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Heisman / Players / Simeon Price /Colorado

Simeon Price

RB · Colorado · Sr · #26

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

144 RUSH YDS · 2 RUSH TD · 21 CARRIES

2026 TRANSFERTransferred Colorado → Oregon for 2026

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to Oregon

2025Colorado
2026Oregon

RB · COLORADO · BIG 12

Simeon Price

  • 4
  • #26
  • 6-0 | 215 lb
  • Pensacola, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

31

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 96th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#2915

<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

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R03 · Backup

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

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
In Their Words 43 windows · 2025 fan posts
simeon×1812.7colorado×98.9oregon×34.9

“Colorado RB Simeon Price transfers to Oregon”

reddit/ducks · fan post, verbatim

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2022–2025
1502022
41.02023
1442025

-4%

Down 4% — context-dependent (injury / role change?).

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#559 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey26
Measurements6-0 | 215 lb
HometownPensacola, FL
Primary teamColorado

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 3-star No. 559 recruit
Composite rating 0.8763 HighSchool
Signed with Mississippi State 2021
Origin West Florida Tech Pensacola, FL, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 3-star | 0.8763 No. 559 recruit | HighSchool | Mississippi State

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 3 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Oregon 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 14, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Colorado -> Oregon 3-star | 0.8800 | Immediate
2025 Coastal Carolina -> Colorado 3-star | 0.8300 | Immediate
2024 Mississippi State -> Coastal Carolina 3-star | 0.8700 | 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#2915Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2855Where 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 Mississippi State

Composite

0.8763

#559 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 Simeon Price

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

50

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 3 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 3 mentions · belief +0 · "Oregon transfer RB Simeon Price comes from Colorado with experience but lacks ma"Own fansRivals: 5 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here]( https://www.r"RivalsNational: 3 mentions · belief +75 · "This is the locked on podcast network celebrating 10 years of your team every da"National
  • Own fans · n=3
  • Rivals · n=5
  • National · n=3

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Simeon Price

Obsession score 3
Rival mentions 5
Weeks on radar 2
Peak moment Week 0 · 4 mentions
Grudging respect 0% Neutral 100% Mockery 0%

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 rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 4g
144Rush yards
21Carries
2Rush TDs
Per game
36Rush yards
5Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
468Rush yards
68Carries
6Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 144): needs 67.3/game over remaining 9.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 144): needs 95.1/game over remaining 9.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 144): needs 150.7/game over remaining 9.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 0.9/game over remaining 9.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 1.4/game over remaining 9.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 2): needs 2/game over remaining 9.

What made this player interesting

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

Simeon Price's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Colorado, 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.

Current place #2915 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 10.1% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 3 portal moves

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
Scrimmage yards 153 144 rush | 9 rec | #380/735 (48th pct)
Rush TD 2 21 carries | #247/739 (67th pct)
Yards/carry 6.9 Per-rush efficiency | #60/735 (92nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Efficient runner against FBS RB peers.

Efficient runner

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
21 40th
YDS
144 48th
YPC
6.9 92nd
TD
2 67th

Receiving

REC
4 38th
YDS
9 16th
YPR
2.3 8th
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 4 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 20-27vs Georgia Tech5306.0015
Wk 2W 31-7vs Delaware9556.1024Season-high 55 yds
Wk 3L 20-36@ Houston55110.2138
Wk 4W 37-20vs Wyoming284.017
Total211446.6238
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

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy
2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Colorado3-9HC: Deion Sanders · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Colorado211446.92--
2023Mississippi State5418.20--
2022Mississippi State301505.00--
Career3 loaded seasons563356.02--
SeasonTeam
2025Colorado492.20--
2023Mississippi State2136.50--
2022Mississippi State131128.61--
Career3 loaded seasons191347.11--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

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.

Receiving work 4 9 rec yds | #343/552 (38th pct)
Usage 10.1% 17.7% rush share | #313/738 (58th pct)
Rushing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 144 #380/735 48th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 2 #247/739 67th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 6.9 #60/735 92nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 4 #343/552 38th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 9 #460/548 16th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Role share 10.1% #313/738 58th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 38 #244/733 67th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 21 #442/739 40th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 11 #395/540 27th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 2.3 #507/548 8th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 17.7% #299/738 60th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 11.7% #307/738 59th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 10.8% #327/738 56th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 9.4% #366/738 51st pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 8.8% #252/738 66th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 7.4% #319/738 57th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 3.7% #253/738 66th pct Air-game usagevs 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

StatusAwaiting tracker

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

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 4 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home3g31.05.40.3
Road1g51.010.21.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins2g31.55.00.5
Losses2g40.58.10.5

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-74g36.06.60.5

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

31Below cohort
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (95th). Concern: carries (0th).

Yards / carry#14 / 349 · 96th pct
6.9rush
Long run#214 / 349 · 38th pct
38rush
Rush TDs#236 / 349 · 26th pct
2rush
Receptions#289 / 338 · 12th pct
4rece
Rec yards#319 / 338 · 6th pct
9rece
Rush yards#344 / 349 · 2nd pct
144rush
Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct
21rush

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
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
Simeon PriceColoradoJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 49% simJeremiah CobbAuburn· 47% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 45% sim
Yards / carry
96
Price
41
Brunson
71
Cobb
33
Wright
Long run
38
Price
73
Brunson
51
Cobb
49
Wright
Rush TDs
26
Price
50
Brunson
62
Cobb
62
Wright
Receptions
12
Price
2
Brunson
45
Cobb
32
Wright
Rec yards
6
Price
3
Brunson
47
Cobb
10
Wright
Rush yards
2
Price
80
Brunson
88
Cobb
84
Wright
Carries
0
Price
85
Brunson
88
Cobb
92
Wright

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

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

Deion Sanders

Pass share

45.6%

356 pass / 424 run

Plays / game

65.0

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

12.5%

320 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Mike Sanford Jr.
Colorado
2023
Deion Sanders
Colorado
era →
2025
Deion Sanders
Colorado

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Deion Sanders. 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.

HometownPensacola, FL
Height6'0"
Weight215 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey26

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 Coastal Carolina RB4 #2915 #2855 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Sun Belt
2023 Mississippi State RB4 #1874 #2156 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 Mississippi State RB4 #749 #662 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Colorado Big 12 RB 4 No. 26 | 6-0 | 215 lb | Pensacola, FL
2024 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt RB 4 No. 26 | 6-0 | 215 lb | Pensacola, FL
2023 Mississippi State SEC RB 4 No. 26 | 6-0 | 215 lb | Pensacola, FL
2022 Mississippi State SEC RB 4 No. 26 | 6-0 | 215 lb | Pensacola, FL