Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/27Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (3.7%).
Kevaris Thomas
Kevaris Thomas: QB · Western Kentucky · #8.
Kevaris Thomas
Played for two head coaches at Western Kentucky: Mike Sanford Jr. and Tyson Helton. A game that shows it: 162 passing yards and 2 passing TD against UAB — Week 7, 2020.
Style of play
Style of play
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 37 | 70 | 52.9% | 369 | 5.3 | 3 | 2 | 105.6 | 34 |
| 2019 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 150.4 | -- |
| 2018 | Western Kentucky | -- | 1 | 0.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 38 | 72 | 52.8% | 375 | 5.2 | 3 | 2 | 104.7 | 34 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 24 | 29 | 1.2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2019 | Western Kentucky | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Career | 30 | 47 | 1.6 | 2 | 13 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 3 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | L 14-38vs Marshall | 9/18 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 8.2 | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-37@ UAB | 16/35 | 162 | 2 | 2 | 4.6 | — | Season-high 162 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 13-10vs Chattanooga | 12/17 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | — | |
| Total | 37/70 | 369 | 3 | 2 | 5.3 | — |
Signature game
Week 6 · 2020
L 14-38
vs Marshall
148 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 30 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD
With J. Haggerty — 41.3 yards per punt · 6 punts · 49 long · X. Lane — 4 rec · 74 yds
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 8 · Chattanooga · 2nd and 18 · Q2 · EPA −3.65Kevaris Thomas run for a loss of 8 yards to the Chatt 20 Kevaris Thomas fumbled, forced by Jay Person, recovered by Chatt Ty Boeck
- Week 6 · Marshall · 4th and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.28Kevaris Thomas run for 13 yds to the Marsh 48 for a
- Week 6 · Marshall · 4th and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.91Kevaris Thomas pass complete to Mitchell Tinsley for 8 yds to the 50 yard line for a
- Week 7 · UAB · 4th and 6 · Q4 · EPA −2.81Kevaris Thomas sacked by Fish McWilliams for a loss of 8 yards to the UAB 33
- Week 6 · Marshall · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.72Kevaris Thomas pass complete to Dalvin Smith for 26 yds for a TD (Brayden Narveson KICK)
- Week 7 · UAB · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Kevaris Thomas pass complete to Joshua Simon for 6 yds for a TD (Brayden Narveson KICK)
4 more plays
- Week 6 · Marshall · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.41Kevaris Thomas pass complete to Xavier Lane for 51 yds to the Marsh 6 for a
- Week 6 · Marshall · 2nd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.07Kevaris Thomas run for 2 yds for a TD (Brayden Narveson KICK)
- Week 7 · UAB · 1st and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.05Kevaris Thomas pass complete to Mitchell Tinsley for 6 yds for a TD (Brayden Narveson KICK)
- Week 7 · UAB · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.01Kevaris Thomas pass complete to Dayton Wade for 18 yds to the UAB 29 for a
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
70 of 70 attempts matched to play-by-play
Adjusted ANY/A
3.97151 of 171 QBsSack rate
7.9%127 of 171 QBsSacked on 7.9% of dropbacks (127 of 171) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (151 of 171).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 yds57%of completions
21 comp4.6 yds avg2 TD
Middle
10–19 yds35%of completions
13 comp12.8 yds avg
Deep
20+ yds8%of completions
3 comp34.0 yds avg1 TD
Overall 52.9% completion on 70 attempts · 57% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Teams and coaches
2018Western Kentucky3-9HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced
2019Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced
2020Western Kentucky5-7HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 104 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 162 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 2.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 155 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 59.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
49.3%
369 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
68.0
11 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2020
70 pass attempts and 24 carries in 3 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Three seasons at Western Kentucky
- 2020 Western Kentucky HeltonYear 3 · 3 games
- 2019 Western Kentucky HeltonYear 2 · 1 game
- 2018 Western Kentucky Jr.Year 1 · 3 games
- High school LakelandLakeland, FL · Class of 2018Three-star, No. 704 in the 2018 class. Signed with Western Kentucky.Also from Lakeland: Cormani McClain (Florida), Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy (South Carolina), Gernorris Wilson (Oregon) and 16 more.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Kentucky, 375 passing yards — the college career is complete.
2018 3 games
- Signed with Western KentuckyThree-star, out of Lakeland
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
2 coaches2018
Mike Sanford Jr.
Western Kentucky
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Tyson Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.