CFB Zeitgeist Score
51
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by tackles for loss at the 63rd percentile.
Tyler Martin
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
97 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Massachusetts for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · 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
LB · MASSACHUSETTS · MID-AMERICAN
Tyler Martin
- 3
- #5
- 6-2 | 235 lb
- Acton, MA
Heisman Heat
#13104
<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 LB AWARD
Butkus
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2023
Massachusetts · LB
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2024
Massachusetts · LB
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★
2025
Massachusetts · LB
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Massachusetts
NFL
NFL Draft
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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 | 0.8759 | No. 635 recruit | HighSchool | Arizona |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arizona -> Massachusetts | 3-star | 0.8400 | 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 Arizona
Composite
0.8759
#635 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 Tyler Martin
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 Tyler Martin
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 11g
97Tackles
3Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Per game
9Tackles
0.3Tackles for loss
0Sacks
Projected (13g)
115Tackles
3.5Tackles for loss
0Sacks
✓ Hit 80-tackle season · finished with 97.
To hit 100-tackle season (currently 97): needs 1.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 6-sack season (currently 0): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10-sack season (currently 0): needs 5/game over remaining 2.
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Tyler Martin is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Massachusetts's defense, with 0.0 sacks, 3.0 tackles for loss, and 1 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-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
97 99th
SOLO
34 92nd
TFL
3.0 80th
SACK
0.0 65th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
2 64th
INT
1 65th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-42vs Temple | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-27vs Bryant | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-47@ Iowa | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-42@ Missouri | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-21vs Western Michigan | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-42@ Kent State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28vs Buffalo | 12 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-38@ Central Michigan | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-45vs Northern Illinois | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-42@ Ohio | 13 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 14-45vs Bowling Green | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 97 | 34 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
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
2023Massachusetts3-9HC: Don Brown · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Massachusetts2-10HC: Shane Montgomery · Run-leaning
2025Massachusetts0-12HC: Joe Harasymiak · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 97 | 34 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 27 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 138 | 52 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 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 | 97 | #57/4942 | 99th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 3.0 | #1006/4972 | 80th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 0.0 | #1762/4972 | 65th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Interceptions | 1 | #308/869 | 65th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 2 | #792/2184 | 64th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 34 | #386/4584 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return avg | 23.0 | #169/578 | 71st pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | INT return yards | 23 | #285/578 | 51st pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Defensive TD | 1 | #23/200 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Fumbles recovered | 1 | #103/736 | 86th pct | Takeawaysvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pick-six TD | 1 | #13/119 | 90th pct | Scoringvs FBS DEF |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/773 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs 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
The Butkus award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 9.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 8.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Losses11g | 8.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 10.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the LB cohort
51Mid-pack
Elite: tackles (98th). Strength: solo tackles (86th). Concern: qb hurries (22nd).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · LB · 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
Tyler MartinMassachusettsTahj Ra-ElPurdue· 89% simRobert FitzgeraldNorthwestern· 84% simJadon PearsonFresno State· 84% sim
Tackles
Solo tackles
Passes defended
Tackles for loss
Forced fumbles
Interceptions
Sacks
QB hurries
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Every-Down Linebacker
Leads the team in tackles and rarely leaves the field.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Bryce Gallagher’s 2022 season.
Bryce Gallagher
86%match
All-Big Ten
#2
Jackson Sirmon
85%
#3
Ryan Smenda Jr.
85%
#4
Daiyan Henley
All-Mountain WestNFL Rd 3 · Pk 22
82%
#5
Cal Haladay
82%
Matches Bryce on
Weight
TFL rate
Sack rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Aaron Alexander's junior season at Arkansas State (2025).
Aaron Alexander
86%match
#2
Matthew Bailey
83%
#3
Junior Colson
Lott IMPACTAll-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 5
82%
#4
Ben Roberts
80%
#5
Tyler Stolsky
79%
Matches Aaron on
TFL rate
Sack rate
Tackle volume
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
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 · 2023–2025
3 coaches2023
Don Brown
Massachusetts
2024era →
Shane Montgomery
Massachusetts
2025era →
Joe Harasymiak
Massachusetts
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.
HometownActon, MA
Height6'2"
Weight235 lb
Class3
PositionLB
Jersey5
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Current teamMassachusetts
ConferenceMid-American
Joined2025
Career arc4 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-MAC
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
1 all-conference honor
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-MAC | all_conference | MAC | LB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Massachusetts | LB3 | #13104 | #13535 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | FBS Independents |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | LB3 | #14639 | #14782 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | FBS Independents |
| 2022 | Arizona | LB3 | #14080 | #14060 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Pac-12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | LB | 3 | No. 5 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Acton, MA |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | LB | 3 | No. 5 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Acton, MA |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | LB | 3 | No. 5 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Acton, MA |
| 2022 | Arizona | Pac-12 | LB | 3 | No. 5 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Acton, MA |