Emanuel Thompson

Wide receiver for Troy. 2017: 38 catches, 420 receiving yards.

WR · Troy · #8

6′1″ · 200 lb · Clayton, AL

Troy 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 wide receiver for Troy. 2017: 38 catches, 420 receiving yards.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Troy, 1,567 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 — put up 117 yds vs Arkansas State.Arkansas State · L 3-352016

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Troy

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014

Larry Blakeney

Troy

2015–2017

Neal Brown

Troy

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Larry Blakeney → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Troy3-9HC: Larry Blakeney · Run-leaning

2015Troy4-8HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2016Troy10-3HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2017Troy11-2HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (7th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#194 / 539 · 64th pct

Rec yards#260 / 539 · 52nd pct

420

Long catch#284 / 539 · 46th pct

Yards / catch#403 / 539 · 25th pct

11.1

Rec TDs#460 / 539 · 7th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.5	43.5	11.7	0.0
Road5g	3.4	31.8	9.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	42.2	10.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	33.4	11.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Troy	38	420	11.1	0	--
2016	Troy	80	820	10.2	6	--
2015	Troy	28	299	10.7	3	--
2014	Troy	3	28	9.3	0	--
Career		149	1,567	10.5	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2017

W 24–21

at LSU

3 rec · 43 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With J. Chunn — 191 rush yds (30 car) · 1 TD · T. Sumpter — 40 AVG · 48 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-24@ Boise State	4	25	6.3	10
Wk 2	W 34-7vs Alabama State	4	33	8.3	12
Wk 3	W 27-24@ New Mexico State	6	51	8.5	17
Wk 4	W 22-17vs Akron	3	34	11.3	16
Wk 5	W 24-21@ LSU	3	43	14.3	17
Wk 7	L 8-19vs South Alabama	6	67	11.2	19
Wk 8	W 34-10@ Georgia State	2	24	12.0	14
Wk 9	W 38-16vs Georgia Southern	2	11	5.5	6
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Idaho	2	19	9.5	10
Wk 11	W 42-17@ Coastal Carolina	2	16	8.0	13
Wk 13	W 62-9vs Texas State	4	97	24.3	48	Season-high 97 yds
Total		38	420	10.8	48

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

Emanuel Thompson

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

DNA match

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