Senior tight end for New Mexico State. 2023: 11 catches, 119 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′4″ · 250 lb · Narragansett, RI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 82 nationally · Joined New Mexico State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for New Mexico State. 2023: 11 catches, 119 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Thomaz Whitford
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Thomaz Whitford has been at New Mexico State through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 22 rec yds, 2 receptions against UTEP — Week 8, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico State, 407 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Doug Martin → Jerry Kill. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.3 | 14.8 | 12.1 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 13.8 | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
107 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | New Mexico State | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico State | 12 | 82 | 6.8 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 19 | 206 | 10.8 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 42 | 407 | 9.7 | 6 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 17-33@ Liberty | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-17@ New Mexico | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-20@ Hawai'i | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-17vs Florida International | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-13vs Sam Houston | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-7@ UTEP | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 2 | 16 | Season-high 22 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 31-10@ Auburn | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-17vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 14 | L 35-49@ Liberty | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 11 | 119 | 11.4 | 2 | 20 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Andrew Bench’s 2022 season.
Matches Andrew on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Zach Horton's junior season at Indiana (2024).
Matches Zach on
Player DNA