#13

Deven Thompkins

Junior wide receiver for Utah State. 2021: 102 catches, 1,704 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Utah State · Jr. · #13

5′7″ · 160 lb · Fort Myers, FL

CFB Index 98 · #2 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamUtah State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 3555 nationally · Signed with Utah State

Statement game9 rec · 215 yds · 2 TDat New Mexico State (FBS) · W 35-13

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Thompkins for Heisman.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 4His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Utah State. 2021: 102 catches, 1,704 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Utah State in 2018.
Transferred from Utah State to Utah State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Utah State, 2,519 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201810 games

Signed with Utah State2-star out of Dunbar

202113 games

Entered the portal
All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3555 national

CFB

College

Utah State

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

4 coaches

2018

Matt Wells

Utah State

2019

Gary Andersen

Utah State

era →

2020

Frank Maile

Utah State

era →

2021

Blake Anderson

Utah State

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Matt Wells, Gary Andersen, Frank Maile, and Blake Anderson. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Utah State11-2HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2019Utah State7-6HC: Gary Andersen · Balanced

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

98All-America level #2 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 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

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

98 · #2 of 468 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 48–24

vs North Dakota

8 rec · 172 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against North Dakota.

With L. Bonner — 390 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 38.1 · 14 rush yds (10 car) · A. Peasley — 14 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.9 · 59 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Air Force · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +6.93Deven Thompkins 72 Yd pass from Andrew Peasley (Andrew Peasley Run for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 2 · North Dakota · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 75 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 1 · Oregon State · 1&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 · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.18Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 54 yds for a TD, (Connor Coles KICK)
Week 7 · UNLV · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.91Deven Thompkins 37 Yd pass from Logan Bonner (Connor Coles Kick)
Week 11 · San José State · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +3.88Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 53 yds to the SJSt 17 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · New Mexico State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.58Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 51 yds to the NMxSt 42 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Colorado State · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.56Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 34 yds to the ColSt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Washington State · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.49Andrew Peasley pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 45 yds to the WshSt 1 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UNLV · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.46Logan Bonner pass complete to Deven Thompkins for 31 yds to the UNLV 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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@ San Diego State	9	46	5.1	0	9
Total		96	1589	16.6	9	75

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

Deven Thompkins

201810 games

202113 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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DNA match

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