CFB Zeitgeist Score
36
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 86th percentile.
Ty Clark III
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
323 RUSH YDS · 3 RUSH TD · 75 CARRIES
2026 Outlook
Returning to Wake Forest for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Wake Forest
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wake Forest · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #74 · 2026 recruiting class #63
RB · WAKE FOREST · ACC
CFB Zeitgeist Score
36
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 86th percentile.
Heisman Heat
#3278
<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
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterImpact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-star | 0.8589 | No. 1255 recruit | HighSchool |
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. | ||
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
0.8589
#1255 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 rushing totals stand
To hit 750-yard season (currently 323): needs 427/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 323): needs 677/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 323): needs 1,177/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 7/game over remaining 1.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 12/game over remaining 1.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 3): needs 17/game over remaining 1.
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Ty Clark III's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Wake Forest, 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
2025 season snapshot | final
30-second read
Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
Receiving
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 10-9vs Kennesaw State | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | 6 | Season-high 91 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Western Carolina | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | L 29-30vs Georgia Tech | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-23@ Virginia Tech | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-14@ Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 13-12vs SMU | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-42@ Florida State | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-9@ Virginia | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-12vs North Carolina | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-14vs Delaware | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 14 | L 32-49@ Duke | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | 12 | |
| Bowl | W 43-29@ Mississippi State | 17 | 91 | 5.4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 75 | 323 | 4.0 | 3 | 15 |
Traditional history
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 75 | 323 | 4.3 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 75 | 323 | 4.3 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 17 | 209 | 12.3 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 17 | 209 | 12.3 | 1 | -- |
Advanced metrics second
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 323 | #251/735 | 66th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 3 | #204/739 | 73rd pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.3 | #435/735 | 41st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 17 | #111/552 | 80th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 209 | #51/548 | 91st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 8.7% | #364/738 | 51st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 75 | #223/739 | 70th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 15 | #465/733 | 37th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 62 | #27/540 | 95th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 12.3 | #61/548 | 89th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 1 | #60/552 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 12.6% | #407/738 | 45th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 11.5% | #157/738 | 79th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 10.3% | #331/738 | 55th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 8.9% | #384/738 | 48th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 8.1% | #288/738 | 61st pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 5.6% | #524/738 | 29th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.8% | #172/738 | 77th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
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 · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 28.0 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 25.8 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins9g | 30.7 | 4.0 | 0.2 |
| Losses3g | 15.7 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 30.3 | 3.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 23.5 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Elite: rec yards (85th). Concern: long run (4th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2024
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ronald Awatt’s 2020 season.
Ronald Awatt
Dylan Carson
Dominic Richardson
Casey Filkins
Lorenzo Lingard
Matches Ronald on
Differs from Ronald on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Darius Wilson’s path through William & Mary.
Darius Wilson
Deon Jackson
Maurki James
Keyon Brooks
Isaih Pacheco
Matches Darius on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Lynch's sophomore season at Northern Illinois (2022).
Justin Lynch
Quinn Henicle
Lloyd Avant
Shadrick Byrd
Bryce Carpenter
Matches Justin on
Differs from Justin on
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Pass share
48.0%
405 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
5.1%
293 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jake Dickert.
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 | Wake Forest | RB2 | #3278 | #3540 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | ACC | RB | 2 | No. 23 | 6-0 | 207 lb | Nashville, TN |
| 2024 | Wake Forest | ACC | RB | 2 | No. 23 | 6-0 | 207 lb | Nashville, TN |