CFB Zeitgeist Score
85
All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 98th percentile.
Trey White
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
47 TACKLES · 7 SACKS
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas Tech
2025San Diego State
2026Texas Tech
EDGE · SAN DIEGO STATE · MOUNTAIN WEST
Trey White
- 3
- #2
- 6-2 | 245 lb
- San Diego, CA
Heisman Heat
#14727
<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 DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
—
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
2 seasons on the ladder
2023
San Diego State · EDGE
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★
2025
San Diego State · EDGE
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
San Diego State
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-star | 0.8263 | No. 1789 recruit | HighSchool | San Diego State |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | San Diego State -> Texas Tech | 3-star | 0.8600 | 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 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to San Diego State
Composite
0.8263
#1789 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.
The Room on Trey White
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 Trey White
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.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the defensive totals stand
Through 12g
47Tackles
10.5Tackles for loss
7Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.9Tackles for loss
0.6Sacks
Projected (13g)
51Tackles
11.4Tackles for loss
7.6Sacks
To hit 80-tackle season (currently 47): needs 33/game over remaining 1.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 47): needs 53/game over remaining 1.
✓ Hit 6-sack season · finished with 7.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 7): needs 3/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Trey White is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on San Diego State's defense, with 7.0 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, and -- interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
DEF 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?
High-disruption defender | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
47 86th
SOLO
30 89th
TFL
10.5 98th
SACK
7.0 99th
QBH
12 99th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
1 43rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-0vs Stony Brook | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-36@ Washington State | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-0vs California | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 6-3@ Northern Illinois | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-24vs Colorado State | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | W 44-10@ Nevada | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-0@ Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs Wyoming | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 12 | W 17-7vs Boise State | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 25-3vs San José State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-23@ New Mexico | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 47-49vs North Texas | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 30 | 10.5 | 7.0 | — | 1 |
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
2023San Diego State4-8HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning
2025San Diego State9-4HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San Diego State | 47 | 30 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | San Diego State | 13 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 2 loaded seasons | 60 | 38 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.
Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Total tackles | 47 | #680/4942 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 10.5 | #91/4972 | 98th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 7.0 | #39/4972 | 99th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 1 | #1241/2184 | 43rd pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 12 | #11/1878 | 99th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 30 | #515/4584 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
ALL-CONF HM
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16
Why he’s here
All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.
What moves him up
A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.
What moves him down
A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.
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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Losses3g | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the EDGE cohort
85All-Conference
Elite: qb hurries (99th). Strength: sacks (98th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · EDGE · 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
Trey WhiteSan Diego StateOumar DiomandeUConn· 88% simAmare CampbellPenn State· 87% simMaverick BaranowskiMinnesota· 86% sim
QB hurries
Sacks
Tackles for loss
Solo tackles
Tackles
Passes defended
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Versatile End
Holds up against run and pass without a single dominant trait.
EDGE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Justice Finkley’s 2023 season.
Justice Finkley
89%match
#2
Quinn Roff
88%
#3
Quinn Roff
87%
#4
Kydran Jenkins
86%
#5
Buddha Peleti
83%
Matches Justice on
TFL rate
Sack rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Nuer Gatkuoth's junior season at Wake Forest (2025).
Nuer Gatkuoth
86%match
#2
Ryan McCulloch
84%
#3
Teitum Tuioti
All-Big Ten
82%
#4
Grant Lyons
81%
#5
Tre'Shaun Clark
80%
Matches Nuer on
Class year
TFL rate
Sack rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
35.3%
290 pass / 532 run
Plays / game
63.2
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
7.6%
224 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Brady Hoke
San Diego State
2025era →
Sean Lewis
San Diego State
Coaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Sean Lewis. 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.
HometownSan Diego, CA
Height6'2"
Weight245 lb
Class3
PositionEDGE
Jersey2
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Current teamSan Diego State
ConferenceMountain West
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Mountain West
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
2 all-conference honors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | All-Mountain West | all_conference | San Diego State | Mountain West | DL |
| 2024 | All-Mountain West | all_conference | San Diego State | Mountain West | DL |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | San Diego State | EDGE3 | #14727 | #14807 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2023 | San Diego State | EDGE3 | #13725 | #13889 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mountain West |
| 2022 | San Diego State | EDGE3 | #11709 | #11502 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mountain West |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | San Diego State | Mountain West | EDGE | 3 | No. 2 | 6-2 | 245 lb | San Diego, CA |
| 2024 | San Diego State | Mountain West | EDGE | 3 | No. 2 | 6-2 | 245 lb | San Diego, CA |
| 2023 | San Diego State | Mountain West | EDGE | 3 | No. 2 | 6-2 | 245 lb | San Diego, CA |
| 2022 | San Diego State | Mountain West | EDGE | 3 | No. 2 | 6-2 | 245 lb | San Diego, CA |