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FIDELITY
MEASURED
DERIVED
≈ ESTIMATED
DOT MARKS
HOUSTON
KANSAS STATE
OVERVIEWPRESEASON PROFILE
MATCHUPHEAD TO HEAD
TEAMROOMS & PLAYERS
VINTAGE2025 FINAL
SAT 00:00 ET|BILL SNYDER FAMILY STADIUMCONFTENSIONVACATEDTALENT GAP7|O/UCOLLISION
75
AP · FPI
TEAM
PTS
2025
TAL
OFF
DEF
RET
PACE
SOS ▾
IMP
ML
SPREAD
AWAY
#22AP
31FPI
HOUB12HOUSTON
2-1
59
44
87
81%
75
58
0.0
—
—
HOME
—AP
30FPI
KSUB12KANSAS STATE
3-0
66
69
54
71%
72
57
0.0
—
—
IMP = IMPLIED TEAM TOTAL FROM SPREAD + O/U · OFF AND DEF ARE SCOUT TEAM GRADES AS FBS PERCENTILES · EVERY MEASURED FIGURE IS 2026CONSENSUS
DATA BASISNOTHING ON THIS TAB IS MEASURED YET · 2026 PRESEASON · NO GAMES PLAYED
MEASURED0 OF 12 GAMES
Real 2026 data. It accumulates weekly and replaces carried figures metric by metric, on the schedules below.
CARRIED14 ROOMS
What each roster did last season, applied player by player. Transfers name the school.
PROGRAM PRIOR2 STAFFS
The programme's own prior identity — or, where the staff is new, the coach's career fingerprint with its sample.
PRESEASON FACT6 PER TEAM
Talent, recruiting, vacated usage, portal and coach status. Preseason inputs.
ABSENT2 CLASSES
Current season luck and situational splits. Shown absent with the reason, never estimated.
FLIPS TO MEASUREDABSENTNOT MEASURED. This asks how many weeks into a season each number becomes trustworthy, which is a within-season question. The back-test measures relationships between one season and the next, so it cannot answer it.
CEILING CHARACTERIDENTITY · NOT QUALITY
HOU38CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
23
PROE
17
TEMPO
75
EXPLOSIVE23p
23
PROE17p
17
TEMPO75p
75
KSU60CEILING
EXPLOSIVE
72
PROE
35
TEMPO
72
EXPLOSIVE72p
72
PROE35p
35
TEMPO72p
72
IS THE RECORD REAL2025 · FULL SEASON
2025 SEASONCARRIED FORWARD · 2026 HAS NO GAMES YET
HOURECORD OVERSTATES
9-3ACTUALvs7.8-4.2FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE+1.2 W
ONE SCORE RECORD5-1
POINT MARGIN / GAME+6.5
HOUSTON won 9 of 12 against a scoring profile describing 7.8. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
KSURECORD MATCHES
6-6ACTUALvs6.7-5.3FROM SCORING
GAP TO SCORING PROFILE-0.7 W
ONE SCORE RECORD2-5
POINT MARGIN / GAME+2.8
KANSAS STATE won 6 of 12 against a scoring profile describing 6.7. Both are facts about the same season; the market prices the first.
TEAM LEDGERHOUSTONKANSAS STATE2026 PRESEASON · NO GAMES PLAYED
VACATED USAGE — AND DID THE ROSTER REFILL ITOPEN VOLUME IS A FACT, NOT AN ASSIGNMENT
VACATED USAGE BY ROOMLEFT OPEN, LARGEST FIRST
RB82%Dean ConnorsRB · 63% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONStacy SneedRB · 13% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONJMarion BurnetteRB · 7% OF ROOM PARTICIPATION
OL63%Dalton MerrymanOL · 18% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONDemetrius HunterOL · 17% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONMatthew WykoffOL · 15% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION3 FURTHER DEPARTURES
