CFB Zeitgeist Score
48
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by passes defended at the 91st percentile.
Ricardo Hallman
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
27 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Wisconsin for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Wisconsin
Returning around him
- 40% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: +8 net (33 in / 25 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wisconsin · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #28 · 2026 recruiting class #27
CB · WISCONSIN · BIG TEN
Ricardo Hallman
- 4
- #2
- 5-10 | 190 lb
- Miami, FL
Heisman Heat
#11397
<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 DB AWARD
Jim Thorpe
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CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
5 seasons on the ladder
2021
Wisconsin · CB
—
2022
Wisconsin · CB
—
★
2023
Wisconsin · CB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2024
Wisconsin · CB
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2025
Wisconsin · CB
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Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Wisconsin
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8722 | No. 647 recruit | HighSchool |
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 —
Composite
0.8722
#647 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 Ricardo Hallman
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 Ricardo Hallman
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 12g
27Tackles
0.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
29Tackles
0.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 27): needs 53/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 27): needs 73/game over remaining 1.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 6/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 10/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Ricardo Hallman is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Wisconsin's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 2 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?
Coverage splash against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
27 69th
SOLO
24 83rd
TFL
0.5 47th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
5 90th
INT
2 87th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-0vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-38@ Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-27vs Maryland | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 10-24@ Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-37vs Iowa | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-34vs Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-21@ Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 13-10vs Washington | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-31@ Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-10vs Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-17@ Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
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
2021Wisconsin8-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy
2022Wisconsin7-6HC: Jim Leonhard · Run-heavy
2023Wisconsin7-6HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced
2024Wisconsin5-7HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning
2025Wisconsin4-8HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy, slow tempo
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 | 27 | #1543/4942 | 69th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 0.5 | #2658/4972 | 47th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 2 | #114/869 | 87th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 5 | #218/2184 | 90th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 24 | #790/4584 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
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 Thorpe 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
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Losses8g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 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 CB cohort
48Mid-pack
Elite: passes defended (90th). Concern: tackles for loss (18th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · CB · 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
Ricardo HallmanWisconsinTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 72% simDalton JohnsonArizona· 71% simDevin LafayetteTroy· 70% sim
Passes defended
Interceptions
Solo tackles
Tackles
Sacks
QB hurries
Tackles for loss
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Deuce Harmon’s 2025 season.
Deuce Harmon
87%match
#2
Jayvon Henderson
86%
#3
D.J. Harvey
84%
#4
Chris McDonald
85%
#5
Chris McDonald
84%
Matches Deuce on
Class year
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to David Godsey Jr.'s graduate season at UL Monroe (2025).
David Godsey Jr.
92%match
#2
Amarian Williams
89%
#3
Caine Savage
84%
#4
Deuce Harmon
83%
#5
Terrell Miller
82%
Matches David on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
39.7%
272 pass / 413 run
Plays / game
57.1
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
10.8%
249 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coaches2021
Paul Chryst
Wisconsin
2022era →
Jim Leonhard
Wisconsin
2023era →
Luke Fickell
Wisconsin
2024
Luke Fickell
Wisconsin
2025
Luke Fickell
Wisconsin
Played under 3 different head coaches: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard, and Luke Fickell. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownMiami, FL
Height5'10"
Weight190 lb
Class4
PositionCB
Jersey2
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Current teamWisconsin
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2023)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | All-Big Ten | all_conference | Wisconsin | Big Ten | DB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wisconsin | CB4 | #11397 | #11728 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2023 | Wisconsin | CB4 | #6182 | #6990 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2022 | Wisconsin | CB4 | #8905 | #9007 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2021 | Wisconsin | CB4 | #8937 | #8698 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big Ten |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | CB | 4 | No. 2 | 5-10 | 190 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2024 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | CB | 4 | No. 2 | 5-10 | 190 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2023 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | CB | 4 | No. 2 | 5-10 | 190 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2022 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | CB | 4 | No. 2 | 5-10 | 190 lb | Miami, FL |
| 2021 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | CB | 4 | No. 2 | 5-10 | 190 lb | Miami, FL |