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Silas Bolden

WR · Texas · Sr · #11

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

CAREER COMPLETETexas 2024 — college career complete

WR · TEXAS · SEC

Silas Bolden

  • 4
  • #11
  • 5-8 | 160 lb
  • Rancho Cucamonga, CA

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#331

<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

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R03 · Backup

Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2024
25.02021
3052022
7462023
2672024

+968%

Up 968% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1167 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2024
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey11
Measurements5-8 | 160 lb
HometownRancho Cucamonga, CA
Primary teamTexas

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1167 recruit
Composite rating 0.8511 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2020
Origin Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 3-star | 0.8511 No. 1167 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Texas 2024
Transfer stars 4-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 3, 2024
Season Move Context
2024 Oregon State -> Texas 4-star | 0.9000 | Immediate

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 16
Current nowcast#331Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#260Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%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.

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

0.8511

#1167 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

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 Silas Bolden

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 Silas Bolden

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.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

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 Silas Bolden 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 #331 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 3.0% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

2024 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2024 season snapshot | final

2024 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 23 1 rec TD | #373/1110 (66th pct)
Receiving yards 267 11.6 per catch | #393/1107 (65th pct)
Scrimmage yards 264 Total offensive yardage | #393/1107 (65th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.

All-purpose weapon

2024 Season · Final

2024 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
23 66th
YDS
267 65th
YPR
11.6 48th
TD
1 64th

Rushing

CAR
2 53rd
YDS
-3 12th
YPC
-1.5 13th
TD
1 96th

Returns

KR YDS
9 9th
KR AVG
9.0 11th
PR YDS
315 97th
PR AVG
10.5 69th
RET TD
1 89th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

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

2021Oregon State7-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning
2022Oregon State10-3HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-heavy
2023Oregon State8-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning
2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced, fast tempo
SeasonTeam
2024Texas2326711.61--
2023Oregon State5474613.85--
2022Oregon State2330513.34--
2021Oregon State3258.30--
Career4 loaded seasons1031,34313.010--
SeasonTeam
2024Texas2-393151
2023Oregon State9843921051
2022Oregon State9105621----
2021Oregon State313------
Career4 loaded seasons231991,0224202
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

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.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

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 3.0% 5.4% pass-game share | #830/1137 (27th pct)
Return yards 324 1 return TD | #217/238 (9th pct)
Touchdowns 3 Across offense and returns | #396/1111 (64th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 23 #373/1110 66th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 267 #393/1107 65th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 1 #396/1111 64th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 11.6 #578/1106 48th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 9 #217/238 9th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return yards 315 #7/224 97th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 5.4% #830/1137 27th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 5 #261/346 25th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 2 #194/407 53rd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 1 #19/411 96th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry -1.5 #344/393 13th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards -3 #350/397 12th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 24 #689/1105 38th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Punt returns 30 #1/237 100th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return avg 10.5 #69/222 69th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 9.0 #210/236 11th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 1 #169/243 31st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return TD 1 #4/27 89th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 4.1% #722/1137 37th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 3.8% #828/1137 27th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 3.0% #767/1137 33rd pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 2.7% #782/1137 31st pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 2.7% #845/1137 26th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 2.7% #734/1137 36th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.7% #239/1137 79th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/302 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS WR

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

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

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 returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Pass share

50.2%

419 pass / 415 run

Plays / game

64.2

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.6%

288 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach
2021
Steve Sarkisian
Texas
2022
Steve Sarkisian
Texas
2023
Steve Sarkisian
Texas
2024
Steve Sarkisian
Texas

Played his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownRancho Cucamonga, CA
Height5'8"
Weight160 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey11

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
2024 Texas WR4 #331 #260 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Oregon State WR4 #132 #174 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 Oregon State WR4 #231 #237 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12
2021 Oregon State WR4 #2362 #2391 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Pac-12

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Texas SEC WR 4 No. 11 | 5-8 | 160 lb | Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2023 Oregon State Pac-12 WR 4 No. 11 | 5-8 | 160 lb | Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2022 Oregon State Pac-12 WR 4 No. 11 | 5-8 | 160 lb | Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2021 Oregon State Pac-12 WR 4 No. 11 | 5-8 | 160 lb | Rancho Cucamonga, CA