Deven Thompkins

#13 · WR · Jr. · Utah State5′7″ · 160 lb · Fort Myers, FL · Dunbar

Deven Thompkins: WR · Utah State · #13.

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Deven Thompkins

WR · Utah State · Jr · #13

Beats you over the top. Played for four head coaches in four seasons at Utah State. First career honor, 2021: All-Mountain West. On tape: 215 receiving yards and 9 receptions against New Mexico State, Week 10, 2021.

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.

Utah State in the news

Utah State superfan Steve McBride diesNov 2

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Utah State	102	1,704	16.7	10	75
2020	Utah State	20	214	10.7	1	44
2019	Utah State	40	536	13.4	4	62
2018	Utah State	9	65	7.2	0	12
Career		171	2,519	14.7	15	75

Season	Team
2021	Utah State	5	27	230	--	--
2020	Utah State	2	4	78	--	--
2019	Utah State	6	77	22	45	1
2018	Utah State	2	30	68	11	--
Career		15	138	398	56	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 26-23@ Washington State	8	94	11.8	1	45
Wk 2	W 48-24vs North Dakota	8	172	21.5	1	75	172-yard receiving day
Wk 3	W 49-45@ Air Force	9	188	20.9	1	72	188-yard receiving day
Wk 4	L 3-27vs Boise State	4	60	15.0	0	22
Wk 5	L 20-34vs No. 13 BYU	9	125	13.9	1	32
Wk 7	W 28-24@ UNLV	12	180	15.0	2	37	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 26-24vs Colorado State	6	104	17.3	0	34
Wk 9	W 51-31vs Hawai'i	7	176	25.1	0	45	176-yard receiving day
Wk 10	W 35-13@ New Mexico State	9	215	23.9	2	54	Season-high 215 yds
Wk 11	W 48-17@ San José State	5	127	25.4	0	53
Wk 12	L 17-44vs Wyoming	5	67	13.4	1	41
Wk 13	W 35-10@ New Mexico	5	35	7.0	0	14
Wk 14	W 46-13@ No. 19 San Diego State	9	46	5.1	0	9
Total		96	1589	16.6	9	75

Signature game

Week 3 · 2021

W 49-45

at Air Force

9 rec · 188 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Air Force on the road in a shootout.

With A. Peasley — 195 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.8 · 29 rush yds (5 car) · L. Bonner — 253 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 73.1

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Air Force · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +6.93Peasley to Thompkins: a 72-yard pass.
Week 2 · North Dakota · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 75 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 1 · Oregon State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.95Cooper Legas pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 62 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 10 · New Mexico State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.18Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 54 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 7 · UNLV · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.91Bonner to Thompkins: a 37-yard touchdown pass.
Week 11 · San José State · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +3.88Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 53 yds to the SJSt 17 for a

4 more plays

Week 10 · New Mexico State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.58Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 51 yds to the NMxSt 42 for a
Week 8 · Colorado State · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.56Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 34 yds to the ColSt 43 for a
Week 1 · Washington State · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.49Andrew Peasley pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 45 yds to the WshSt 1 for a
Week 7 · UNLV · 2nd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.46Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 31 yds to the UNLV 45 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Utah State11-2HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2019Utah State7-6HC: Gary Andersen · Balanced

2020Utah State1-5HC: Gary Andersen and Frank Maile · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Utah State11-3HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 98 (#2 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

98All-America level #2 of 468 · 2021?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (94th percentile). Strength: epa / target (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#42 / 655 · 94th pct

25.4%

EPA / target#57 / 655 · 91st pct

1.09

Yards / catch#70 / 655 · 89th pct

16.9

Catch rate#74 / 655 · 89th pct

87.7%

TD rate#189 / 655 · 71st pct

8.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#2 / 557 · 100th pct

1704

Receptions#4 / 557 · 99th pct

102

Rec TDs#19 / 557 · 96th pct

Long catch#41 / 557 · 90th pct

Yards / catch#88 / 557 · 84th pct

16.7

Rush yards#88 / 273 · 68th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.5	117	17.7	0.5
Road7g	8.1	126	15.6	0.9

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.3	136	16.3	1.0
Weeks 8+7g	6.6	110	16.7	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

Pass share

47.6%

503 pass / 554 run

Plays / game

81.3

13 games

Team sack rate

6.0%

537 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

98 · #2 of 468 WRs · 2021

Two-star recruit. Now #2 at the position.

Deven Thompkins

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

Utah State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Utah State

Moves

2018 10 games

2021 13 games