Justin Thomas

Quarterback for Georgia Tech. 2016: 1,559 passing yards, 8 TD, 2 INT.

QB · Georgia Tech · #5

5′11″ · Prattville, AL

Georgia Tech 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 145 nationally · Signed with Georgia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 quarterback for Georgia Tech. 2016: 1,559 passing yards, 8 TD, 2 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia Tech in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia Tech, 4,623 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Georgia Tech4-star out of Prattville

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#145 national

CFB

College

Georgia Tech

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

Played his entire career under Paul Johnson.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Paul Johnson — 23-16 over that span.

2014Georgia Tech11-3HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

2015Georgia Tech3-9HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

2016Georgia Tech9-4HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / att (98th percentile). Strength: interceptions (94th percentile). Concern: completion % (17th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / att#4 / 167 · 98th pct

10.5

Interceptions#4 / 167 · 94th pct

Rush yards#17 / 167 · 90th pct

604

Rush TDs#36 / 167 · 77th pct

Fumbles lost#69 / 163 · 45th pct

Pass yards#104 / 167 · 38th pct

1559

Pass TDs#117 / 167 · 25th pct

Completion %#139 / 167 · 17th pct

53.4%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	128	0.9	10.3	0.1
Road5g	132	0.4	12.2	0.2

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Georgia Tech	79	148	53.4%	1,559	10.5	8	2	157.0	--	--	--
2015	Georgia Tech	75	180	41.7%	1,345	7.5	13	8	119.4	--	--	--
2014	Georgia Tech	96	187	51.3%	1,719	9.2	18	6	153.9	--	--	--
Career		250	515	48.5%	4,623	9.0	39	16	142.7	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Georgia Tech	137	604	4.4	6	--
2015	Georgia Tech	145	488	3.4	6	--
2014	Georgia Tech	190	1,086	5.7	8	--
Career		472	2,178	4.6	20	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week