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Heisman / Players / Ty Harding /Massachusetts

Ty Harding

WR · Massachusetts · Jr · #10

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

30 REC YDS · 4 REC · 0 REC TD

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Massachusetts for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Massachusetts for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Wide receiver · Massachusetts

Returning around him

  • 76% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • Transfer portal: +3 net (22 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Massachusetts · Last season: 0-12 · Talent rank #118 · 2026 recruiting class #136

WR · MASSACHUSETTS · MID-AMERICAN

Ty Harding

  • 3
  • #10
  • 5-9 | 180 lb
  • Cambridge, MA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

2

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by rec tds at the 7th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#491

<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

R02 · Deep reserve

Deep reserve. In the program, working up the two-deep.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2022–2025
-3.02022
3032024
30.02025

-1100%

Sharp dropoff (-1100%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#2221 national
CFB
College
Massachusetts
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

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

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey10
Measurements5-9 | 180 lb
HometownCambridge, MA
Primary teamMassachusetts

Recruiting Pedigree

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

Top pedigree 2-star No. 2221 recruit
Composite rating 0.7733 HighSchool
Signed with Massachusetts 2022
Origin Buckingham Browne & Nichols School Cambridge, MA, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 2-star | 0.7733 No. 2221 recruit | HighSchool | Massachusetts

Transfer Arc

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

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

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#491Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#798Where 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 Massachusetts

Composite

0.7733

#2221 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 Ty Harding

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 Ty Harding

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.

What made this player interesting

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

Ty Harding's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Massachusetts, 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 #491 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 8.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 4 0 rec TD | #767/1110 (31st pct)
Receiving yards 30 7.5 per catch | #861/1107 (22nd pct)
Scrimmage yards 30 Total offensive yardage | #861/1107 (22nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
4 31st
YDS
30 22nd
YPR
7.5 15th
TD
0 45th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 1 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 10-42vs Temple4307.5010Season-high 30 yds
Total4307.5010
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

2022Massachusetts1-11HC: Don Brown · Run-heavy
2023Massachusetts3-9HC: Don Brown · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Massachusetts2-10HC: Shane Montgomery · Run-leaning
2025Massachusetts0-12HC: Joe Harasymiak · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Massachusetts4307.50--
2024Massachusetts1830316.85--
2023Massachusetts----------
2022Massachusetts1-3-3.00--
Career4 loaded seasons2333014.35--
SeasonTeam
2025Massachusetts----------
2024Massachusetts2102761091
2023Massachusetts----6----
2022Massachusetts25------
Career4 loaded seasons4152821091
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 8.2% 12.5% pass-game share | #342/1137 (70th pct)
Return yards 0 0 return TD
Touchdowns 0 Across offense and returns | #615/1111 (45th pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 4 #767/1110 31st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 30 #861/1107 22nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #615/1111 45th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 7.5 #943/1106 15th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 12.5% #342/1137 70th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 10 #965/1105 13th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 18.2% #12/1137 99th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 13.0% #97/1137 92nd pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 9.5% #135/1137 88th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 8.2% #199/1137 83rd pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 5.3% #359/1137 69th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 3.8% #580/1137 49th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs 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

2025 season · 1 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home1g4.030.07.50.0

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Losses1g4.030.07.50.0

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-71g4.030.07.50.0

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

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

2Below cohort
5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (0th).

Rec TDs#482 / 558 · 7th pct
0rece
Yards / catch#546 / 558 · 2nd pct
7.5rece
Rec yards#559 / 558 · 0th pct
30rece
Receptions#559 / 558 · 0th pct
4rece
Long catch#559 / 558 · 0th pct
10rece

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

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 · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 5 metrics
Ty HardingMassachusettsMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 47% simJacquon GibsonMassachusetts· 41% simAaron TurnerRice· 39% sim
Rec TDs
7
Harding
24
III
7
Gibson
68
Turner
Yards / catch
2
Harding
9
III
15
Gibson
1
Turner
Rec yards
0
Harding
70
III
74
Gibson
48
Turner
Receptions
0
Harding
92
III
92
Gibson
92
Turner
Long catch
0
Harding
16
III
56
Gibson
65
Turner

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

Joe Harasymiak

Pass share

54.2%

415 pass / 351 run

Plays / game

63.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.9%

342 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

3 coaches
2022
Don Brown
Massachusetts
2023
Don Brown
Massachusetts
2024
Shane Montgomery
Massachusetts
era →
2025
Joe Harasymiak
Massachusetts
era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Don Brown, Shane Montgomery, and Joe Harasymiak. Multi-era developmental context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

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

HometownCambridge, MA
Height5'9"
Weight180 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey10

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 Massachusetts WR3 #491 #798 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | FBS Independents
2023 Massachusetts WR3 #4664 #5083 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | FBS Independents
2022 Massachusetts WR3 #4672 #5300 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | FBS Independents

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Massachusetts Mid-American WR 3 No. 10 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Cambridge, MA
2024 Massachusetts FBS Independents WR 3 No. 10 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Cambridge, MA
2023 Massachusetts FBS Independents WR 3 No. 10 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Cambridge, MA
2022 Massachusetts FBS Independents WR 3 No. 10 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Cambridge, MA