CFB Zeitgeist Score
30
Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / catch at the 99th percentile.
Will Swanson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
82 REC YDS · 5 REC · 0 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to Kansas State for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Kansas State
Returning around him
- 69% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 2 Kansas State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -7 net (26 in / 33 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kansas State · Last season: 6-6 (AP #17) · Talent rank #47 · 2026 recruiting class #35
TE · KANSAS STATE · BIG 12
Will Swanson
- 4
- #83
- 6-5 | 244 lb
- Papillion, NE
Heisman Heat
#2232
<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
—
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career arc · Season-by-season Standing
3 seasons on the ladder
2022
Kansas State · TE
—
2023
Kansas State · TE
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★
2025
Kansas State · TE
R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
Recognized
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+257%
Up 257% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Kansas State
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3-star | 0.8630 | No. 855 recruit | HighSchool |
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—
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8630
#855 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 Swanson
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
100
Grounded Optimism
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Will Swanson
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 4g
82Rec yards
5Receptions
0Rec TDs
Per game
20.5Rec yards
1Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
266.5Rec yards
16Receptions
0Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 82): needs 68.7/game over remaining 9.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 82): needs 102/game over remaining 9.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 5): needs 6.1/game over remaining 9.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 5): needs 8.3/game over remaining 9.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 0.9/game over remaining 9.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 0): needs 1.1/game over remaining 9.
Why the honors trail matters
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Will Swanson already has 1 loaded recognition item, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.
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?
Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
5 45th
YDS
82 55th
YPR
16.4 93rd
TD
0 46th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-35vs North Dakota | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 38 | Season-high 46 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 17-23@ Arizona | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-28vs TCU | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-14vs Colorado | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Total | 5 | 82 | 14.8 | 0 | 38 |
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
2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning
2023Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning
2025Kansas State6-6HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas State | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 12 | 171 | 14.2 | 1 | -- |
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 | 5 | #264/475 | 45th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 82 | #213/475 | 55th pct | Volumevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #257/475 | 46th pct | Scoringvs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 16.4 | #34/475 | 93rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.2% | #336/468 | 28th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS TE |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 38 | #81/475 | 83rd pct | Metricvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 2.9% | #228/468 | 51st pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 2.2% | #324/468 | 31st pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 1.9% | #304/468 | 35th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Role share | 1.9% | #351/468 | 25th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS TE |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 1.0% | #381/468 | 19th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS TE |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 0.0% | #382/468 | 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.
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 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 · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 25.7 | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 1.3 | 25.7 | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| Losses1g | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 21.7 | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
30Below cohort
Elite: yards / catch (98th). Concern: receptions (0th).
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 SwansonKansas StateLuke LindenmeyerNebraska· 49% simRiley NowakowskiIndiana· 48% simDecker DeGraafWashington· 48% sim
Yards / catch
Long catch
Rec TDs
Rec yards
Receptions
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Klieman
Pass share
46.4%
342 pass / 395 run
Plays / game
61.4
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.5%
288 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Chris Klieman
Kansas State
2023
Chris Klieman
Kansas State
2025
Chris Klieman
Kansas State
Played his entire career under Chris Klieman.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownPapillion, NE
Height6'5"
Weight244 lb
Class4
PositionTE
Jersey83
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Current teamKansas State
ConferenceBig 12
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big 12
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-Big 12 | all_conference | Kansas State | Big 12 | FB |
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kansas State | TE4 | #2232 | #1989 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2023 | Kansas State | TE4 | #1374 | #1232 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2022 | Kansas State | TE4 | #1667 | #1292 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2021 | Kansas State | TE4 | #3180 | #2994 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas State | Big 12 | TE | 4 | No. 83 | 6-5 | 244 lb | Papillion, NE |
| 2024 | Kansas State | Big 12 | TE | 4 | No. 83 | 6-5 | 244 lb | Papillion, NE |
| 2023 | Kansas State | Big 12 | TE | 4 | No. 83 | 6-5 | 244 lb | Papillion, NE |
| 2022 | Kansas State | Big 12 | TE | 4 | No. 83 | 6-5 | 244 lb | Papillion, NE |
| 2021 | Kansas State | Big 12 | TE | 4 | No. 83 | 6-5 | 244 lb | Papillion, NE |