CFB Zeitgeist Score
93
Elite in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 96th percentile.
William Echoles
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
68 TACKLES · 5 SACKS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Ole Miss for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Ole Miss
Returning around him
- 18% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 2 Ole Miss players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +3 net (28 in / 25 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ole Miss · Last season: 13-2 (AP #6) · Talent rank #21 · 2026 recruiting class #16
DT · OLE MISS · SEC
William Echoles
- 2
- #52
- 6-3 | 310 lb
- Houston, MS
Heisman Heat
#7052
<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 DEFENSE AWARD
Nagurski
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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
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Ole Miss
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-star | 0.9397 | No. 135 recruit | HighSchool | Ole Miss |
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
NIL Valuation · On3
$932K
On3 ranking · Jun 2026
Whisper Rate
$1.00M
per-deal market estimate
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Ole Miss
Composite
0.9397
#135 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 William Echoles
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 William Echoles
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 15g
68Tackles
11.5Tackles for loss
5Sacks
Per game
5Tackles
0.8Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Final
68Tackles
11.5Tackles for loss
5Sacks
Why this is a rare defensive case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
William Echoles is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Ole Miss's defense, with 5.0 sacks, 11.5 tackles for loss, and -- 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-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Tackling & Disruption
TOT
68 94th
SOLO
32 90th
TFL
11.5 99th
SACK
5.0 98th
QBH
6 94th
Coverage & Takeaways
PD
5 90th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 15 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-7vs Georgia State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-23@ Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-35vs Arkansas | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Tulane | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 24-19vs LSU | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-21vs Washington State | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-43@ Georgia | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-26@ Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-14vs South Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-0vs The Citadel | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-24vs Florida | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-19@ Mississippi State | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Bowl | W 41-10vs Tulane | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 39-34@ Georgia | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Bowl | L 27-31vs Miami | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 68 | 32 | 11.5 | 5.0 | — | 5 |
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
2025Ole Miss13-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ole Miss | 68 | 32 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 68 | 32 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
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 | 68 | #293/4942 | 94th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | TFL | 11.5 | #62/4972 | 99th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Sacks | 5.0 | #102/4972 | 98th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Pass breakups | 5 | #218/2184 | 90th pct | Coveragevs FBS DEF |
| Defense | QB hurries | 6 | #117/1878 | 94th pct | Disruptionvs FBS DEF |
| Defense | Solo tackles | 32 | #448/4584 | 90th pct | Volumevs FBS DEF |
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 Lombardi 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 · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home10g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
Win vs Loss
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins13g | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Losses2g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 5.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the DT cohort
93Elite
Elite: tackles for loss (97th). Strength: sacks (96th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · DT · 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
William EcholesOle MissRasheem BilesPittsburgh· 94% simSammy BrownClemson· 93% simRolijah HardyIndiana· 93% sim
Tackles for loss
Sacks
QB hurries
Passes defended
Tackles
Solo tackles
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Nose Anchor
Two-gap space-eater who occupies blockers and frees the linebackers.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Mason Graham’s 2024 season.
Mason Graham
91%match
Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 5
#2
Jayvon Parker
88%
#3
Deijon Laffitte
85%
#4
Ahmad Moten
85%
#5
David Stone
84%
Matches Mason on
Weight
Sack rate
Class year
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Deijon Laffitte's sophomore season at Fresno State (2025).
Deijon Laffitte
88%match
#2
Ian Jeffries
82%
#3
Demeco Kennedy
82%
#4
Rodney Lora
82%
#5
Christian Davis
82%
Matches Deijon on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
48.2%
521 pass / 560 run
Plays / game
72.1
15 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.5%
330 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coach2025
Lane Kiffin
Ole Miss
Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownHouston, MS
Height6'3"
Weight310 lb
Class2
PositionDT
Jersey52
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamOle Miss
ConferenceSEC
Joined2025
Career arc2 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 | Ole Miss | DT2 | #7052 | #6938 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | SEC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.