Thayer Thomas

Senior wide receiver for NC State. 2022: 57 catches, 642 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · NC State · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 195 lb · Wake Forest, NC

CFB Index 60 · #133 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceNC State 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for NC State. 2022: 57 catches, 642 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at NC State, 2,455 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 135 yds vs Florida State.Florida State · W 38-222020

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

NC State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Dave Doeren, all balanced offenses — 38-24 over that span.

2018NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2019NC State4-8HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2020NC State8-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #133 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (91st percentile). Strength: receptions (84th percentile). Concern: catch rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#375 / 636 · 41st pct

11.5

TD rate#389 / 636 · 39th pct

4.8%

Explosive rate#395 / 636 · 38th pct

10.8%

EPA / target#456 / 636 · 28th pct

0.50

Catch rate#525 / 636 · 18th pct

67.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#43 / 550 · 91st pct

Receptions#84 / 550 · 84th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 84th pct

Rec yards#130 / 550 · 76th pct

642

Rec TDs#155 / 550 · 66th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#392 / 550 · 28th pct

11.3

Rush yards#268 / 275 · 2nd pct

-7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

48th → 28th percentile

Explosive rate

53rd → 38th percentile

Catch rate

49th → 18th percentile

TD rate

82nd → 39th percentile

Yards / catch

44th → 41st percentile

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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.6	57.9	12.3	0.4
Road5g	4.0	35.8	7.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.9	46.6	11.5	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	5.2	53.8	8.9	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #133 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	NC State	57	642	11.3	4	--
2021	NC State	51	596	11.7	8	--
2020	NC State	42	529	12.6	6	--
2019	NC State	31	334	10.8	3	--
2018	NC State	30	354	11.8	3	--
Career		211	2,455	11.6	24	--

Season	Team
2022	NC State	1	-7	--	128	--
2021	NC State	4	19	--	162	--
2020	NC State	1	-6	44	100	--
2019	NC State	--	--	--	151	1
2018	NC State	1	8	--	132	--
Career		7	14	44	673	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 19–17

vs Florida State

-5 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 3.2

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With S. McDonough — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 57 LONG · J. Houston — 90 rush yds (24 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · UConn · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Devin Leary pass complete to Thayer Thomas for 75 yds for a TD, (Christopher Dunn KICK)
Week 3 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Thayer Thomas pass complete to Demie Sumo-Karngbaye for 38 yds for a TD, (Christopher Dunn KICK)
Week 1 · Maryland · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Ben Finley pass complete to Thayer Thomas for 36 yds to the Mary 27 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Thayer Thomas 35 Yd pass from MJ Morris (Christopher Dunn Kick)
Week 5 · Clemson · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.90Devin Leary pass complete to Thayer Thomas for 24 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Wake Forest · 2&14 · Q4 · EPA +2.90MJ Morris pass complete to Thayer Thomas for 24 yds to the WFrst 28 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Boston College · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.81MJ Morris pass complete to Thayer Thomas for 12 yds to the BC 47 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.80MJ Morris pass complete to Thayer Thomas for 15 yds to the VTech 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · East Carolina · 3&14 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Devin Leary pass complete to Thayer Thomas for 24 yds to the ECaro 12 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.59Thayer Thomas 18 Yd pass from MJ Morris (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 21-20@ East Carolina	4	58	14.5	1	24
Wk 2	W 55-3vs Charleston Southern	2	14	7.0	0	10
Wk 3	W 27-14vs Texas Tech	4	30	7.5	0	11
Wk 4	W 41-10vs UConn	5	115	23.0	1	75
Wk 5	L 20-30@ Clemson	9	84	9.3	0	24
Wk 6	W 19-17vs Florida State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 7	L 9-24@ Syracuse	3	18	6.0	0	8
Wk 9	W 22-21vs Virginia Tech	10	118	11.8	2	35	Season-high 118 yds
Wk 10	W 30-21vs Wake Forest	8	79	9.9	0	24
Wk 11	L 20-21vs Boston College	4	53	13.3	0	23
Wk 12	L 10-25@ Louisville	2	17	8.5	0	11
Wk 13	W 30-27@ North Carolina	2	2	1.0	0	9
Bowl	L 12-16vs Maryland	4	54	13.5	0	36
Total		57	642	10.4	4	75

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

Thayer Thomas

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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