DL62%Eddie Walls IIIDL · 30% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONCarlos Allen Jr.DL · 26% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION4 FURTHER DEPARTURES
DB50%Latrell McCutchin Sr.DB · 19% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONWrook BrownDB · 11% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONZelmar VedderDB · 8% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION2 FURTHER DEPARTURES
LB36%Jalen GarnerLB · 23% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONCorey Platt Jr.PORTAL · TEXAS TECH · 13% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION1 FURTHER DEPARTURE
WR/TE34%Tanner KoziolDRAFTED · 31% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION2 FURTHER DEPARTURES
QB6%Zeon Chriss-GremillionPORTAL · TULANE · 6% OF ROOM PARTICIPATIONROTATION1 FURTHER DEPARTURE
SHARE OF LAST SEASON'S ROOM PARTICIPATION THAT DEPARTED, LARGEST FIRST · OPEN VOLUME IS A FACT, NOT AN ASSIGNMENT
PORTAL & CLASS INTAKE — WHO CAME INHEADCOUNT, NOT A PROJECTION
RBMakhi Hughes · PORTAL ★3 · OREGONJohn Hebert · SIGNEE ★4PARTIAL
OLAnthony Boswell · PORTAL ★3 · TOLEDOShadre Hurst · PORTAL ★3 · TULANERhett Gray · SIGNEE ★33 MORE ARRIVALSREFILLED
DLAshton Porter · PORTAL ★3 · OREGONEjiroghene Egodogbare · PORTAL ★3 · YALEDe'Marion Thomas · PORTAL ★3 · OKLAHOMA STATE3 MORE ARRIVALSREFILLED
DBJavion White · PORTAL ★3 · TULANEJames Henderson III · SIGNEE ★3Javen Holmes · SIGNEE ★3PARTIAL
LBBryson Castile · SIGNEE ★3PARTIAL
WR/TETrent Walker · PORTAL ★3 · OREGON STATEMuizz Tounkara · PORTAL ★3 · FLORIDAJeremiah Bushnell · SIGNEE ★42 MORE ARRIVALSREFILLED
QBKeisean Henderson · SIGNEE ★5INTACT
PORTAL AND SIGNING-CLASS ARRIVALS AT EACH ROOM THAT LOST VOLUME · A HEADCOUNT, NEVER A USAGE PROJECTION
CARRIED GRADES & TEAM FACTS — THIS ROSTER, TODAYCARRIED FROM 2025, RE-HOMED PLAYER BY PLAYER · HOUSTON
CARRIED COMPOSITE
48.475 PCTL
CARRIED OFFENSE
44.562 PCTL
CARRIED DEFENSE
50.873 PCTL
ROOM
GRADE
FBS PCTL
OPP-ADJ
TAL
RET
N
OBS
QB6262959762 OF 6 GRADED
RB515171773 OF 7 GRADED
WR/TE5757725022CARRIED FROM 2025 · NOTHING GRADED YET
OL676760017CARRIED FROM 2025 · NOTHING GRADED YET
DL50506162166 OF 16 GRADED
LB40406069156 OF 15 GRADED
DB57575865257 OF 25 GRADED
TEAM FACTS — FULLY KNOWN NOWPRESEASON FACT
TALENT COMPOSITE59th59
BLUE-CHIP RATIO11%49
RECRUITING CLASS#38 · 4/19 BC72
CLASS RANK TREND+22 · 3 CYCLES94
PORTAL NET BLUE-CHIP0 · 18 IN / 16 OUT—
COACH STATUSRETURNING · 3rd YR—
EVERY ROW HERE IS KNOWABLE TODAY — NONE OF IT WAITS ON A GAME
COACH PRIOR — WHO APPLIES, AND WHAT A CHANGE MOVESBASIS · PROGRAM PRIOR
KSUCOLLIN KLEINFIRST SEASONNO CAREER RECORD
A new staff, so the coach's own career fingerprint stands in for the programme's prior season.
HOW MUCH IDENTITY MOVES WITH A NEW STAFF
|Δ EXPLOSIVENESS|8.61%n=240
|Δ HAVOC|2.50%n=240
|Δ PASS RATE|5.18%n=240
|Δ PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED|5.24%n=87
|Δ PACE|1.63sn=240
MEDIAN ABSOLUTE SEASON-TO-SEASON SHIFT · 2016-2026 · MAGNITUDE, NOT DIRECTION — A NEW STAFF MOVES PASS RATE AND PACE BARELY MORE THAN A RETURNING ONE
HOUWILLIE FRITZ3TH SEASON4 SEASONS · 2 PROGRAMMES
The programme's own prior season applies, under the same returning staff.
PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED
1818
PACE
3636
PASS RATE
1313
EXPLOSIVENESS
2626
FOURTH-DOWN AGGRESSION
7676
HAVOC
5555
HOW MUCH IDENTITY MOVES WITH A RETURNING STAFF
|Δ PACE|1.37sn=929
|Δ EXPLOSIVENESS|6.72%n=931
|Δ HAVOC|2.10%n=929
|Δ PASS RATE|4.28%n=929
|Δ PASS RATE OVER EXPECTED|4.07%n=311
MEDIAN ABSOLUTE SEASON-TO-SEASON SHIFT · 2016-2026 · MAGNITUDE, NOT DIRECTION — A NEW STAFF MOVES PASS RATE AND PACE BARELY MORE THAN A RETURNING ONE
POSITION GROUPS — WHERE THE VOLUME LIVESHOU OFFENSEKSU OFFENSERETURNINGDEPARTED
COLLAPSE ALL
▾QBHOUSTON OFFENSE
NATIONAL
37OF 138
TAL
95
PERF
62
RET
97
NATIONAL
32OF 136
RET
26
FULL DEFENSEKANSAS STATE DEFENSE
HOU QUARTERBACKSn=63% VACATED
QUARTERBACKS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
CONNER WEIGMANQBRET
574TH YR9195★40 2025
KEISEAN HENDERSONQBTRUE FR
501ST YR2100★5—
LUKE CARNEYQBPORTAL · SYRACUSE
492ND YR—28★3—
JAKE SOCKQBRET
304TH YR——UNR—
RYAN SMITHQBTRUE FR
301ST YR——UNR—
SHOW ALL 6
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
KSU DEFENSE — GROUP GRADES3 ROOMS · 53 PLAYERS49% VACATED
DEFENSIVE ROOMS · GROUP GRADES
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
5729%11%
LINEBACKERSLB
6663%18%
SECONDARYDB
5957%4%
THE QUARTERBACK PLAYS THE WHOLE SIDE — SHOWN AS ITS THREE ROOM GRADES, NOT MAN FOR MAN · PER PLAYER DETAIL LIVES IN THE OTHER DRAWERS
▾OLHOUSTON OFFENSE
NATIONAL
22OF 138
TAL
60
PERF
67
RET
0
DL
45OF 138
DL RET
29
LB
15OF 138
LB RET
63
FRONT-7KANSAS STATE DEFENSE
HOU OFFENSIVE LINEn=17100% VACATED
FIVE-MAN LINE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
ANTHONY BOSWELLOLPORTAL · TOLEDO
773RD YR7785★3+40 2025
DREW TERRILLOLPORTAL · MIAMI (OH)
724TH YR—45★3-2 2025
SHADRE HURSTOLPORTAL · TULANE
694TH YR—78★3+41 2025
MCKENZIE AGNELLOOLRET
654TH YR—45★3+46 2025
LARRY CRAWFORDOLRET
504TH YR——UNR—
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PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
KSU FRONT-7n=30 · 2 ROOMS57% VACATED
PASS RUSH · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
WENDELL GREGORYDEPORTAL · OKLAHOMA STATE
913RD YR6898★4+44
MEKHI MASONLBPORTAL · LOUISIANA TECH
674TH YR8964★3+16
ELIJAH HILLDEPORTAL · KENNESAW STATE
622ND YR5964★3+53
JAYDEN BRYANTDEPORTAL · COASTAL CAROLINA
523RD YR6045★3+31
TRAVIS BATESDERET
484TH YR7778★3+9
SHOW TOP 10
THE DEFENDERS THIS ROOM FACES, BY GRADE · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · PASS RUSH AND COVERAGE DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
▾RBHOUSTON OFFENSE
NATIONAL
74OF 138
TAL
71
PERF
51
RET
7
DL
45OF 138
DL RET
29
LB
15OF 138
LB RET
63
FRONT-7KANSAS STATE DEFENSE
HOU RUNNING BACKSn=793% VACATED
BACKFIELD · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
MAKHI HUGHESRBPORTAL · OREGON
554TH YR10085★3+6
DJ BUTLERRBRET
503RD YR6062★3-1
RE'SHAUN SANFORD IIRBRET
483RD YR6551★3+28
JOHN HEBERTRBTRUE FR
471ST YR—92★4—
ZANE SMITHRBRET
372ND YR—11★2—
SHOW ALL 7
PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
KSU FRONT-72 ROOMS · 30 PLAYERS56% VACATED
ROOMS IN THE COMPOSITE
WT
GRD
RET
BLU
DEFENSIVE LINEDL
0.555729%11%
LINEBACKERSLB
0.456663%18%
EACH ROOM ON ITS OWN GRADE, NOT LISTED MAN FOR MAN · THE WEIGHTS DEFINE WHO PLAYS WHOM
▾WR/TEHOUSTON OFFENSE
NATIONAL
