Brenen Thompson

Former wide receiver at Mississippi State. 2025: 57 catches, 1,054 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Mississippi State · Sr.

5′9″ · 170 lb · Spearman, TX

CFB Index 85 · #18 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Los Angeles — Rd 4, Pick 5, #105 overall

How he plays

Beats you over the top.

Yards / catch: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1,054

receiving yards · 2025

57 catches · 6 TD · 18.5 per catch

Best game: 6 rec, 133 yds, 2 TD, vs Arizona State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Mississippi State. 2025: 57 catches, 1,054 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2022.
Transferred from Oklahoma to Mississippi State in 2025.
Drafted round 4 by the Los Angeles in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Mississippi State, 1,557 receiving yards — drafted at #105 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 155 yds at Florida.Florida · L 21-232025

2022

Signed with Texas4-star out of Spearman

20235 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202513 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-SECsecond

2026

Drafted by Los Angelesround 4, pick 105

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#131 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #105

Los Angeles · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

3 coaches

2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

2023

Greg Knox

Mississippi State

era →

2024–2025

Jeff Lebby

Mississippi State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Greg Knox, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season

#105Rd 4 · Pick 5

Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning

2025Mississippi State5-8HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

85All-Conference level #18 of 485?

High confidenceBreakout12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (98th percentile). Strength: epa / target (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#18 / 798 · 98th pct

18.5

EPA / target#59 / 798 · 93rd pct

0.78

Explosive rate#113 / 798 · 85th pct

16.7%

TD rate#268 / 798 · 66th pct

3.6%

Catch rate#538 / 798 · 33rd pct

63.1%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#13 / 558 · 98th pct

1054

Yards / catch#21 / 558 · 96th pct

18.5

Rec TDs#56 / 558 · 87th pct

Receptions#78 / 558 · 85th pct

Rush TDs#19 / 287 · 85th pct

Long catch#173 / 558 · 69th pct

Rush yards#139 / 287 · 51st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

20th → 93rd percentile

Explosive rate

17th → 85th percentile

Catch rate

2nd → 33rd percentile

TD rate

57th → 66th percentile

Yards / catch

54th → 98th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

23%19 of his 84 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.1	73.2	17.7	0.6
Road5g	4.8	93.6	22.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	69.1	19.0	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	95.0	19.8	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #18 of 485 WRs

Former four-star. Now #18 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Mississippi State	57	1,054	18.5	6	--
2024	Oklahoma	19	230	12.1	2	--
2023	Oklahoma	7	241	34.4	2	--
2022	Texas	1	32	32.0	0	--
Career		84	1,557	18.5	10	--

Season	Team
2025	Mississippi State	4	14	--	44	--
2024	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Texas	--	--	--	--	--
Career		4	14	--	44	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025

W 38–35

at Arkansas

6 rec · 107 yds

Edged out Arkansas on the road in a shootout.

With B. Shapen — 242 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.2 · 16 rush yds (10 car) · A. Evans III — 16 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Arizona State · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +6.45Blake Shapen pass complete to Brenen Thompson for 58 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)
Week 2 · Arizona State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.66Blake Shapen pass complete to Brenen Thompson for 47 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)
Week 10 · Arkansas · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +4.16(02:13) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Shapen pass complete deep right to #0 B.Thompson caught at ARK34, for 32 yards to the ARK34, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Missouri · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +4.05(04:17) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Shapen pass complete deep middle to #0 B.Thompson caught at Mizzou35, for 54 yards to the Mizzou20 (#0 S.Hall), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Florida · 4&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.77Blake Shapen pass complete to Brenen Thompson for 16 yds to the FLA 44 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Georgia · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.45(06:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Taylor pass complete deep right to #0 B.Thompson caught at UGA16, for 57 yards to the UGA02 (#7 D.Harris), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.41Brenen Thompson 44 Yd pass from Blake Shapen (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed)
Week 1 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.40Shotgun #1 K.Taylor pass complete deep right to #0 B.Thompson caught at Deacs24, for 51 yards to the Deacs24 (#27 T.West), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Alcorn State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.29Kamario Taylor pass complete to Brenen Thompson for 42 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)
Week 9 · Texas · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Brenen Thompson 23 Yd pass from Blake Shapen (Kyle Ferrie Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-17@ Southern Miss	7	92	13.1	0	51
Wk 2	W 24-20vs Arizona State	6	133	22.2	2	58	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 63-0vs Alcorn State	2	53	26.5	1	42
Wk 4	W 38-10vs Northern Illinois	2	13	6.5	0	11
Wk 5	L 34-41vs Tennessee	3	33	11.0	0	16
Wk 6	L 9-31@ Texas A&M	2	54	27.0	1	44
Wk 8	L 21-23@ Florida	7	155	22.1	0	47	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 9	L 38-45vs Texas	6	76	12.7	2	24	2 TD catches
Wk 10	W 38-35@ Arkansas	6	107	17.8	0	32
Wk 11	L 21-41vs Georgia	4	92	23.0	0	57
Wk 12	L 27-49@ Missouri	2	60	30.0	0	54
Wk 14	L 19-38vs Ole Miss	6	80	13.3	0	18
Bowl	L 29-43vs Wake Forest	4	106	26.5	0	51
Total		57	1054	19.4	6	58

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

12/193rd-down conversions

1.583rd-down EPA/target

0.55Other-downs EPA/target

14 of 19 caught on third down (73.7%) — EPA/target 1.58 vs 0.55 elsewhere (12 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

DNA match

Player DNA

Deep Threat

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kris Thornton’s 2022 season.

Kris Thornton

69%match

James Madison · 2022

All-Sun Belt

Tahj Washington

USC · 2023

NFL Rd 7

58%

Jacob Cowing

UTEP · 2021

All-Conference USANFL Rd 4

58%

Xavier Restrepo

Miami · 2024

Consensus All-American

53%

Matches Kris on

Yards / reception

Weight

Height

Differs from Kris on

Class year (higher)

Total EPA (college ability) (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kahtero Summers’s path through Rhode Island.

Kahtero Summers

97%match

Rhode Island · 2023

Javon McKinley

Notre Dame · 2020

90%

Kris Thornton

James Madison · 2022

All-Sun Belt

89%

Calvin Austin III

Memphis · 2021

All-AACNFL Rd 4

86%

Will Vereen

South Carolina State · 2021

87%

Matches Kahtero on

Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Mario Williams's senior season at Tulane (2024).

Mario Williams

71%match

Tulane · 2024

All-AACNFL Rd 1 · Pk 1

Tahj Washington

USC · 2023

NFL Rd 7

64%

Roderick Daniels

SMU · 2024

63%

Jaden Williams

Texas State · 2024

59%

Terry Lockett

Eastern Michigan · 2024

All-MAC

57%

Matches Mario on

Yards / reception

EPA / play (adj)

Weight

Differs from Mario on

Class year (higher)

Recruiting rating (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Brenen Thompson

Jacob Godfrey

UL Monroe · 2025

71%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #225

Final rank

#296

Avg #291.7

Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #225 this season.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology