CFB Zeitgeist Score
75
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 89th percentile.
Seydou Traore
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
372 REC YDS · 35 REC · 5 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Miami2026 NFL rookie season
#180Rd 5 · Pick 40
Miami2026 NFL rookie season
TE · MISSISSIPPI STATE · SEC
Seydou Traore
- 4
- #8
- 6-4 | 235 lb
- London
Heisman Heat
#4024
<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 TE AWARD
Mackey
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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
3 seasons on the ladder
2021
Arkansas State · TE
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★
2022
Arkansas State · TE
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
2025
Mississippi State · TE
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NFL Draft 2026 · Rd 5, Pick 40 · #180 overall · Miami
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2021–2025+371%
Up 371% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R5 · #180
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
| 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 receiving yards (372).
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
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 5, Pick 40
#180 overall · Miami
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 Seydou Traore
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 Seydou Traore
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Receiving TDs
5
count
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #98 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 82nd
Why it matters
#98 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 5 TDs on 35 receptions.
Vs cohort
This player 5 (82th)
HIGH · n=35 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Yards per reception#384 / 531
- Receiving yards (total)#332 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 1 at Southern Miss — 1 receiving_tds
Result W 34-17
The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Southern Miss.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
372Rec yards
35Receptions
5Rec TDs
Per game
33.8Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
439.6Rec yards
41Receptions
6Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 372): needs 164/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 372): needs 314/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 35): needs 12.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 35): needs 22.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 1.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 5): needs 2.5/game over remaining 2.
Why the honors trail matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Seydou Traore already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
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
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Target magnet against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
35 93rd
YDS
372 90th
YPR
10.6 60th
TD
5 97th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17@ Southern Miss | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 1 | 55 | Season-high 77 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 38-10vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-41vs Tennessee | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 6 | L 9-31@ Texas A&M | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-23@ Florida | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 29 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-45vs Texas | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-35@ Arkansas | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-41vs Georgia | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-49@ Missouri | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-38vs Ole Miss | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | 29 | |
| Bowl | L 29-43vs Wake Forest | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 35 | 372 | 10.0 | 5 | 55 |
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
2021Arkansas State2-10HC: Butch Jones · Pass-heavy
2022Arkansas State3-9HC: Butch Jones · Balanced
2025Mississippi State5-8HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 35 | 372 | 10.6 | 5 | -- |
| 2022 | Arkansas State | 50 | 655 | 13.1 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 96 | 1,106 | 11.5 | 9 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 35 | #34/475 | 93rd pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 372 | #47/475 | 90th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 5 | #14/475 | 97th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 10.6 | #190/475 | 60th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 10.8% | #75/468 | 84th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 55 | #26/475 | 95th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 6.4% | #91/468 | 81st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 5.8% | #118/468 | 75th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 5.3% | #96/468 | 80th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 4.9% | #87/468 | 82nd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.1% | #113/468 | 76th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 3.7% | #149/468 | 68th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #58/468 | 88th 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
Status—Awaiting 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 · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 35.3 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 32.0 | 11.0 | 0.4 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 3.0 | 29.0 | 6.5 | 0.7 |
| Losses8g | 3.2 | 35.6 | 11.4 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 27.6 | 9.3 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 39.0 | 10.7 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
75All-Conference
Elite: rec tds (88th). Strength: long catch (87th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 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
Seydou TraoreMississippi StateMason MiniCalifornia· 94% simJeremiah HasleyDuke· 89% simJack EndriesTexas· 89% sim
Rec TDs
Long catch
Receptions
Rec yards
Yards / catch
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to R.J. Maryland’s 2022 season.
R.J. Maryland
80%match
#2
Michael Trigg
79%
#3
Toby Payne
All-Sun Belt
77%
#4
Brayden Willis
NFL Rd 7
77%
#5
Kemore Gamble
73%
Matches R.J. on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Lance Mason's senior season at Wisconsin (2025).
Lance Mason
82%match
All-Big Ten
#2
Boden Groen
85%
#3
Dallas Payne
82%
#4
Elijah Mojarro
81%
#5
Neal Johnson
78%
Matches Lance on
Weight
Reception volume
Yards / reception
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Pass share
41.8%
390 pass / 543 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
12.7%
308 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021
Mike Leach
Mississippi State
2022
Mike Leach
Mississippi State
2025era →
Jeff Lebby
Mississippi State
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Leach → Jeff Lebby. 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.
HometownLondon
Height6'4"
Weight235 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey8
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Current teamMississippi State
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2022)
All-Sun Belt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | All-Sun Belt | all_conference | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | TE |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mississippi State | TE4 | #4024 | #4431 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | TE4 | #3912 | #3943 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | SEC |
| 2022 | Arkansas State | TE4 | #1495 | #2312 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | TE4 | #3951 | #4365 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Sun Belt |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | SEC | TE | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 235 lb | London |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | SEC | TE | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 235 lb | London |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | SEC | TE | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 235 lb | London |
| 2022 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | TE | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 235 lb | London |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | TE | 4 | No. 8 | 6-4 | 235 lb | London |