Tyquan Thornton

#9 · WR · Jr. · Baylor6′3″ · 180 lb · Miami, FL · Booker T. Washington

Tyquan Thornton: WR · Baylor · #9.

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Tyquan Thornton

WR · Baylor · Jr · #9

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Baylor. The first career honor came in 2021: All-Big 12. On tape: 187 receiving yards and 8 receptions against West Virginia, Week 6, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Baylor in the news

Baylor sues ex-player for breachOct 31
Brett Yormark leaves Big 12Oct 30
Baylor sues former player for NIL buyout breachOct 30
Baylor fires head coach Dave ArandaKWTX Oct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Baylor	62	948	15.3	10	75
2020	Baylor	16	158	9.9	1	25
2019	Baylor	45	782	17.4	5	78
2018	Baylor	20	354	17.7	3	41
Career		143	2,242	15.7	19	78

Season	Team
2021	Baylor	1	−11	45
2020	Baylor	--	--	10
2019	Baylor	--	--	--
2018	Baylor	2	2	83
Career		3	−9	138

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 29-20@ Texas State	5	46	9.2	0	13
Wk 2	W 66-7vs Texas Southern	5	103	20.6	2	48	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 45-7@ Kansas	3	31	10.3	0	12
Wk 4	W 31-29vs No. 14 Iowa State	3	44	14.7	1	21
Wk 5	L 14-24@ No. 19 Oklahoma State	3	52	17.3	0	44
Wk 6	W 45-20vs West Virginia	8	187	23.4	2	75	Season-high 187 yds
Wk 7	W 38-24vs No. 19 BYU	5	84	16.8	0	45
Wk 9	W 31-24vs Texas	5	54	10.8	0	23
Wk 10	L 28-30@ TCU	5	121	24.2	2	49	2 TD catches
Wk 11	W 27-14vs No. 4 Oklahoma	4	41	10.3	1	12
Wk 12	W 20-10@ Kansas State	5	75	15.0	0	28
Wk 13	W 27-24vs Texas Tech	4	37	9.3	0	15
Wk 14	W 21-16vs No. 5 Oklahoma State	6	71	11.8	1	21
Total		61	946	15.5	9	75

Signature game

Week 6 · 2021

W 45-20

vs West Virginia

8 rec · 187 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 25-point win at home against West Virginia.

With G. Bohannon — 336 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.0 · I. Power — 47.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · West Virginia · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.78Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 75 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 2 · Texas Southern · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.69Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 48 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 10 · TCU · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.54Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 49 yds to the TCU 31 for a
Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 3rd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +3.33Blake Shapen pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 13 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 10 · TCU · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 41 yds to the TCU 1 for a
Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA −3.02Tyquan Thornton sacked by Jason Taylor II for a loss of 11 yards to the OKSt 45 BAYLOR Penalty, Intentional Grounding (Tyquan Thornton) to the OKSt 45

4 more plays

Week 5 · Oklahoma State · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.78Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 44 yds to the OKSt 21 for a
Week 4 · Iowa State · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.64Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 21 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 2 · Texas Southern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 18 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 6 · West Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.52Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 11 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)

Teams and coaches

2018Baylor7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Baylor11-3HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2020Baylor2-7HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced

2021Baylor12-2HC: Dave Aranda · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 76 (#44 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

76All-Conference level #44 of 468 · 2021?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (81st percentile). Strength: td rate (80th percentile). Concern: catch rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#128 / 655 · 81st pct

15.2

TD rate#130 / 655 · 80th pct

10.4%

Explosive rate#322 / 655 · 51st pct

13.5%

EPA / target#334 / 655 · 49th pct

0.64

Catch rate#542 / 655 · 17th pct

64.6%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#19 / 557 · 96th pct

Rec yards#44 / 557 · 92nd pct

948

Long catch#41 / 557 · 90th pct

Receptions#60 / 557 · 89th pct

Yards / catch#136 / 557 · 75th pct

15.3

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Rush yards#272 / 273 · 0th pct

-11

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 in 2021. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.9	78.6	15.1	0.9
Road5g	4.2	65.0	15.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.6	78.1	16.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	66.5	13.6	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

Pass share

39.7%

365 pass / 555 run

Plays / game

70.8

13 games

Team sack rate

4.8%

395 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

76 · #44 of 468 WRs · 2021

Former four-star. Now #44 at the position.

Tyquan Thornton

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at Baylor, drafted

2018 10 games

2021 13 games

2022