#82

Thomas Sperbeck

Wide receiver for Boise State. 2016: 80 catches, 1,272 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Boise State · #82

6′0″ · Carmichael, CA

Boise State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1508 nationally · Signed with Boise State

Statement game20 rec · 281 ydsvs New Mexico (FBS) · L 24-31

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Boise State. 2016: 80 catches, 1,272 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boise State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Boise State, 3,561 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 281 yds vs New Mexico.New Mexico · L 24-312015

2013

Signed with Boise State3-star out of Jesuit

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1508 national

CFB

College

Boise State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Bryan Harsin

Boise State

Played his entire career under Bryan Harsin.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Bryan Harsin — 31-9 over that span.

2014Boise State12-2HC: Bryan Harsin · Run-leaning

2015Boise State9-4HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Boise State10-3HC: Bryan Harsin · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (96th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#14 / 524 · 97th pct

1272

Receptions#23 / 524 · 96th pct

Rec TDs#35 / 524 · 92nd pct

Yards / catch#110 / 524 · 79th pct

15.9

Rush yards#61 / 257 · 76th pct

Long catch#216 / 524 · 58th pct

Rush TDs#56 / 257 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#182 / 216 · 9th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.5	74.0	12.9	0.7
Road7g	6.7	118	18.3	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.6	111	16.7	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	5.7	82.0	14.7	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Boise State	80	1,272	15.9	9	--
2015	Boise State	88	1,412	16.0	8	--
2014	Boise State	51	877	17.2	3	--
Career		219	3,561	16.3	20	--

Season	Team
2016	Boise State	11	53	--	--	--
2015	Boise State	5	42	--	--	--
2014	Boise State	2	11	--	--	--
Career		18	106	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2016

W 28–27

vs BYU

9 rec · 109 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With B. Rypien — 442 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 52.6 · -15 rush yds (4 car) · J. McNichols — 140 rush yds (30 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week