Jordan Thomas

#83 · TE · Mississippi State6′5″ · 280 lb · Sumrall, MS

Jordan Thomas: TE · Mississippi State · #83.

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Jordan Thomas

TE · Mississippi State · #83

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Second year in the Mississippi State receiving corps. One game to point at: 65 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Ole Miss — Week 13, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

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

Mississippi State in the news

Kamario Taylor out for seasonOct 27
Students rally for Nolan WellsOct 21
Billy Puckett named QB1The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Mississippi State	22	263	12.0	3	29
2016	Mississippi State	9	48	5.3	1	13
Career		31	311	10.0	4	29

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-0vs Charleston Southern	2	18	9.0	0	12
Wk 2	W 57-21@ Louisiana Tech	2	25	12.5	1	17
Wk 3	W 37-7vs No. 12 LSU	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 5	L 10-49@ No. 13 Auburn	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 7	W 35-10vs BYU	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 8	W 45-7vs Kentucky	3	28	9.3	1	10
Wk 9	W 35-14@ Texas A&M	1	10	10.0	1	10
Wk 10	W 34-23vs Massachusetts	2	20	10.0	0	15
Wk 11	L 24-31vs No. 1 Alabama	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 12	W 28-21@ Arkansas	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 13	L 28-31vs Ole Miss	4	65	16.3	0	24	Season-high 65 yds
Bowl	W 31-27vs Louisville	2	36	18.0	0	29
Total		22	263	12.0	3	29

Signature game

Week 8 · 2017

W 45-7

vs Kentucky

3 rec · 28 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 38-point win at home against Kentucky.

With N. Fitzgerald — 155 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.0 · 115 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · K. Thompson — 65 rush yds (4 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Fitzgerald to Thomas: a 10-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Kentucky · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Jordan Thomas for 10 yds for a TD, (Jace Christmann KICK)
Week 12 · Arkansas · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.60Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Jordan Thomas for 13 yds to the Ark 35 for a
Week 2 · Louisiana Tech · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.58Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Jordan Thomas for 17 yds for a TD, (Tucker Day PAT BLOCKED)
Week 13 · Ole Miss · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.17Keytaon Thompson pass complete to Jordan Thomas for 24 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 13 · Ole Miss · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.16Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Jordan Thomas for 12 yds to the MisSt 47 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Charleston Southern · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.84Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Jordan Thomas for 12 yds to the MisSt 34 for a
Week 10 · Massachusetts · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.84Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Jordan Thomas for 15 yds to the MisSt 37 for a
Week 1 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.63Keytaon Thompson pass complete to Jordan Thomas for 29 yds to the Lvile 27 for a
Week 13 · Ole Miss · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +0.53Keytaon Thompson pass complete to Jordan Thomas for 9 yds to the Miss 20 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Dan Mullen — 15-11 over that span.

2016Mississippi State6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

2017Mississippi State9-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / target (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#234 / 709 · 67th pct

6.2%

Yards / catch#438 / 709 · 38th pct

11.4

Explosive rate#455 / 709 · 36th pct

9.4%

Catch rate#485 / 709 · 31st pct

62.5%

EPA / target#521 / 709 · 27th pct

0.35

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#30 / 96 · 59th pct

Yards / catch#42 / 96 · 57th pct

12.0

Receptions#51 / 96 · 44th pct

Rec yards#58 / 96 · 40th pct

263

Fumbles lost#12 / 27 · 31st pct

Long catch#69 / 96 · 28th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.1	24.9	11.6	0.1
Road4g	1.2	13.2	10.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	17.2	9.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	26.7	13.8	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Dan Mullen

Pass share

36.2%

353 pass / 623 run

Plays / game

75.1

13 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

380 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

22 catches in 12 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Jordan Thomas

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

22 catches in 12 games

Two seasons at Mississippi State, drafted

Moves

2016 6 games

2018