The case
Four freshman starts; selected for the 2026 Jim Thorpe Award watch list.
DB · Miami · Sophomore
Bryce Fitzgerald
CHROME AUTOPAPER AUTO
PPG81.7OVERALL#9DB#1
CHROME PROSPECTBCP-91Chrome auto · BCPA-BF
PAPERBPP-91
CHROMEBCP-91
CHROME AUTOBCPA-BF
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PLAYER STATS
2026 season & career
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SCOUTING NOTEBOOK
The read right now
Early takeaway production is compelling but volatile. Coverage volume and responsibilities are needed to judge how repeatable it is.
The production
Miami 2025 true freshman: appeared in all 16 games with four starts, recording six interceptions, eight passes defended and 16 tackles while earning FWAA Freshman All-America honors.
Latest game
The cited profile provides the dated observations above; a complete current-season statistical line is not yet verified.
NEXT CHECK
Track coverage assignments and passes defended rather than assuming six interceptions recur.
BOWMAN CHECKLIST
His 2026 Bowman cards
Paper and Chrome are separate prospect entries. Prospect autographs add a verified signature checklist appearance; inserts and variations are separate collecting paths. This is a format hierarchy, not a price or scarcity ranking.
Topps describes parallels, but a complete first-party football odds/serial-number matrix was not available in this audit. No baseball parallel structure is imported. Serial numbering is not an estimate of total print run.
2 base appearances · 2 autograph appearances · 0 insert / variation appearances. Counts describe checklist rows, not distinct print runs.
These are the official checklist appearances we have mapped. We only show serial numbering when we can source it.
| Checklist | Card number | Printed school | Check it / find it |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPER PROSPECTS | BPP-91 | Miami™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Bryce Fitzgerald BPP-91 |
| CHROME PROSPECTS | BCP-91 | Miami™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Bryce Fitzgerald BCP-91 |
| CHROME PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BCPA-BF | Miami™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Bryce Fitzgerald BCPA-BF |
| PAPER PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BPPA-BF | Miami™ | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Bryce Fitzgerald BPPA-BF |
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RESEARCH FILEIdentity, open questions & evidence gapsOpen file
Miami; DB; Sophomore; height unknown; weight unknown.
Source 1: Miami: Bryce Fitzgerald official profile / research ↗- school
- Miami (verified)
- position
- DB (verified)
- class
- Sophomore (verified)
- Date of birth
- Unknown (unknown)
- measurements
- height unknown / weight unknown (partial)
- recruiting
- Consensus four-star high-school defensive back and consensus top-20 safety prospect, reported by Miami. (partial)
- 2026 statistics
- See explicitly dated profile observations; complete current-season totals not verified. (partial)
- Draft eligibility
- Unknown (unknown)
- NFL consensus
- Unknown (unknown)
- Next catalyst
- Track coverage assignments and passes defended rather than assuming six interceptions recur. (editorial)
- Full date of birth not verified; age is not inferred from class.
- Complete current height/weight measurements remain unverified.
- Complete 2026 cumulative statistics through September 21 are not verified; dated games and prior seasons remain separately labeled.
- Draft eligibility and a current independent NFL consensus remain unverified; a school award or watch list is not consensus.
- Verified athletic testing, availability history and position-specific advanced charting are incomplete.
PPG METHODHow the 81.7 grade was built60% supported
We have support for 60% of the normal grade inputs. A player needs at least 60% before we publish a PPG. Missing pieces stay missing.
| Component | Weight | Score / confidence | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | 25% | 80medium | Six interceptions and eight pass breakups across all 16 games support repeated true-freshman disruption; four starts support substantial rather than full-season starting responsibility, and Miami reports consensus four-star pedigree.Source 1: Bryce Fitzgerald: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Miami: Bryce Fitzgerald official profile / research ↗ |
| ageClass | 15% | 90medium | Six interceptions and eight pass breakups across all 16 games support repeated true-freshman disruption; four starts support substantial rather than full-season starting responsibility, and Miami reports consensus four-star pedigree.Source 1: Bryce Fitzgerald: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Miami: Bryce Fitzgerald official profile / research ↗ |
| role | 15% | 80medium | Six interceptions and eight pass breakups across all 16 games support repeated true-freshman disruption; four starts support substantial rather than full-season starting responsibility, and Miami reports consensus four-star pedigree.Source 1: Bryce Fitzgerald: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Miami: Bryce Fitzgerald official profile / research ↗ |
| physical | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
| pedigree | 5% | 70medium | Six interceptions and eight pass breakups across all 16 games support repeated true-freshman disruption; four starts support substantial rather than full-season starting responsibility, and Miami reports consensus four-star pedigree.Source 1: Bryce Fitzgerald: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: Miami: Bryce Fitzgerald official profile / research ↗ |
| consensus | 20% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
| risk | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
GRADE HISTORYGrade history81.7 PPG · 8 checks
No meaningful grade movement yet. We keep the checks so the first real change has a clean baseline.
| Date | PPG | 7d / 30d / season | Rank | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17T12:00:03.513Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-17T12:01:03.832Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 · correction |
| 2026-09-17T12:13:29.755Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T11:45:00.635Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T16:34:28.321Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T12:51:43.562Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T14:48:24.458Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-24T04:16:58.722Z | 81.7 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 9 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
PROVENANCE
Sources
Card identity checked 2026-09-16 · Player research updated 2026-09-22
Open 3 sources
- 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-16
- Miami: Bryce Fitzgerald official profile / research ↗ · Miami · checked 2026-09-22
- Bryce Fitzgerald: additional official evidence ↗ · Miami · checked 2026-09-22