CFB Zeitgeist QB Score
Awaiting
Timmy McClain
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
QB · ARKANSAS STATE · SUN BELT
CFB Zeitgeist QB Score
Awaiting
Heisman Heat
#1795
<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 QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 0 · Not on teamScout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2021–2023Sharp dropoff (-44%) — career inflection point.
Career Arc
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8463 | No. 1310 recruit | HighSchool |
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arkansas State -> Bethune-Cookman | 3-star | 0.8500 | Immediate |
| 2024 | UCF -> Arkansas State | 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate |
| 2023 | South Florida -> UCF | 3-star | 0.8500 | PendingAppeal |
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.
Selector Grid · 2025
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
0.8463
#1310 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
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.
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 reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the passing totals stand
To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 250): needs 250/game over remaining 11.
To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 250): needs 340.9/game over remaining 11.
To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 0): needs 2.3/game over remaining 11.
To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 0): needs 2.7/game over remaining 11.
To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 0): needs 3.2/game over remaining 11.
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Timmy McClain's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Arkansas State, 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.
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
2023 season snapshot | final
30-second read
Vertical threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2023 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
Passing Production
Rushing
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 9-42@ Florida International | 18/28 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | -- | Season-high 164 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 3-45@ Miami | 13/16 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | -- | |
| Total | 31/44 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | — |
Traditional history
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UCF | 64 | 102 | 62.7% | 1,065 | 10.4 | 9 | 3 | 173.7 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 145 | 262 | 55.3% | 1,888 | 7.2 | 5 | 7 | 116.8 | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 209 | 364 | 57.4% | 2,953 | 8.1 | 14 | 10 | 132.8 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UCF | 42 | 104 | 2.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 123 | 238 | 1.9 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 165 | 342 | 2.1 | 5 | -- |
Advanced metrics second
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
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.
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 1,065 | #140/382 | 64th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 9 | #117/407 | 71st pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 64 | #161/383 | 58th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 62.7% | #169/383 | 56th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 10.4 | #30/382 | 92nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 104 | #134/408 | 67th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.40 | #27/200 | 87th pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 257 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 49.0% | #92/428 | 79th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 102 | #163/407 | 60th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 3 | #234/407 | 43rd pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 42 | #149/408 | 64th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 22 | #159/391 | 60th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 2.5 | #222/407 | 46th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 1 | #151/408 | 63rd pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 82.0% | #109/428 | 75th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 62.9% | #93/428 | 79th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 57.9% | #114/428 | 74th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 51.2% | #67/428 | 85th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 43.9% | #77/428 | 82nd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 42.0% | #99/428 | 77th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 23.2% | #43/428 | 90th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.20 | #93/140 | 34th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 96 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #69/258 | 74th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
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
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 2 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road2g | 125 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Losses2g | 125 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 125 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Advanced Savant · QB · 2024
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
53.7%
506 pass / 437 run
Plays / game
72.5
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.6%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Butch Jones.
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
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Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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.
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. | ||||
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arkansas State | QB4 | #1795 | #2094 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | UCF | QB4 | #169 | #232 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2021 | South Florida | QB4 | #578 | #870 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | American Athletic |
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | QB | 4 | No. 7 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Sanford, FL |
| 2023 | UCF | Big 12 | QB | 4 | No. 7 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Sanford, FL |
| 2021 | South Florida | American Athletic | QB | 4 | No. 7 | 6-1 | 195 lb | Sanford, FL |