Thomas Hennigan

Senior wide receiver for App State. 2021: 60 catches, 823 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · App State · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 210 lb · Greensboro, NC

CFB Index 71 · #55 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceApp State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1442 nationally · Signed with App State

Statement game5 rec · 99 yds · 4 TDvs Louisiana (FBS) · W 63-14

Top 0.1% receiving TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for App State. 2021: 60 catches, 823 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to App State in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at App State, 3,114 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 140 yds at Troy.Troy · W 48-132019

201712 games

Signed with App State3-star out of Northwest Guilford

202011 games

All-Sun Beltthird

202113 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1442 national

CFB

College

App State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017–2018

Scott Satterfield

App State

2019

Eli Drinkwitz

App State

era →

2020–2021

Shawn Clark

App State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017App State9-4HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2018App State11-2HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2019App State13-1HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

2020App State9-3HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

71Quality starter #55 of 468?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (94th percentile). Strength: catch rate (82nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#42 / 655 · 94th pct

1.14

Catch rate#119 / 655 · 82nd pct

85.5%

Yards / catch#253 / 655 · 61st pct

13.4

TD rate#265 / 655 · 60th pct

7.2%

Explosive rate#335 / 655 · 48th pct

13.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#62 / 557 · 89th pct

823

Receptions#69 / 557 · 88th pct

Rec TDs#71 / 557 · 84th pct

Long catch#99 / 557 · 82nd pct

Yards / catch#241 / 557 · 56th pct

13.7

Fumbles lost#198 / 223 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.1	65.0	17.6	0.4
Road6g	4.3	53.5	12.3	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	58.5	13.5	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	4.3	60.7	16.6	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #55 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #55 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	App State	60	823	13.7	6	--
2020	App State	47	616	13.1	3	--
2019	App State	60	763	12.7	6	--
2018	App State	29	327	11.3	1	--
2017	App State	45	585	13.0	7	--
Career		241	3,114	12.9	23	--

Season	Team
2021	App State	--	--	110	78	--
2020	App State	--	--	71	45	--
2019	App State	1	4	28	161	--
2018	App State	--	--	121	104	1
2017	App State	--	--	82	99	--
Career		1	4	412	487	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2021

W 30–27

vs Coastal Carolina

1 rec · 23 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Brice — 347 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.4 · 34 rush yds (5 car) · M. Williams — 8 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.52Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 68 yds for a TD (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 14 · Louisiana · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.55Thomas Hennigan 24 Yd pass from Chase Brice (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 1 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.07Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 68 yds to the ECaro 18 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.68Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 25 yds to the GeoSo 37 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · South Alabama · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.24Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 14 yds for a TD (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 12 · Troy · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 42 yds to the Troy 20 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Louisiana · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 14 yds to the LaLaf 36 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 34 yds for a TD, (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 10 · Arkansas State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.89Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 13 yds to the ArkSt 39 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Marshall · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.64Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 18 yds to the Marsh 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 33-19vs East Carolina	4	114	28.5	1	68
Wk 2	L 23-25@ Miami	3	28	9.3	0	11
Wk 3	W 44-10vs Elon	3	18	6.0	0	7
Wk 4	W 31-30vs Marshall	9	123	13.7	0	28	Season-high 123 yds
Wk 5	W 45-16@ Georgia State	4	43	10.8	0	14
Wk 7	L 13-41@ Louisiana	2	25	12.5	0	18
Wk 8	W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina	1	23	23.0	0	23
Wk 9	W 59-28vs UL Monroe	4	29	7.3	0	11
Wk 10	W 48-14@ Arkansas State	4	69	17.3	1	34
Wk 11	W 31-7vs South Alabama	5	37	7.4	1	14
Wk 12	W 45-7@ Troy	7	85	12.1	1	42
Wk 13	W 27-3vs Georgia Southern	3	111	37.0	1	68
Wk 14	L 16-24@ Louisiana	6	71	11.8	1	24
Total		55	776	15.1	6	68

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

Thomas Hennigan

201712 games

202011 games

202113 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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