Bryan Thompson

#22 · WR · Sr. · Arizona State6′3″ · 200 lb · Moreno Valley, CA · Rancho Verde

Bryan Thompson: WR · Arizona State · #22.

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Bryan Thompson

WR · Arizona State · Sr · #22

Beats you over the top. The six seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Kyle Whittingham and Herm Edwards. One game to point at: 86 receiving yards and 5 receptions against USC — Week 5, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

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

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Arizona State in the news

Big 12 admits replay errorNov 2

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Arizona State	25	377	15.1	0	38
2021	Arizona State	13	130	10.0	0	32
2020	Utah	9	187	20.8	1	33
2019	Utah	18	461	25.6	3	82
2018	Utah	1	31	31.0	0	31
2017	Utah	5	77	15.4	0	29
Career		71	1,263	17.8	4	82

Season	Team
2022	Arizona State	--	--
2021	Arizona State	2	17
2020	Utah	1	9
2019	Utah	--	--
2018	Utah	--	--
2017	Utah	--	--
Career		3	26

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-3vs Northern Arizona	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 4	L 13-34vs No. 13 Utah	1	15	15.0	15
Wk 5	L 25-42@ No. 6 USC	5	86	17.2	34	Season-high 86 yds
Wk 6	W 45-38vs No. 21 Washington	3	78	26.0	38
Wk 8	L 14-15@ Stanford	3	55	18.3	30
Wk 9	W 42-34@ Colorado	6	76	12.7	22
Wk 10	L 36-50vs No. 10 UCLA	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 12	L 7-31vs No. 25 Oregon State	2	16	8.0	12
Wk 13	L 35-38@ Arizona	3	37	12.3	14
Total		25	377	15.1	38

Signature game

Week 5 · 2022

L 25-42

at USC

5 rec · 86 yds

With E. Jones — 243 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 82.9 · D. Ngata — 29 rush yds (5 car) · 2 rec · 10 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Stanford · 4th and 6 · Q4 · EPA +4.07Emory Jones pass complete to Bryan Thompson for 30 yds to the Stanf 34 for a
Week 8 · Stanford · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.15Emory Jones pass complete to Bryan Thompson for 23 yds to the ArzSt 49 for a
Week 13 · Arizona · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.73Trenton Bourguet pass complete to Bryan Thompson for 13 yds to the Ariz 41 for a
Week 6 · Washington · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.57Trenton Bourguet pass complete to Bryan Thompson for 32 yds to the Wash 14 for a
Week 9 · Colorado · 2nd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +2.50Trenton Bourguet pass complete to Bryan Thompson for 20 yds to the ArzSt 43 for a
Week 9 · Colorado · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.48Trenton Bourguet pass complete to Bryan Thompson for 11 yds to the Colo 32 for a

4 more plays

Week 5 · USC · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +2.40Emory Jones pass complete to Bryan Thompson for 11 yds to the ArzSt 41 for a
Week 5 · USC · 3rd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +2.36Emory Jones pass complete to Bryan Thompson for 16 yds to the ArzSt 39 for a
Week 6 · Washington · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Trenton Bourguet pass complete to Bryan Thompson for 38 yds to the Wash 1 for a
Week 12 · Oregon State · 3rd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.14Trenton Bourguet pass complete to Bryan Thompson for 12 yds to the ArzSt 45 for a

Teams and coaches

2017Utah7-6HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2018Utah9-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2019Utah11-3HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2020Utah3-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2021Arizona State8-5HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy

2022Arizona State3-9HC: Herm Edwards and Shaun Aguano · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 38 (#334 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

38Below cohort / limited sample #334 of 488 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (95th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (92nd percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#33 / 636 · 95th pct

1.16

Explosive rate#49 / 636 · 92nd pct

24.1%

Yards / catch#113 / 636 · 82nd pct

15.4

Catch rate#214 / 636 · 66th pct

82.8%

TD rate#554 / 636 · 7th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#149 / 550 · 72nd pct

15.1

Rec yards#309 / 550 · 44th pct

377

Receptions#341 / 550 · 37th pct

Long catch#401 / 550 · 26th pct

Rec TDs#486 / 550 · 6th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

3rd → 95th percentile

Explosive rate

25th → 92nd percentile

Catch rate

5th → 66th percentile

TD rate

7th → 7th percentile

Yards / catch

21st → 82nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	1.6	24.6	12.6	0.0
Road4g	4.2	63.5	15.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	46.5	16.3	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	38.2	11.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Herm Edwards

Pass share

51.5%

402 pass / 378 run

Plays / game

65.0

12 games

Team sack rate

6.2%

436 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

25 catches in 9 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

38 · #334 of 488 WRs · 2022

Three-star recruit. Now #334 at the position.

Bryan Thompson

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Style of play

Fans

Arizona State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

25 catches in 9 games

Six seasons, two schools

Moves

2017 4 games

2021 8 games