CFB Zeitgeist Score
42
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by interceptions at the 67th percentile.
Will Crowder
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
1,327 PASS YDS · 11 PASS TD · 30 RUSH YDS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Troy for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Quarterback · Troy
Returning around him
- 33% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: -13 net (14 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Troy · Last season: 8-6 · Talent rank #99 · 2026 recruiting class #82
QB · TROY · SUN BELT
Will Crowder
- 3
- #9
- 6-2 | 215 lb
- Gardendale, AL
Heisman Heat
#321
<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
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2021–2025+4639%
Up 4639% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3-star | 0.8726 | No. 635 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | West Virginia -> Troy | 3-star | 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—
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
0.8726
#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 Will Crowder
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
- National · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Will Crowder
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 passing totals stand
Through 8g
1,327Pass yards
11Pass TDs
5INT
Per game
165.9Pass yards
1Pass TDs
1INT
Projected (13g)
2,156Pass yards
18Pass TDs
8INT
To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 1,327): needs 334.6/game over remaining 5.
To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 1,327): needs 534.6/game over remaining 5.
To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 11): needs 2.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 11): needs 3.8/game over remaining 5.
To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 11): needs 4.8/game over remaining 5.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Will Crowder's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Troy, 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.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB 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?
Steady volume against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
115 67th
ATT
196 70th
CMP%
58.7% 39th
Y/A
6.8 48th
Passing Production
YDS
1,327 68th
TD
11 76th
INT
5 32nd
Rushing
CAR
57 74th
YDS
30 47th
YPC
0.5 21st
TD
2 73rd
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-20vs Nicholls | 14/24 | 144 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 72.3 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | L 16-27@ Clemson | 19/31 | 223 | 1 | 3 | 7.2 | 54.4 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 3 | L 7-28vs Memphis | 2/3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 11.0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-33@ Old Dominion | 11/21 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-19vs Georgia State | 27/43 | 361 | 4 | 0 | 8.4 | 53.3 | Season-high 361 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 28-18@ Southern Miss | 24/34 | 285 | 3 | 1 | 8.4 | 55.7 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 15 | L 14-31@ James Madison | 15/34 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 35.1 | |
| Bowl | L 13-17@ Jacksonville State | 3/6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 67.1 | |
| Total | 115/196 | 1327 | 11 | 5 | 5.6 | 44.2 |
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
2021West Virginia6-6HC: Neal Brown · Balanced
2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced
2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced
2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning
2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Troy | 115 | 196 | 58.7% | 1,327 | 6.8 | 11 | 5 | 129.0 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Troy | 44 | 63 | 69.8% | 547 | 8.7 | 5 | 0 | 169.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Troy | 9 | 13 | 69.2% | 94 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 155.4 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 57 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 | 234.8 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 217.6 | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 loaded seasons | 176 | 280 | 62.9% | 2,053 | 7.3 | 18 | 5 | 142.1 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Troy | 57 | 30 | 0.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Troy | 17 | 63 | 3.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Troy | 6 | -4 | -0.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 loaded seasons | 81 | 93 | 1.1 | 3 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
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.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 1,327 | #124/382 | 68th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 11 | #99/407 | 76th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 115 | #127/383 | 67th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 58.7% | #236/383 | 39th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 6.8 | #199/382 | 48th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 30 | #216/408 | 47th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.12 | #182/200 | 10th pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 181 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 45.4% | #112/428 | 74th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 196 | #125/407 | 70th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 5 | #276/407 | 32nd pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 57 | #108/408 | 74th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 16 | #207/391 | 47th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 2 | #113/408 | 73rd pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 0.5 | #321/407 | 21st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 73.2% | #134/428 | 69th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 55.6% | #127/428 | 71st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 54.3% | #136/428 | 68th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 47.9% | #94/428 | 78th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 40.5% | #106/428 | 75th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 37.5% | #123/428 | 71st pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 14.1% | #111/428 | 74th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/258 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
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
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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 171 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 163 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 1.0 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 263 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Losses5g | 107 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 96.8 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 235 | 1.8 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
42Mid-pack
Elite: fumbles lost (91st). Concern: completion % (27th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · QB · 2024
Percentile Card
Concerns: EPA / dropback.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_passing0.12Below (<p25) (n=94)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Will CrowderTroyNick VattiatoMiddle Tennessee· 81% simDrake LindseyMinnesota· 78% simCade KlubnikClemson· 72% sim
Fumbles lost
Interceptions
Pass TDs
Rush TDs
Yards / att
Pass yards
Rush yards
Completion %
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Pocket Passer
Balanced passer who operates within the system. Profile sits near league average across dimensions.
QB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jacob Zeno’s 2022 season.
Jacob Zeno
76%match
#2
Ken Seals
76%
#3
Aidan Armenta
70%
#4
Grant Wilson
69%
#5
AJ Swann
69%
Matches Jacob on
INT rate
EPA / dropback (adj)
TD rate
Differs from Jacob on
Rush yards / carry (lower)
Recruiting rating (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Bryson Barnes’s path through Utah State.
Bryson Barnes
90%match
All-Mountain West
#2
Braylon Braxton
All-Sun Belt
87%
#3
Ben Gulbranson
86%
#4
Noah Kim
86%
#5
Lunch Winfield
86%
Matches Bryson on
Height
Completion %
Yards per attempt
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Grayson James's graduate season at Boston College (2025).
Grayson James
29%match
All-ACC
#2
Preston Stone
All-Big Ten
29%
#3
Hudson Card
27%
#4
Miller Moss
All-Big Ten
26%
#5
Nick Vattiato
25%
Matches Grayson on
Height
Differs from Grayson on
Class year (lower)
EPA / dropback (adj) (lower)
Yards / attempt (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gerad Parker
Pass share
47.1%
431 pass / 484 run
Plays / game
65.4
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
17.0%
342 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
3 coaches2021
Chip Lindsey
Troy
2022era →
Jon Sumrall
Troy
2023
Jon Sumrall
Troy
2024era →
Gerad Parker
Troy
2025
Gerad Parker
Troy
Played under 3 different head coaches: Chip Lindsey, Jon Sumrall, and Gerad Parker. Multi-era developmental context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownGardendale, AL
Height6'2"
Weight215 lb
Class3
PositionQB
Jersey9
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamTroy
ConferenceSun Belt
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
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 | Troy | QB3 | #321 | #470 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | Troy | QB3 | #227 | #139 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Sun Belt |
| 2022 | West Virginia | QB3 | #624 | #685 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2021 | West Virginia | QB3 | #649 | #547 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Troy | Sun Belt | QB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-2 | 215 lb | Gardendale, AL |
| 2024 | Troy | Sun Belt | QB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-2 | 215 lb | Gardendale, AL |
| 2023 | Troy | Sun Belt | QB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-2 | 215 lb | Gardendale, AL |
| 2022 | West Virginia | Big 12 | QB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-2 | 215 lb | Gardendale, AL |
| 2021 | West Virginia | Big 12 | QB | 3 | No. 9 | 6-2 | 215 lb | Gardendale, AL |