Jeff Thomas

#4 · WR · Jr. · Miami5′10″ · 170 lb · East Saint Louis, IL

Jeff Thomas: WR · Miami · #4.

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Jeff Thomas

WR · Miami · Jr · #4

Moves the chains on third down. The three seasons at Miami span two head coaches: Mark Richt and Manny Diaz. One game to point at: 124 receiving yards and 8 rushing yards against Virginia Tech — Week 6, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Miami in the news

Kenton Dopson reclassifies to 2026Nov 2
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Former Miami Hurricanes Hall of Famer diedYardbarker Oct 25
2027 LB Aston Whiteside flips to MiamiOct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Miami	31	379	12.2	3	39
2018	Miami	35	563	16.1	3	67
2017	Miami	17	374	22.0	2	78
Career		83	1,316	15.9	8	78

Season	Team
2019	Miami	7	41	268	44	--
2018	Miami	1	19	260	221	1
2017	Miami	1	4	691	--	--
Career		9	64	1,219	265	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-24vs No. 8 Florida	2	28	14.0	0	18
Wk 2	L 25-28@ North Carolina	7	51	7.3	0	12
Wk 3	W 63-0vs Bethune-Cookman	3	24	8.0	0	12
Wk 4	W 17-12vs Central Michigan	3	29	9.7	0	19
Wk 6	L 35-42vs Virginia Tech	6	124	20.7	2	39	Season-high 124 yds
Wk 7	W 17-9vs No. 20 Virginia	3	14	4.7	0	10
Wk 10	W 27-10@ Florida State	4	84	21.0	1	39
Wk 11	W 52-27vs Louisville	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 13	L 24-30@ Florida International	2	22	11.0	0	19
Wk 14	L 17-27@ Duke	—	—	—	—	—
Total		31	379	12.2	3	39

Signature game

Week 6 · 2019

L 35-42

vs Virginia Tech

6 rec · 124 yds · 2 TD

With N. Perry — 422 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 64.5 · L. Hedley — 48.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 57 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Florida State · 2nd and 14 · Q1 · EPA +4.42Jarren Williams pass complete to Jeff Thomas for 39 yds for a TD (Camden Price KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +3.85Perry to Thomas: a 25-yard pass.
Week 13 · Florida International · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +3.21Jarren Williams pass complete to Jeff Thomas for 19 yds to the FlaIn 35 for a
Week 6 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.10N'Kosi Perry pass complete to Jeff Thomas for 39 yds to the VTech 45 for a
Week 1 · Florida · 3rd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +2.86Jarren Williams pass complete to Jeff Thomas for 18 yds to the MiaFl 44 for a
Week 2 · North Carolina · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.81Jarren Williams pass complete to Jeff Thomas for 12 yds to the NCaro 43 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54N'Kosi Perry pass complete to Jeff Thomas for 13 yds for a TD, (Bubba Baxa KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia Tech · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.25N'Kosi Perry pass complete to Jeff Thomas for 18 yds to the VTech 40 for a
Week 4 · Central Michigan · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA −2.00Jarren Williams pass complete to Jeff Thomas for 4 yds to the MiaFl 43 MIAMI FL Penalty, illegal block (Mike Harley) to the MiaFl 28
Week 6 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.88N'Kosi Perry pass complete to Jeff Thomas for 26 yds to the VTech 35 for a

Teams and coaches

2017Miami10-3HC: Mark Richt · Balanced

2018Miami7-6HC: Mark Richt · Run-leaning

2019Miami6-7HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (29th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#347 / 728 · 52nd pct

69.8%

TD rate#400 / 728 · 45th pct

4.7%

EPA / target#409 / 728 · 44th pct

0.50

Yards / catch#412 / 728 · 43rd pct

11.8

Explosive rate#484 / 728 · 33rd pct

9.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#77 / 283 · 73rd pct

Rec TDs#219 / 556 · 54th pct

Receptions#265 / 556 · 51st pct

Rec yards#295 / 556 · 47th pct

379

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#340 / 556 · 39th pct

12.2

Long catch#388 / 556 · 29th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

81st → 44th percentile

Explosive rate

91st → 33rd percentile

Catch rate

60th → 52nd percentile

TD rate

39th → 45th percentile

Yards / catch

85th → 43rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. 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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.2	38.8	9.2	0.4
Road4g	3.2	39.2	13.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	45.0	10.7	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	27.2	11.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

Pass share

52.2%

436 pass / 400 run

Plays / game

64.3

13 games

Team sack rate

10.4%

499 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

31 catches and 7 carries in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Jeff Thomas

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Career stats

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

31 catches and 7 carries in 10 games

Three seasons at Miami

2017 13 games