Tyquan Thornton

Former wide receiver at Baylor. 2021: 62 catches, 948 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Baylor · Jr. · #9

6′3″ · 180 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 76 · #44 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceNew England — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 18, #50 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 322 nationally · Signed with Baylor

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Baylor. 2021: 62 catches, 948 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Baylor in 2018.
Drafted round 2 by the New England in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Baylor, 2,242 receiving yards — drafted at #50 overall by New England.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 187 yds vs West Virginia.West Virginia · W 45-202021

201810 games

Signed with Baylor4-star out of Booker T. Washington

202113 games

All-Big 12second

2022

Drafted by New Englandround 2, pick 50

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#322 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #50

New England · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2019

Matt Rhule

Baylor

2020–2021

Dave Aranda

Baylor

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 5th NFL season

#50Rd 2 · Pick 18

New EnglandEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

2020Baylor2-7HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

76All-Conference level #44 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 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	4.9	78.6	15.1	0.9
Road6g	4.5	66.0	14.6	0.5

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

76 · #44 of 468 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2021

W 21–16

at Oklahoma State

-11 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With I. Power — 52 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 61 LONG · B. Shapen — 180 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.0 · -9 rush yds (9 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · West Virginia · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.78Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 75 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 2 · Texas Southern · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.69Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 48 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 10 · TCU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.54Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 49 yds to the TCU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +3.33Blake Shapen pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 13 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 10 · TCU · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 41 yds to the TCU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 2&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
Week 5 · Oklahoma State · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.78Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 44 yds to the OKSt 21 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Iowa State · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.64Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 21 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 2 · Texas Southern · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 18 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 6 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.52Gerry Bohanon pass complete to Tyquan Thornton for 11 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)

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 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 Iowa State	3	44	14.7	1	21
Wk 5	L 14-24@ 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 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 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 21-16@ Oklahoma State	6	71	11.8	1	21
Total		61	946	14.9	9	75

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Jump-Ball Target

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

His 2021 production profile sits closest to Milton Wright’s 2021 season.

Milton Wright

64%match

Purdue · 2021

Xavier Worthy

Texas · 2021

All-Big 12NFL Rd 1 · Pk 28

62%

Chris Olave

Ohio State · 2021

1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 11

60%

Jalen Tolbert

South Alabama · 2020

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 3 · Pk 24

60%

Jaquarii Roberson

Wake Forest · 2021

All-ACC

59%

Matches Milton on

Total EPA (college ability)

Yards / reception

Differs from Milton on

Class year (lower)

Weight (lower)

TD rate (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jermaine Jackson’s path through Idaho.

Jermaine Jackson

97%match

Idaho · 2023

Dai'Jean Dixon

Nicholls · 2021

96%

Jalen Kelsey

Campbell · 2022

96%

Lujuan Winningham

Central Arkansas · 2021

94%

Jacob Harris

UCF · 2020

93%

Matches Jermaine on

Yards per reception

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah Spencer's senior season at Charlotte (2022).

Elijah Spencer

74%match

Charlotte · 2022

All-Conference USA

Devontez Walker

Kent State · 2022

All-ACCNFL Rd 4

72%

Daewood Davis

Western Kentucky · 2022

All-Conference USA

71%

Michael Jefferson

Louisiana · 2022

All-Sun Belt

70%

Milton Wright

Purdue · 2021

70%

Matches Elijah on

Yards / reception

Height

Differs from Elijah on

Class year (lower)

Recruiting rating (higher)

Weight (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Tyquan Thornton

Troy Franklin

Oregon · 2022

71%

Cam Vaughn

Jacksonville State · 2024

71%

Heisman trajectory

Final Heisman position · 2021

#192

Tyquan Thornton finished 192nd in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.

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