Senior running back for Penn State. 2018: 87 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
5′11″ · 221 lb · Peabody, MA
The story
4 running back for Penn State. 2018: 87 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJohnathan Thomas
He has spent three seasons in the Penn State backfield. One game to point at: 84 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Kent State — Week 3, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 129 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under James Franklin.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under James Franklin — 27-12 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (100th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 21.8 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 28.0 | 14.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Penn State | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Penn State | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 18 | 129 | 7.2 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2018
W 22–10
vs Wisconsin
1 rush yds (1 car)
With T. McSorley — 160 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.0 · 9 rush yds (11 car) · M. Sanders — 159 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 63-10vs Kent State | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 1 | 69 | Season-high 84 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 63-24@ Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-28@ Indiana | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 22-10vs Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-3vs Maryland | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bowl | L 24-27vs Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 87 | 7.5 | 1 | 69 |