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Rohan Jones

TE · Arkansas · Sr · #88

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

519 REC YDS · 19 REC · 4 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Arkansas for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Arkansas for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Tight end · Arkansas

Returning around him

  • 36% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • 4 Arkansas players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -2 net (41 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arkansas · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #23 · 2026 recruiting class #32

TE · ARKANSAS · SEC

Rohan Jones

  • 4
  • #88
  • 6-3 | 236 lb
  • Montreal, PQ

CFB Zeitgeist Score

79

All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 92nd percentile.

Heisman Heat

Awaiting

Not on the live Heisman board this week.

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

TOP TE AWARD

Mackey

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Arkansas
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionTE
Class4
Jersey88
Measurements6-3 | 236 lb
HometownMontreal, PQ
Primary teamArkansas

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens

Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.

Current nowcast--Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast--Where the full season sim points
Win probability--Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability--Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability--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.

Achievements

  • Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (519).

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.

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 Rohan Jones

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

50

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 10 mentions
Confidence LOW

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 12 mentions · belief +0 · "There is an article posted on r/secpigskin, that lists top 4 qbs all time per p"Own fansNational: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here](https://www.re"National
  • Own fans · n=12
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Rohan Jones

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.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 10g
519Rec yards
19Receptions
4Rec TDs
Per game
51.9Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
674.7Rec yards
25Receptions
5Rec TDs

To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 519): needs 60.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 519): needs 160.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 60-catch season (currently 19): needs 13.7/game over remaining 3.

To hit 80-catch season (currently 19): needs 20.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 1.3/game over remaining 3.

To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 4): needs 2/game over remaining 3.

Why the profile pops beyond receiving

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

The most interesting thing about Rohan Jones 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.

Current place -- -- win | -- finalist
Role load 3.6% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

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
Receptions 19 4 rec TD | #114/475 (76th pct)
Receiving yards 519 27.3 per catch | #14/475 (97th pct)
Scrimmage yards 529 Total offensive yardage | #14/475 (97th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.

Big-play receiver

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
19 76th
YDS
519 97th
YPR
27.3 100th
TD
4 95th

Rushing

CAR
2 68th
YDS
10 64th
YPC
5.0 74th
TD
1 94th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 2W 56-14vs Arkansas State27437.0141
Wk 3L 35-41@ Ole Miss12121.0021
Wk 4L 31-32@ Memphis210251.0162
Wk 5L 13-56vs Notre Dame12323.0023
Wk 7L 31-34@ Tennessee199.019
Wk 8L 42-45vs Texas A&M25226.0034
Wk 9L 24-33vs Auburn312742.3050Season-high 127 yds
Wk 10L 35-38vs Mississippi State133.013
Wk 13L 37-52@ Texas58216.4027
Wk 14L 17-31vs Missouri12626.0026
Total1951925.5462
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

2025Arkansas2-10HC: Sam Pittman · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Arkansas1951927.34--
Career1 loaded season1951927.34--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.

Role share

A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.

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.

Usage 3.6% 6.3% pass-game share | #216/468 (54th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 5 Across offense and returns | #27/475 (95th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 19 #114/475 76th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving yards 519 #14/475 97th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving TD 4 #27/475 95th pct Scoringvs FBS TE
Receiving Yards / catch 27.3 #3/475 100th pct Efficiencyvs FBS TE
Usage Pass share 6.3% #216/468 54th pct Air-game usagevs FBS TE
Rushing Rushing yards 10 #20/53 64th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Rushing Rushing LONG 5 #21/50 60th pct Metricvs FBS TE
Rushing Yards / carry 5.0 #15/53 74th pct Efficiencyvs FBS TE
Rushing Carries 2 #20/59 68th pct Volumevs FBS TE
Rushing Rush TD 1 #5/62 94th pct Scoringvs FBS TE
Receiving Receiving LONG 62 #18/475 96th pct Metricvs FBS TE
Usage 1st-down usage 4.1% #124/468 74th pct Early-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Passing-down usage 3.6% #220/468 53rd pct Known-passing sharevs FBS TE
Usage Role share 3.6% #159/468 66th pct Share of team offensevs FBS TE
Usage Standard-down usage 3.6% #157/468 67th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS TE
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.5% #226/468 52nd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.7% #258/468 45th pct Money-down loadvs FBS TE
Usage Rush share 0.7% #24/468 95th 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

StatusAwaiting 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home6g1.750.826.20.3
Road4g2.253.524.40.5

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins1g2.074.037.01.0
Losses9g1.949.424.20.3

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-75g1.445.828.20.6
Weeks 8+5g2.458.022.70.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

79All-Conference
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (99th). Strength: rec yards (92nd).

Yards / catch#1 / 175 · 100th pct
27.3rece
Rec yards#14 / 175 · 92nd pct
519rece
Long catch#16 / 175 · 91st pct
62rece
Rec TDs#27 / 175 · 80th pct
4rece
Rush TDs#5 / 33 · 74th pct
1rush
Rush yards#11 / 33 · 68th pct
10rush
Receptions#114 / 175 · 33rd pct
19rece

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · TE · 2025

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 · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Rohan JonesArkansasJoe RoyerCincinnati· 84% simLake McReeUSC· 83% simPeter ClarkeTemple· 82% sim
Yards / catch
100
Jones
91
Royer
95
McRee
97
Clarke
Rec yards
92
Jones
82
Royer
87
McRee
89
Clarke
Long catch
91
Jones
97
Royer
92
McRee
81
Clarke
Rec TDs
80
Jones
80
Royer
80
McRee
95
Clarke
Rush TDs
74
Jones
Rush yards
68
Jones
Receptions
33
Jones
66
Royer
69
McRee
69
Clarke

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Move TE

Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.

TE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Bruin Fleischmann’s 2025 season.

Bruin Fleischmann

36%match

Air Force · 2025

#2

Treyton Welch

Wyoming · 2022

31%
#3

Carsen Ryan

UCLA · 2023

NFL Rd 7
26%
#4

Daniel Imatorbhebhe

Kansas State · 2021

26%
#5

Kylen Granson

SMU · 2020

All-AACNFL Rd 4
12%

Matches Bruin on

Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception

Differs from Bruin on

Height (lower)
EPA / play (adj) (higher)
TD rate (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dont'E Thornton's senior season at Tennessee (2024).

Dont'E Thornton

56%match

Tennessee · 2024

#2

Isaiah Alston

Army · 2023

54%
#3

Blake Nowell

TCU · 2024

46%
#4

Kyren Lacy

LSU · 2023

40%
#5

Koby Gross

Ball State · 2025

40%

Matches Dont'E on

Yards / reception
EPA / play (adj)

Differs from Dont'E on

Weight (higher)
Total EPA (college ability) (lower)
Height (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Sam Pittman

Pass share

48.8%

381 pass / 400 run

Plays / game

65.1

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

8.3%

324 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Sam Pittman
Arkansas

Played his entire career under Sam Pittman.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownMontreal, PQ
Height6'3"
Weight236 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey88

Trophy Case · Detail

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

Honors

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.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model.

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Arkansas SEC TE 4 No. 88 | 6-3 | 236 lb | Montreal, PQ