Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 15 | — |
| Target share | 9.1% | — |
| Catch rate | 73.3% | — |
| Success rate per target | 66.7% | — |
| Yards per target | 12.1 | — |
| Explosive catches | 20.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 26.7% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 4 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Thomas's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted16 targets charted
2025 charting · Old Dominion
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Thomas’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted32 targets charted
Career
2 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Vanderbilt#59 · 3-4 | 6 | 43% | 12 | 195 | 1 | 9.1% |
| 2025 |  Old Dominion#32 · 10-3 | 12 | 71% | 41 | 719 | 5 | 24.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Ja'Cory Thomas's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Ja'Cory Thomas's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
Austin Peay
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 12 | 463rd / 1994 |
| Yards | 195 | 362nd / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 16.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 345th / 824 |
| Long | 39 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Austin Peay | 62 | ~20 (6–27) | 2 | · | 32% |
| Wk 3 · NC State | 58 | ~13 (4–21) | 2 | · | 22% |
| Wk 4 · Auburn | 75 | ~40 (26–49) | 3 | · | 53% |
| Wk 5 · Georgia | 50 | ~37 (12–50) | 2 | 1 | 74% |
| Wk 6 · Ole Miss | 73 | ~39 (12–53) | 3 | · | 53% |
| Wk 7 · Arkansas | 60 | ~41 (27–50) | 4 | · | 68% |
| Season | 447 | 190 (118–231) | 16 | 1 | 43% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Vanderbilt roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Junior Sherrill | WR | SR | 41 | 628 | 4 | 26% | +0.66 |
| 5 | Tristen Brown | WR | JR | 12 | 145 | 0 | 9% | +0.41 |
| Ja'Cory Thomas | WR | 12 | 195 | 1 | 8% | +0.98 | ||
| 13 | Kayleb Barnett | WR | SO | 7 | 36 | 0 | 6% | -0.07 |
| 7 | Cole Adams | WR | SR | 5 | 58 | 0 | 5% | +0.32 |
| 9 | Brycen Coleman | WR | JR | 4 | 44 | 0 | 4% | -0.08 |
| 15 | Joseph McVay | WR | JR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.95 |
| 80 | Claiborne Richards | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Kahden Smith | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Owen Cabell | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Lebron Hill | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Ty Burd | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Wils Jackson | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Cameran Dickson | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Vanderbilt depth chart →