42OF 138
TAL
72
PERF
57
RET
50
DB
30OF 138
DB RET
57
SECONDARYKANSAS STATE DEFENSE
HOU PASS CATCHERSn=2250% VACATED
PASS CATCHERS · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
AMARE THOMASWRRET
764TH YR10064★3+26
PATRICK OVERMYERTEPORTAL · UTSA
694TH YR7945★3+32
TRENT WALKERWRPORTAL · OREGON STATE
614TH YR9978★3+23
TYSON TURNERWRPORTAL · TEXAS TECH
483RD YR—45★3—
JAQUISE MARTINWRRET
462ND YR—66★3—
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PARTICIPATION SHARE IS OF THIS ROOM · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
KSU SECONDARYn=23 · 1 ROOM43% VACATED
COVERAGE · PLAYED THIS SEASON FIRST
OVR
EXP
PT%
TAL
★REC
vsCOH
ADRIAN MADDOXSPORTAL · GEORGIA
794TH YR7064★3-11
LOGAN BARTLEYSRET
572ND YR4877★3—
KALEB PATTERSONCBPORTAL · ILLINOIS
554TH YR—78★3-24 2025
JA'SON PREVARDSPORTAL · VIRGINIA
504TH YR7764★3-11
ZASHON RICHCBRET
483RD YR9039★3-28
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THE DEFENDERS THIS ROOM FACES, BY GRADE · THESE SIX COLUMNS DESCRIBE THE ROSTER · PASS RUSH AND COVERAGE DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
RETURNINGPORTAL — PRIOR SCHOOL AND PORTAL STARS NAMEDLAST YR ≈ — RATES FROM HIS LAST MEASURED SEASON, NOT THE PROJECTED ROLEDEPARTEDVS COH = PRODUCTION vs OWN RECRUITING COHORT MEDIAN · CURVE = AHEAD / ON / BEHIND AT ±8 · PT% IS HIS SHARE OF HIS OWN ROOM · UNIT-AGAINST-UNIT AND USAGE DETAIL IS ON THE MATCHUP TAB
TEAM QUALITYHOUSE GRADE + REFERENCES
METRIC
HOU
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
KSU
SCOUT TEAM GRADE
49.4
57.9
— OFFENSE
54.5
56.4
— DEFENSE
44.2
59.4
SP+ OVERALL
11.6
13.9
FPI
10.8
11.2
ELO
1518
1692
TALENT
696
719
PRODUCTION
73
76
TALENT − PRODUCTION ▾
−20
−11
BLUE CHIP RATIO
0.11
0.15
SCOUT TEAM GRADE DECOMPOSES INTO OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, EACH BUILT FROM THE POSITION ROOM GRADES ABOVE · ROOM WEIGHTS ARE MEASURED AGAINST UNIT EPA, NOT ASSUMED · SPECIAL TEAMS ARE NOT IN IT YET
FIVE FACTORS2025 · NATIONAL PERCENTILES
METRIC
HOU
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
KSU
OFF EFFICIENCY
42
33
DEF EFFICIENCY
54
67
OFF EXPLOSIVENESS
43
96
DEF EXPLOSIVENESS
95
19
FINISHING DRIVES
40
75
FIELD POSITION
24
32
TURNOVER MARGIN
79
89
THE FIVE FACTORS ARE CORRELATED, NOT FIVE INDEPENDENT DIALS · TURNOVER MARGIN IS THE LEAST STABLE OF THEM YEAR OVER YEAR
TEAM IDENTITYTENDENCIES THAT SET VOLUME
METRIC
HOU
FBS PCTL 0 ── 100
KSU
PASS RATE
43.5%
42.2%
PACE
26.1s
26.2s
RUN RATE — STANDARD DNS
60.0%
63.2%
PASS RATE — PASSING DNS
55.3%
54.8%
PLAYS / GAME
69.0
68.7
GARBAGE TIME SHARE
3.4%
1.0%
EVERY ROW HERE IS COUNTED FROM PLAY BY PLAY · NONE OF IT IS A QUALITY RATING — FURTHER RIGHT IS MORE OF THE THING, NOT BETTER · SCHEME DETAIL LIVES ON THE MATCHUP TAB
EVERY PERCENTILE READS HIGH-IS-GOOD · CELL SHADE = FBS PERCENTILE OF THE VALUE · DOTS PLOT BOTH TEAMS ON ONE 0–100 TRACK (GOLD = HOU, ORANGE = KSU) · MEASURED FIGURES ARE 2026, GARBAGE-TIME FILTERED
≈ MARKS AN ESTIMATED VALUE · A CARRIED FIGURE IS WHAT A PLAYER DID LAST SEASON · PORTAL MARKS PARTICIPATION EARNED AT THE NAMED SCHOOL
VACATED VOLUME IS STATED AS OPEN AND NEVER ASSIGNED TO A SUCCESSOR · SPREAD, TOTAL, ML AND IMPLIED TOTALS ARE CONSENSUS MARKET FIGURES · NO PROJECTIONS ON THIS PAGE