CFB Zeitgeist Score
72
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 81st percentile.
Reginald Virgil
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
705 REC YDS · 57 REC · 6 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Texas Tech for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Texas Tech
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas Tech · Last season: 12-2 (AP #4) · Talent rank #29 · 2026 recruiting class #48
WR · TEXAS TECH · BIG 12
CFB Zeitgeist Score
72
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 81st percentile.
Heisman Heat
#4856
<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 WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterStarter. A locked-in starting role.
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025Up 2418% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8259 | No. 1794 recruit | HighSchool | Miami (OH) |
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. | ||
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.
Selector Grid · 2025
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 Miami (OH)
Composite
0.8259
#1794 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.
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 reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
705
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
Why it matters
#98 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving yards — 705 yards on 57 receptions.
Vs cohort
HIGH · n=57 cohort 531
Signature Moment
Week 15 vs BYU — 86 receiving_yards_total
Result W 34-7
The week the volume broke through — put up 86 yds vs BYU.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
✓ Hit 700-yard receiver · finished with 705.
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about Reginald Virgil is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
2025 season snapshot | final
30-second read
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
Rushing
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 14 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 67-7vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 2 | W 62-14vs Kent State | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 2 | 35 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 3 | W 45-14vs Oregon State | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-10@ Utah | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-11@ Houston | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-17vs Kansas | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 8 | L 22-26@ Arizona State | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-0vs Oklahoma State | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 10 | W 43-20@ Kansas State | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | 42 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-7vs BYU | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 39 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-9vs UCF | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 1 | 40 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-0@ West Virginia | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 15 | W 34-7vs BYU | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 0 | 30 | Season-high 86 yds |
| Bowl | L 0-23vs Oregon | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 24 | |
| Total | 57 | 705 | 13.3 | 6 | 42 |
Traditional history
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 57 | 705 | 12.4 | 6 | -- |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 59 | 767 | 13.0 | 7 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 2 | 35 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 2 | 35 | -- | -- | -- |
Advanced metrics second
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
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.
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 57 | #78/1110 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 705 | #105/1107 | 91st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 6 | #56/1111 | 95th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.4 | #504/1106 | 55th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 18.2% | #130/1137 | 89th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 35 | #88/397 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 30 | #37/346 | 90th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 17.5 | #14/393 | 97th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 2 | #194/407 | 53rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 2 | #7/411 | 99th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 42 | #407/1105 | 63rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 11.2% | #176/1137 | 85th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.8% | #241/1137 | 79th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 9.4% | #142/1137 | 88th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 8.8% | #156/1137 | 86th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 8.0% | #184/1137 | 84th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 7.6% | #176/1137 | 85th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #391/1137 | 66th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
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
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home9g | 3.7 | 48.6 | 14.1 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 53.6 | 11.9 | 0.4 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins12g | 4.0 | 52.2 | 13.7 | 0.4 |
| Losses2g | 4.5 | 39.5 | 10.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 45.0 | 13.3 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.6 | 55.7 | 13.2 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Elite: rush tds (95th). Strength: rec tds (86th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tory Horton’s 2021 season.
Tory Horton
Will Sheppard
Dalvin Smith
Cortez Braham
Austin Williams
Matches Tory on
Differs from Tory on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ted Hurst’s path through Georgia State.
Ted Hurst
Darrell Gill Jr.
Patrick Bryant
Malik Knowles
Joshua Derry
Matches Ted on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dane Key's senior season at Nebraska (2025).
Dane Key
Chase Roberts
Caleb Douglas
Sterling Berkhalter
Myles Butler
Matches Dane on
Differs from Dane on
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
47.6%
484 pass / 532 run
Plays / game
72.6
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
6.5%
336 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Joey McGuire.
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
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Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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.
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. | ||||
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | WR4 | #4856 | #5306 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | WR4 | #1493 | #1339 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | WR4 | #3475 | #3766 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mid-American |
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | WR | 4 | No. 1 | 6-3 | 190 lb | Apopka, FL |
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | WR | 4 | No. 1 | 6-3 | 190 lb | Apopka, FL |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | WR | 4 | No. 1 | 6-3 | 190 lb | Apopka, FL |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | WR | 4 | No. 1 | 6-3 | 190 lb | Apopka, FL |