#15

Leroy Thomas

Senior wide receiver for Western Michigan. 2023: 36 catches, 401 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Western Michigan · Sr. · #15

5′11″ · 180 lb · Roanoke, VA

CFB Index 43 · #266 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceWestern Michigan 2023 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Western Michigan. 2023: 36 catches, 401 receiving yards, 2 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Western Michigan, 401 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 87 yds at Northern Illinois.Northern Illinois · L 0-242023

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Western Michigan

2023

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Western Michigan4-8HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

43Rotational starter #266 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (83rd percentile). Concern: catch rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#429 / 639 · 33rd pct

10.7

Explosive rate#434 / 639 · 31st pct

10.0%

TD rate#520 / 639 · 19th pct

2.0%

EPA / target#543 / 639 · 15th pct

0.40

Catch rate#559 / 639 · 12th pct

68.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#50 / 294 · 83rd pct

Receptions#217 / 566 · 61st pct

Rec yards#273 / 566 · 52nd pct

401

Rec TDs#267 / 566 · 43rd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Long catch#365 / 566 · 35th pct

Yards / catch#409 / 566 · 27th pct

11.1

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 this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.8	27.8	8.5	0.2
Road7g	3.1	37.4	10.7	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	19.6	7.8	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	52.8	12.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #266 of 497 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Western Michigan	36	401	11.1	2	--
Career		36	401	11.1	2	--

Season	Team
2023	Western Michigan	7	39	115	--	--
Career		7	39	115	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 35–17

vs Saint Francis

1 rec · 4 yds

With J. Buckley — 194 rush yds (30 car) · 1 TD · J. Salopek — 170 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.5 · 36 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Central Michigan · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.12Leroy Thomas 41 Yd pass from Hayden Wolff (Palmer Domschke Kick)
Week 6 · Mississippi State · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +3.76Hayden Wolff pass complete to Leroy Thomas for 25 yds for a TD (Palmer Domschke KICK)
Week 12 · Northern Illinois · 3&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.35Hayden Wolff pass complete to Leroy Thomas for 32 yds to the WMU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Mississippi State · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.05Jack Salopek pass complete to Leroy Thomas for 28 yds to the MSST 45 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.83Hayden Wolff pass complete to Leroy Thomas for 19 yds to the WMU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.66Hayden Wolff pass complete to Leroy Thomas for 33 yds to the WMU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Ohio · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.28Hayden Wolff pass complete to Leroy Thomas for 26 yds to the OHIO 30 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Ohio · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.06Hayden Wolff pass complete to Leroy Thomas for 11 yds to the WMU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Miami (OH) · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +1.45Treyson Bourguet pass complete to Leroy Thomas for 10 yds to the M-OH 43 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Eastern Michigan · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +1.43Leroy Thomas run for 18 yds to the EMU 3 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-17vs Saint Francis	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 2	L 7-48@ Syracuse	3	11	3.7	0	7
Wk 3	L 10-41@ Iowa	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 4	L 31-49@ Toledo	2	20	10.0	0	17
Wk 5	W 42-24vs Ball State	2	8	4.0	0	5
Wk 6	L 28-41@ Mississippi State	3	61	20.3	1	28
Wk 7	L 21-34vs Miami (OH)	4	27	6.8	0	11
Wk 8	L 17-20@ Ohio	6	68	11.3	0	26
Wk 9	W 45-21@ Eastern Michigan	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 11	W 38-28vs Central Michigan	4	70	17.5	1	41
Wk 12	L 0-24@ Northern Illinois	6	87	14.5	0	33	Season-high 87 yds
Wk 13	L 10-34vs Bowling Green	3	30	10.0	0	19
Total		36	401	9.8	2	41

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Leroy Thomas

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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