CFB Zeitgeist Score
72
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rush tds at the 92nd percentile.
Sedrick Alexander
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
570 RUSH YDS · 11 RUSH TD · 106 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Vanderbilt for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Vanderbilt
Returning around him
- 86% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- 1 Vanderbilt player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -1 net (18 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Vanderbilt · Last season: 10-3 (AP #13) · Talent rank #55 · 2026 recruiting class #76
RB · VANDERBILT · SEC
Sedrick Alexander
- 3
- #28
- 5-9 | 200 lb
- Austin, TX
Heisman Heat
#172
<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 RB AWARD
Doak Walker
—
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
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2023–2025+54%
Up 54% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Vanderbilt
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3-star | 0.8744 | No. 733 recruit | HighSchool | Vanderbilt |
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.
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 rushing yards (570).
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 Vanderbilt
Composite
0.8744
#733 national
Today’s Hot-Take
+0.310 rushing wepa per carry — #4 in a 66-RB cohort, 95th percentile in the modern era.
Anti-Take
EFFICIENCYEfficiency rewards selectivity. Volume-adjusted rank in the same cohort almost always looks looser — call it elite, not unique.
The Room on Sedrick Alexander
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=4
- Rivals · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Sedrick Alexander
Only 2 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Rushing WEPA per carry
+0.310
EPA
P4 + Notre Dame RBs, min 80 carries
National rank #4 of 66
Percentile vs P4 + Notre Dame RBs, min 80 carries 95th
Why it matters
#4 of 66 P4 + Notre Dame RBs by rushing weighted- EPA per carry — +0.310 EPA/carry on 97 carries.
Vs cohort
This player +0.310 (95th)
MODERATE · n=97 cohort 66
- Also strong
- Yards per carry#22 / 69
- Rushing yards (total)#43 / 69
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 rushing totals stand
Through 13g
570Rush yards
106Carries
11Rush TDs
Per game
43.8Rush yards
8Carries
1Rush TDs
Final
570Rush yards
106Carries
11Rush TDs
✓ Hit 10 rushing TDs · finished with 11.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Sedrick Alexander's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Vanderbilt, 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
RB 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?
Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
106 81st
YDS
570 83rd
YPC
5.4 72nd
TD
11 96th
Receiving
REC
19 86th
YDS
200 90th
YPR
10.5 81st
TD
4 100th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Charleston Southern | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-20@ Virginia Tech | 10 | 73 | 7.3 | 2 | 21 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7@ South Carolina | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-21vs Georgia State | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-35vs Utah State | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-30@ Alabama | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 1 | 65 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs LSU | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-10vs Missouri | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-34@ Texas | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-38vs Auburn | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 2 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17vs Kentucky | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ Tennessee | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 3 | 39 | Season-high 115 yds |
| Bowl | L 27-34vs Iowa | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 106 | 570 | 5.6 | 11 | 65 |
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
2023Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy
2025Vanderbilt10-3HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 106 | 570 | 5.4 | 11 | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 164 | 586 | 3.6 | 6 | -- |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 96 | 370 | 3.9 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 366 | 1,526 | 4.2 | 21 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 19 | 200 | 10.5 | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 23 | 238 | 10.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 18 | 133 | 7.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 60 | 571 | 9.5 | 5 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 570 | #128/735 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 11 | #27/739 | 96th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 5.4 | #206/735 | 72nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 19 | #78/552 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 200 | #58/548 | 90th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.31 | #7/362 | 98th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 97 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 14.9% | #181/738 | 76th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 106 | #145/739 | 81st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 65 | #81/733 | 89th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 26 | #157/540 | 71st pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 10.5 | #104/548 | 81st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 4 | #2/552 | 100th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 25.2% | #177/738 | 76th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 17.1% | #186/738 | 75th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 16.4% | #201/738 | 73rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 14.8% | #185/738 | 75th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.7% | #214/738 | 71st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 9.2% | #232/738 | 69th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 5.8% | #126/738 | 83rd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #78/256 | 70th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
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
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 31.8 | 3.6 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 63.2 | 8.6 | 1.4 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins10g | 47.6 | 4.9 | 1.0 |
| Losses3g | 31.3 | 7.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 46.6 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 40.7 | 4.2 | 1.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
72Solid starter
Elite: rush tds (91st). Strength: rec yards (83rd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 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.
wepa_rushing0.31Elite (≥p90) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Sedrick AlexanderVanderbiltJoe JacksonKansas State· 84% simJevyon DuckerTemple· 83% simBo JacksonOhio State· 82% sim
Rush TDs
Rec yards
Long run
Receptions
Yards / carry
Rush yards
Carries
Fumbles lost
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Ifanse’s 2023 season.
Isaiah Ifanse
70%match
#2
Daijun Edwards
70%
#3
La'Damian Webb
All-Sun Belt
64%
#4
Max Borghi
64%
#5
Nelson Smith
52%
Matches Isaiah on
Weight
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Differs from Isaiah on
Yards / reception (higher)
EPA / carry (adj) (lower)
Receiving share (higher)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Tre Siggers’s path through Incarnate Word.
Tre Siggers
92%match
#2
Cole Tabb
92%
#3
Kenan Christon II
92%
#4
Marcus Williams Jr.
89%
#5
Darius Wilson
88%
Matches Tre on
Height
Yards per carry
Weight
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jemel Jones's junior season at Army (2022).
Jemel Jones
73%match
#2
Trevor Etienne
All-SECNFL Rd 4
62%
#3
Garrett Greene
58%
#4
Jake Retzlaff
55%
#5
Josh Williams
56%
Matches Jemel on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Rush TD rate
Height
Differs from Jemel on
Class year (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
50.4%
400 pass / 394 run
Plays / game
61.1
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.3%
274 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Clark Lea
Vanderbilt
2024
Clark Lea
Vanderbilt
2025
Clark Lea
Vanderbilt
Played his entire career under Clark Lea.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownAustin, TX
Height5'9"
Weight200 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey28
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamVanderbilt
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc3 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.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | RB3 | #172 | #248 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | RB3 | #1016 | #1573 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | SEC | RB | 3 | No. 28 | 5-9 | 200 lb | Austin, TX |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | SEC | RB | 3 | No. 28 | 5-9 | 200 lb | Austin, TX |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | SEC | RB | 3 | No. 28 | 5-9 | 200 lb | Austin, TX |