Senior wide receiver for Nevada. 2025: 26 catches, 268 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′0″ · 212 lb · Snellville, GA
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
26 catches · 1 TD · 10.3 per catch
Best game: 8 rec, 67 yds, at New Mexico
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Nevada. 2025: 26 catches, 268 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Dakota Thomas
Moves the chains on third down. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 85 rec yds, 6 receptions against San José State — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Jay Norvell, Vai Taua, Ken Wilson, and Jeff Choate. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: explosive rate (26th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 40.8 | 10.7 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 35.0 | 11.6 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 18.3 | 11.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.2 | 53.2 | 10.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nevada | 26 | 268 | 10.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 99 | 11.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 104 | 13.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 43 | 471 | 11.0 | 3 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 16-31@ Western Kentucky | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-20@ Fresno State | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-44vs San Diego State | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | L 22-24@ New Mexico | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-24vs Boise State | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-10vs San José State | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 0 | 25 | Season-high 85 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 17-42vs UNLV | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 26 | 268 | 11.1 | 1 | 25 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Nevada
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Wide receiver · Nevada
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Nevada · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #118 · 2026 recruiting class #98
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to LV Bunkley-Shelton’s 2024 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Derick Eugene’s path through Long Island University.
Matches Derick on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Geordon Porter's senior season at UConn (2023).
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