Former tight end at Indiana. 2017: 25 catches, 376 receiving yards, 5 TD.
6′5″ · 248 lb · Baltimore, MD
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 198 nationally · Joined Indiana
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at Indiana. 2017: 25 catches, 376 receiving yards, 5 TD.
Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas has been at Indiana through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 93 rec yds, 4 receptions against Rutgers — Week 12, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Indiana, 404 receiving yards — drafted at #101 overall by Carolina.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Wilson → Tom Allen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
CarolinaEntering 9th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: long catch (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (85th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 47.6 | 17.3 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 34.5 | 9.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 52.0 | 16.4 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 29.0 | 10.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017
W 34–17
at Virginia
4 rec · 31 yds
With H. Whitehead — 43 AVG · 56 LONG · 7 NO · P. Ramsey — 173 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.6 · 32 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-49vs Ohio State | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 2 | 25 | 2 TD catches |
| Wk 2 | W 34-17@ Virginia | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-17vs Georgia Southern | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 1 | 71 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-45@ Penn State | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 0 | 54 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-27vs Michigan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | L 39-42@ Maryland | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-45vs Wisconsin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-14@ Illinois | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-0vs Rutgers | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 1 | 57 | Season-high 93 yds |
| Total | 25 | 376 | 13.7 | 5 | 71 |