#11

Brian Thomas Jr.

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2023: 68 catches, 1,177 receiving yards, 17 TD.

WR · LSU · Jr. · #11

6′4″ · 205 lb · Walker, LA

CFB Index 91 · #10 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceJacksonville — drafted 2024, Rd 1, Pick 23, #23 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at LSU. 2023: 68 catches, 1,177 receiving yards, 17 TD.

Drafted round 1 by the Jacksonville in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at LSU, 1,908 receiving yards — drafted at #23 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 150 yds vs Florida.Florida · W 52-352023

202313 games

All-SECsecond

2024

Drafted by Jacksonvilleround 1, pick 23

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

LSU

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #23

Jacksonville · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2023)

Featured in The Canon

#87

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches

2021

Ed Orgeron

LSU

2022–2023

Brian Kelly

LSU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ed Orgeron → Brian Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 3rd NFL season

#23Rd 1 · Pick 23

JacksonvilleEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

91All-America level #10 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (99th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (95th percentile). Concern: rush yards (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#7 / 639 · 99th pct

20.0%

Yards / catch#33 / 639 · 95th pct

18.2

EPA / target#42 / 639 · 94th pct

1.28

Explosive rate#86 / 639 · 87th pct

22.9%

Catch rate#311 / 639 · 51st pct

82.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec TDs#1 / 566 · 100th pct

Long catch#9 / 566 · 98th pct

Rec yards#13 / 566 · 98th pct

1177

Receptions#41 / 566 · 93rd pct

Yards / catch#74 / 566 · 87th pct

17.3

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Rush yards#278 / 294 · 5th pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

38th → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

26th → 87th percentile

Catch rate

26th → 51st percentile

TD rate

83rd → 99th percentile

Yards / catch

43rd → 95th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.9	93.6	19.8	1.5
Road5g	5.8	85.6	14.6	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	5.9	88.5	14.5	1.4
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	93.8	23.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

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

our read the All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #10 of 497 FBS receivers by CFB Index Score.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

91 · #10 of 497 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	LSU	68	1,177	17.3	17	--
2022	LSU	32	372	11.6	5	--
2021	LSU	28	359	12.8	2	--
Career		128	1,908	14.9	24	--

Season	Team
2023	LSU	1	-6	--	--	--
2022	LSU	--	--	--	--	--
2021	LSU	2	6	--	--	--
Career		3	0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 49–39

at Missouri

4 rec · 66 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Missouri on the road in a shootout.

With J. Daniels — 259 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.1 · 130 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · J. Bramblett — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Army · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +6.65Jayden Daniels pass complete to Brian Thomas Jr. for 86 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 1 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.08Jayden Daniels pass complete to Brian Thomas Jr. for 75 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 12 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.69Jayden Daniels pass complete to Brian Thomas Jr. for 70 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 6 · Missouri · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.81Jayden Daniels pass complete to Brian Thomas Jr. for 42 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 4 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.76Jayden Daniels pass complete to Brian Thomas Jr. for 49 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 4 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.76Jayden Daniels pass complete to Brian Thomas Jr. for 49 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 11 · Florida · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.38Jayden Daniels pass complete to Brian Thomas Jr. for 41 yds to the FLA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Grambling · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.28Jayden Daniels pass complete to Brian Thomas Jr. for 26 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)
Week 2 · Grambling · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.08Jayden Daniels pass complete to Brian Thomas Jr. for 10 yds for a TD
Week 11 · Florida · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Jayden Daniels pass complete to Brian Thomas Jr. for 37 yds for a TD (Damian Ramos KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 24-45@ Florida State	7	142	20.3	1	75	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 72-10vs Grambling	6	78	13.0	2	26	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 41-14@ Mississippi State	7	60	8.6	0	19
Wk 4	W 34-31vs Arkansas	5	133	26.6	2	49	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 49-55@ Ole Miss	8	124	15.5	3	34	3 TD catches
Wk 6	W 49-39@ Missouri	4	66	16.5	1	42
Wk 7	W 48-18vs Auburn	2	7	3.5	0	4
Wk 8	W 62-0vs Army	3	122	40.7	2	86	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 28-42@ Alabama	3	36	12.0	0	23
Wk 11	W 52-35vs Florida	6	150	25.0	2	52	Season-high 150 yds
Wk 12	W 56-14vs Georgia State	4	103	25.8	1	70
Wk 13	W 42-30vs Texas A&M	5	58	11.6	1	23
Bowl	W 35-31vs Wisconsin	8	98	12.3	2	38
Total		68	1177	17.8	17	86