Running back, Georgia Southern, 2013–⁠16

Chaz Thornton

Number
No. 43
Height
5′7″
Hometown
Toccoa, GA

Chaz Thornton played running back at Georgia Southern (2013–⁠16).

Team titles: Sun Belt champions, 2014

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2015*Georgia Southern201376.8167

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014Georgia Southern43RB
2015Georgia Southern43RB
2016Georgia Southern43RB5′7″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2015Georgia Southern190.02––0.3–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Georgia Southern 1 game, 1 tackle
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLong
Nov 5atOle MissL 27–⁠37––––
2015 Georgia Southern 9 games, 137 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLong
Sep 5atWest VirginiaL 0–⁠441707
Sep 12vs.Western MichiganW 43–⁠172704
Sep 19vs.The CitadelW 48–⁠13167067
Sep 26atIdahoW 44–⁠203706
Oct 17vs.New Mexico StateW 56–⁠26528017
Oct 29vs.Texas StateW 37–⁠132705
Nov 14atTroyW 45–⁠102312
Nov 28vs.South AlabamaW 55–⁠17214013
Dec 23 ✦vs.Bowling GreenW 58–⁠272−303

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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