Amare Thomas

WR · Houston6′0″ · 205 lb · Birmingham, AL · Pinson Valley

Receiving yards62038th of 467 receiversLast gameL 13–21at Utah · Oct 24
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620 receiving yards in 8 games; their best was 133 vs Oregon State.
Game 1: against Oregon State, win 33-20, 133 receiving yards, 1 touchdown133WORSTGame 2: against Southern, win 77-6, 29 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, FCS opponent29WSOUFCSGame 3: at Texas Tech, loss 26-28, 75 receiving yards, 1 touchdown75LTTU@Game 4: at Georgia Southern, win 42-28, 50 receiving yards, 1 touchdown50WGASO@Game 5: against UCF, win 27-17, 43 receiving yards43WUCFGame 6: at Kansas State, win 35-16, 31 receiving yards31WKSU@Game 7: against Oklahoma State, win 35-32, 126 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns126WOKSTGame 8: at Utah, loss 13-21, 133 receiving yards133LUTAH@
Game 1: against Oregon State, win 33-20, 133 receiving yards, 1 touchdown133WORSTGame 2: against Southern, win 77-6, 29 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, FCS opponentWSOUFCSGame 3: at Texas Tech, loss 26-28, 75 receiving yards, 1 touchdownLTTU@Game 4: at Georgia Southern, win 42-28, 50 receiving yards, 1 touchdownWGASO@Game 5: against UCF, win 27-17, 43 receiving yardsWUCFGame 6: at Kansas State, win 35-16, 31 receiving yardsWKSU@Game 7: against Oklahoma State, win 35-32, 126 receiving yards, 2 touchdownsWOKSTGame 8: at Utah, loss 13-21, 133 receiving yards133LUTAH@
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Utah · L 13-21

5 catches, 133 yards

The other 7 games average 70 yards. This one was 63 above.

Open this game

Dashed line: 100 yards.

This week

What’s being said

3 stories in the last 30 days, from 2 outlets.

Oct 17: 1Oct 18: 1Oct 19: 1W 35-16 at Kansas StateWW 35-32 vs Oklahoma StateWL 13-21 at UtahLOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 1
Oct 17: 1Oct 18: 1Oct 19: 1W 35-16 at Kansas StateWW 35-32 vs Oklahoma StateWL 13-21 at UtahLOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 1
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Conner Weigman finds Amare Thomas for seven-yard TD, extending Houston's lead over Oklahoma State

FOX Sports Oct 17

All 14 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Amare Thomas was first-team All-Big 12 in 2025.

His most important play this season

  1. Q2, 2:22 · Houston up 4Conner Weigman finds Amare Thomas for a 7-yard touchdownOklahoma State at Houston, week 7Q2, 2:22 · Houston 14, Oklahoma State 3▲5%Houston’s chance to win, 84% to 89%▲5%Houston’s chance to win, 84% to 89%C.Weigman pass complete short middle to A.Thomas caught at OSU00, for 7 yards to the OSU00 QB hurried by J.Williams touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playCFB ON FOX

All 4 of his plays on video

The story

Written , before the 2026 season

The UAB transfer broke out in 2025: roughly 966 yards, 12 touchdowns to tie for the Big 12 lead, first-team All-Big 12, and a league-best nine slot touchdowns among returning receivers — a separator where games are decided. He and quarterback Conner Weigman both came back, keeping Houston's most dangerous connection intact. The forward stakes are a breakout into a genuine NFL-prospect profile: he's already a proven scorer, and 2026 is about expanding from red-zone specialist to full-field No. 1. For Houston, he's the weapon the offense leans on when it needs points.

Sources

Style of play

Style of play

Play style, written June 13, before the season

Thomas is a scoring-and-explosive-play receiver, strongest where it counts. Our play-by-play likes the big stuff — an 82nd-percentile yards-per-catch, an 80th-percentile explosive-catch rate, and an 84th-percentile EPA per target — and the real-world signature is the nine slot touchdowns, the trait of a receiver who wins the leverage and separation battles inside the 20. The catch rate is more ordinary (48th percentile), the mark of a vertical, contested-leaning target rather than a high-volume possession type. He's a chunk-play and red-zone specialist — the guy who turns a third-down target into six points — and the growth edge is the underneath consistency that rounds him into an every-down No. 1.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

26% of the catches, 29% of the yards, 27% of the touchdowns

  • Catches26%41 of 159
  • Yards29%620 of 2,135
  • Touchdowns27%6 of 22

Share of the team's receiving yards, game by game

Who caught the team's passes

Share of the team's total this season.

Every catch and target this season

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a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 9, middle 10, right 13.