Damarcus Thomas

Former tight end at South Alabama. 2024: 22 catches, 191 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · South Alabama · Sr. · #8

6′2″ · 256 lb · Whatley, AL

CFB Index 42 · #90 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceSouth Alabama 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former tight end at South Alabama. 2024: 22 catches, 191 receiving yards, 3 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Alabama, 621 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 3 td at Texas State.Texas State · L 44-522023

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2023

Kane Wommack

South Alabama

2024

Major Applewhite

South Alabama

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kane Wommack → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022South Alabama10-3HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2024South Alabama7-6HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

42Rotational starter #90 of 135?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (96th percentile). Strength: catch rate (91st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#25 / 610 · 96th pct

15.0%

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#370 / 610 · 39th pct

0.79

Yards / catch#509 / 610 · 17th pct

8.7

Explosive rate#531 / 610 · 13th pct

5.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#47 / 168 · 65th pct

Receptions#82 / 168 · 50th pct

Long catch#108 / 168 · 34th pct

Rec yards#113 / 168 · 33rd pct

191

Yards / catch#138 / 168 · 17th pct

8.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

44th → 39th percentile

Explosive rate

19th → 13th percentile

Catch rate

81st → 91st percentile

TD rate

88th → 96th percentile

Yards / catch

13th → 17th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	22.3	9.1	0.3
Road5g	1.8	11.4	6.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	13.8	7.2	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	21.6	8.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #90 of 135 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Alabama	22	191	8.7	3	--
2023	South Alabama	27	235	8.7	5	--
2022	South Alabama	21	189	9.0	3	--
2021	Ole Miss	1	6	6.0	0	--
Career		71	621	8.7	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024

W 87–10

vs Northwestern State

3 rec · 34 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 77-point win at home against Northwestern State.

With G. Lopez — 257 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.2 · 4 rush yds (1 car) · J. Pritchett — 2 rec · 22 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Arkansas State · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -3.55Gio Lopez pass complete to DJ Thomas-Jones for a loss of 1 yard to the ARST 21
Week 4 · App State · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.75Gio Lopez pass complete to DJ Thomas-Jones for 10 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 3 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Gio Lopez pass complete to DJ Thomas-Jones for 12 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 6 · Arkansas State · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.11Gio Lopez pass complete to DJ Thomas-Jones for 9 yds to the ARST 31 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.97Gio Lopez pass complete to DJ Thomas-Jones for 31 yds to the TXST 29 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Northwestern State · 1&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.69Gio Lopez pass complete to DJ Thomas-Jones for 4 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 3 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.66Gio Lopez pass complete to DJ Thomas-Jones for 18 yds to the USA 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Troy · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.52Gio Lopez pass complete to DJ Thomas-Jones for 12 yds to the USA 33 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Georgia Southern · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +1.02Gio Lopez pass complete to DJ Thomas-Jones for 12 yds to the GASO 28 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.00Gio Lopez pass complete to DJ Thomas-Jones for 8 yds to the USA 49

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 38-52vs North Texas	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 2	L 20-27@ Ohio	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 3	W 87-10vs Northwestern State	3	34	11.3	2	18	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 48-14@ App State	1	10	10.0	1	10
Wk 5	L 10-42@ LSU	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 6	L 16-18@ Arkansas State	4	23	5.8	0	9
Wk 8	W 25-9vs Troy	2	19	9.5	0	12
Wk 9	W 46-17vs UL Monroe	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 10	L 30-34vs Georgia Southern	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 12	W 24-22@ Louisiana	2	14	7.0	0	11
Wk 14	L 38-45vs Texas State	5	59	11.8	0	31	Season-high 59 yds
Total		22	191	7.9	3	31

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

Damarcus Thomas

2024 snapshot

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Signature game

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