Justin Thomas: QB · Georgia Tech · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Justin Thomas
Runs when the pocket breaks down. Third year in the same quarterback room at Georgia Tech. A game that shows it: 264 passing yards and 195 rushing yards against Duke — Week 9, 2016.
Play style
Dangerous with both arm and legs — defenses can't just pin the ears back.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
45.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 23.1% conversion-per-dropback — 43.8% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (10.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Georgia Tech | 79 | 148 | 53.4% | 1,559 | 10.5 | 8 | 2 | 157.0 | 80 |
| 2015 | Georgia Tech | 75 | 180 | 41.7% | 1,345 | 7.5 | 13 | 8 | 119.4 | 47 |
| 2014 | Georgia Tech | 96 | 187 | 51.3% | 1,719 | 9.2 | 18 | 6 | 153.9 | 76 |
| Career | 250 | 515 | 48.5% | 4,623 | 9.0 | 39 | 16 | 142.7 | 67 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Georgia Tech | 137 | 604 | 4.4 | 6 | 82 |
| 2015 | Georgia Tech | 145 | 488 | 3.4 | 6 | 60 |
| 2014 | Georgia Tech | 190 | 1,086 | 5.7 | 8 | 65 |
| Career | 472 | 2,178 | 4.6 | 20 | 82 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-14vs Boston College | 8/15 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 66.4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-10vs Mercer | 5/10 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 97.8 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Vanderbilt | 6/13 | 136 | 1 | 0 | 10.5 | 77.2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-26vs No. 5 Clemson | 4/13 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 5.7 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-35vs No. 14 Miami | 11/19 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 4.9 | 9.8 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-37@ Pittsburgh | 7/10 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 89.8 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-24vs Georgia Southern | 7/11 | 172 | 1 | 0 | 15.6 | 95.5 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-35vs Duke | 10/14 | 264 | 2 | 0 | 18.9 | 99.8 | Season-high 264 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 20-48@ No. 18 North Carolina | 4/9 | 144 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 55.8 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-17vs Virginia | 5/10 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 12.2 | 24.3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-27@ Georgia | 6/10 | 164 | 0 | 1 | 16.4 | 42.7 | |
 Bowl | W 33-18vs Kentucky | 6/14 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 69.6 | |
| Total | 79/148 | 1559 | 8 | 2 | 10.5 | — |
Week 9 · 2016
W 38-35
vs Duke
264 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 195 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD
Edged out Duke at home in a shootout.
With R. Rodwell — 48.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 49 long · C. Lynch — 3 rec · 91 yds · 2 TD · 15 rush yds (5 car)
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 147 passing plays (78 completions) against the box score's 148 attempts (79 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
9.818 of 193 QBsSack rate
6.9%129 of 193 QBsSacked on 6.9% of dropbacks (129 of 193) — and still 8 of 193 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 53.4% completion on 148 attempts · 27 deep completions averaging 39.7 yds.
3 seasons under Paul Johnson — 23-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 128 | 0.9 | 10.3 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 146 | 0.7 | 15.1 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 108 | 0.5 | 8.7 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 174 | 1.0 | 15.9 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Johnson
Pass share
21.0%
159 pass / 597 run
Plays / game
58.2
13 games
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
148 pass attempts and 137 carries in 12 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Tech, 4,623 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Paul Johnson.
