CFB Zeitgeist Score
42
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 60th percentile.
Will Kacmarek
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
168 REC YDS · 15 REC · 2 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Miami2026 NFL rookie season
#87Rd 3 · Pick 23
Miami2026 NFL rookie season
TE · OHIO STATE · BIG TEN
Will Kacmarek
- 4
- #89
- 6-6 | 258 lb
- Saint Louis, MO
Heisman Heat
#1519
<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 TE AWARD
Mackey
—
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
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025-36%
Sharp dropoff (-36%) — career inflection point.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
R3 · #87
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 |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
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. | ||
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
NFL Draft
2026 · Rd 3, Pick 23
#87 overall · Miami
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 Kacmarek
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=2
- National · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Will Kacmarek
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 receiving totals stand
Through 8g
168Rec yards
15Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
21Rec yards
2Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
273Rec yards
24Receptions
3Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 168): needs 106.4/game over remaining 5.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 168): needs 166.4/game over remaining 5.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 15): needs 9/game over remaining 5.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 15): needs 13/game over remaining 5.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 1.2/game over remaining 5.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 1.6/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 Kacmarek's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Ohio State, 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
TE 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?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
15 71st
YDS
168 73rd
YPR
11.2 67th
TD
2 84th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 70-0vs Grambling | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 1 | 47 | Season-high 55 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 37-9vs Ohio | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-16@ Illinois | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-0@ Wisconsin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-14vs Penn State | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-9@ Michigan | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 15 | L 10-13vs Indiana | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bowl | L 14-24vs Miami | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 15 | 168 | 10.9 | 2 | 47 |
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
2022Ohio10-4HC: Tim Albin · Balanced
2023Ohio10-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning
2025Ohio State12-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | 15 | 168 | 11.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Ohio | 22 | 243 | 11.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Ohio | 20 | 264 | 13.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 57 | 675 | 11.8 | 4 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The tight end's share of the passing offense, which helps distinguish a featured receiving tight end from a secondary option.
A blended usage view that shows how often the offense flows through the tight end compared with other same-level peers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 15 | #141/475 | 71st pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 168 | #130/475 | 73rd pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #79/475 | 84th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 11.2 | #157/475 | 67th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 7.1% | #172/468 | 63rd pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 47 | #48/475 | 90th pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 4.3% | #97/468 | 79th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 4.1% | #124/468 | 74th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 3.6% | #159/468 | 66th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 3.4% | #215/468 | 54th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 3.0% | #259/468 | 45th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 0.9% | #378/468 | 19th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.0% | #58/468 | 88th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS TE |
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
The Mackey 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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 25.8 | 12.7 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins6g | 1.5 | 20.0 | 11.9 | 0.3 |
| Losses2g | 3.0 | 24.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 25.5 | 12.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 16.5 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
42Mid-pack
Concern: receptions (17th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · TE · 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
Will KacmarekOhio StateNoah MeyersWestern Kentucky· 65% simRiley NowakowskiIndiana· 65% simJack EndriesTexas· 65% sim
Long catch
Yards / catch
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Receptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Complete TE
Dual-threat: blocks when needed, catches when needed. Coveted on both sides.
TE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Easton Dean’s 2023 season.
Easton Dean
82%match
#2
Jared Wiley
NFL Rd 4
75%
#3
Baylor Cupp
75%
#4
Travis Vokolek
74%
#5
Will Kacmarek
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 23
73%
Matches Easton on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Maliq Carr's senior season at Michigan State (2023).
Maliq Carr
78%match
#2
Easton Dean
77%
#3
Kole Taylor
All-Big 12
75%
#4
Lance Mason
All-Big Ten
69%
#5
Mark Redman
All-Mountain West
73%
Matches Maliq on
EPA / play (adj)
Weight
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Maliq on
Reception volume (lower)
TD rate (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Pass share
47.0%
408 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
62.1
14 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.9%
267 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2023
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2025
Ryan Day
Ohio State
Played his entire career under Ryan Day.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownSaint Louis, MO
Height6'6"
Weight258 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey89
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamOhio State
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc4 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 | Ohio State | TE4 | #1519 | #1148 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big Ten |
| 2023 | Ohio | TE4 | #779 | #731 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Mid-American |
| 2022 | Ohio | TE4 | #1839 | #1921 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Mid-American |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | Big Ten | TE | 4 | No. 89 | 6-6 | 258 lb | Saint Louis, MO |
| 2024 | Ohio State | Big Ten | TE | 4 | No. 89 | 6-6 | 258 lb | Saint Louis, MO |
| 2023 | Ohio | Mid-American | TE | 4 | No. 89 | 6-6 | 258 lb | Saint Louis, MO |
| 2022 | Ohio | Mid-American | TE | 4 | No. 89 | 6-6 | 258 lb | Saint Louis, MO |