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Zac Thomas

Senior quarterback for App State. 2020: 2,189 passing yards, 20 TD, 11 INT.

QB · App State · Sr. · #12

6′1″ · 210 lb · Trussville, AL

All-ConferenceApp State 2020 alumnus

The story

4 quarterback for App State. 2020: 2,189 passing yards, 20 TD, 11 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at App State, 6,970 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202011 games

All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

App State

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

3 coaches

2017–2018

Scott Satterfield

App State

2019

Eli Drinkwitz

App State

era →

2020

Shawn Clark

App State

era →

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

2020 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

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (89th percentile). Strength: pass tds (88th percentile). Concern: interceptions (4th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 130 · 89th pct

Pass TDs#16 / 141 · 88th pct

Rush yards#27 / 141 · 81st pct

313

Pass yards#29 / 141 · 80th pct

2189

Completion %#48 / 141 · 66th pct

63.9%

Yards / att#62 / 141 · 54th pct

7.5

Rush TDs#56 / 141 · 51st pct

Interceptions#134 / 141 · 4th pct

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

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

185/288 (64.2%) · 20 TD · 11 INT

288 of 291 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

6.3777 of 171 QBs

Sack rate

6.4%98 of 171 QBs

Sacked on 6.4% of dropbacks (98 of 171) — and still 77 of 171 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

54%of completions

99 comp5.0 yds avg7 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

32%of completions

59 comp13.6 yds avg4 TD

Deep

20+ yds

15%of completions

27 comp32.4 yds avg8 TD

Overall 64.2% completion on 288 attempts · 27 deep completions averaging 32.4 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	178	1.7	7.8	0.8
Road5g	201	1.8	7.2	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	201	0.7	8.0	0.7
Weeks 8+8g	184	2.1	7.4	1.1

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 · 2020

All-Conference

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	App State	186	291	63.9%	2,189	7.5	20	11	142.2	48	--	--
2019	App State	224	358	62.6%	2,709	7.6	28	6	148.6	--	--	--
2018	App State	159	254	62.6%	2,039	8.0	21	6	152.6	--	--	--
2017	App State	6	10	60.0%	33	3.3	0	0	87.7	--	--	--
Career		575	913	63.0%	6,970	7.6	69	23	147.0	48	--	--

Season	Team
2020	App State	90	313	3.5	2	--
2019	App State	104	441	4.2	7	--
2018	App State	92	504	5.5	10	--
2017	App State	8	45	5.6	0	--
Career		294	1,303	4.4	19	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2020

W 52–21

vs Campbell

131 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 6 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 31-point win at home against Campbell.

With D. Harrington — 211 rush yds (32 car) · 4 TD · T. Hennigan — 3 rec · 67 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 15 · Georgia Southern · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA -7.19Zac Thomas pass intercepted for a TD David Spaulding return for 28 yds for a TD, (Alex Raynor KICK)
Week 8 · Arkansas State · 3&14 · Q3 · EPA +6.87Zac Thomas run for 60 yds for a TD (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 12 · Coastal Carolina · 4&20 · Q4 · EPA -6.60Zac Thomas pass intercepted for a TD D'Jordan Strong return for 38 yds for a TD Timeout COASTL CAROLINA, clock 01:20 (Massimo Biscardi KICK)
Week 8 · Arkansas State · 2&13 · Q1 · EPA +4.96Zac Thomas pass complete to Christian Wells for 46 yds for a TD (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 12 · Coastal Carolina · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +4.52Zac Thomas pass complete to Malik Williams for 62 yds to the CCaro 24 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Texas · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.97Zac Thomas pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 39 yds to the NoTex 31 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Zac Thomas pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 51 yds for a TD (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 9 · UL Monroe · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA -3.77Zac Thomas pass intercepted Josh Newton return for 35 yds to the LaMon 37
Week 11 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -3.76Zac Thomas pass intercepted, touchback. Antavious Lane return for no gain
Week 3 · Marshall · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA -3.65Zac Thomas pass intercepted Steven Gilmore return for no gain to the Marsh 14

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 2	W 35-20vs Charlotte	14/21	204	1	1	9.7	—
Wk 3	L 7-17@ Marshall	22/38	268	1	1	7.1	—
Wk 4	W 52-21vs Campbell	12/18	131	0	0	7.3	—
Wk 8	W 45-17vs Arkansas State	16/23	216	4	1	9.4	—	4 TD passes
Wk 9	W 31-13@ UL Monroe	13/18	152	2	1	8.4	—
Wk 10	W 38-17@ Texas State	18/27	168	3	0	6.2	—	3 TD passes
Wk 11	W 17-13vs Georgia State	16/22	146	1	1	6.6	—
Wk 12	L 23-34@ Coastal Carolina	17/29	211	1	3	7.3	—	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 13	W 47-10vs Troy	22/29	279	4	0	9.6	—	Season-high 279 yds
Wk 14	L 21-24vs Louisiana	10/21	92	0	2	4.4	—
Wk 15	W 34-26@ Georgia Southern	18/29	208	2	1	7.2	—
Total		178/275	2075	19	11	7.6	—

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

Zac Thomas

202011 games

2020 snapshot

Passing profile

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

Heisman trajectory

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