80th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 1.5 | #724/4972 | 85th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 2 | #647/1878 | 66th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 19 | #1095/4584 | 76th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 1 | #103/736 | 86th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
The Lombardi 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 · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Losses4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort
65Solid 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 · DL · 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
Rayshaun BennyMichiganMarsel McDuffieUNLV· 78% simJaxton EckNew Mexico· 78% simGavin MoulDelaware· 78% sim
Sacks
QB hurries
Passes defended
Tackles for loss
Tackles
Solo tackles
Forced fumbles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Nose Anchor
Two-gap space-eater who occupies blockers and frees the linebackers.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Anterio Thompson’s 2025 season.
Anterio Thompson
92%match
NFL Rd 6
#2
Tim Smith
NFL Rd 6
91%
#3
Zacch Pickens
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 1
90%
#4
Cameron Horsley
90%
#5
Nathan Pickering
89%
Matches Anterio on
Class year
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Aliki Vimahi's graduate season at Utah (2025).
Aliki Vimahi
90%match
#2
Nate Clifton
89%
#3
Tim Smith
All-SECNFL Rd 6
88%
#4
Tiaoalil Savea
86%
#5
Mike Lockhart
86%
Matches Aliki on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sherrone Moore
Pass share
40.9%
340 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
64.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.4%
256 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Jim Harbaugh
Michigan
2022
Jim Harbaugh
Michigan
2023
Jim Harbaugh
Michigan
2024era →
Sherrone Moore
Michigan
2025
Sherrone Moore
Michigan
Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Harbaugh → Sherrone Moore. 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.
HometownDetroit, MI
Height6'4"
Weight305 lb
Class4
PositionDL
Jersey26
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Current teamMichigan
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Michigan | Big Ten | DT |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Michigan | DL4 | #7278 | #7763 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2023 | Michigan | DL4 | #1907 | #1801 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2022 | Michigan | DL4 | #3945 | #3538 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2021 | Michigan | DL4 | #5097 | #4939 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan | Big Ten | DL | 4 | No. 26 | 6-4 | 305 lb | Detroit, MI |
| 2024 | Michigan | Big Ten | DL | 4 | No. 26 | 6-4 | 305 lb | Detroit, MI |
| 2023 | Michigan | Big Ten | DL | 4 | No. 26 | 6-4 | 305 lb | Detroit, MI |
| 2022 | Michigan | Big Ten | DL | 4 | No. 26 | 6-4 | 305 lb | Detroit, MI |
| 2021 | Michigan | Big Ten | DL | 4 | No. 26 | 6-4 | 305 lb | Detroit, MI |