Clayton Thorson

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2018 Northwestern 14 games, 3,181 passing yards, 17 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 30	atPurdue	W 31–⁠27	16	27	172	0	0	8
Sep 8	vs.Duke	L 7–⁠21	22	38	198	0	1	−19
Sep 15	vs.Akron	L 34–⁠39	33	52	383	3	2	−20
Sep 29	vs.Michigan	L 17–⁠20	16	27	174	0	0	−36
Oct 6	atMichigan State	W 29–⁠19	31	47	373	3	2	−8
Oct 13	vs.Nebraska	W 34–⁠31	41	64	455	3	2	−7
Oct 20	atRutgers	W 18–⁠15	17	34	150	0	0	−27
Oct 27	vs.Wisconsin	W 31–⁠17	17	30	167	1	3	29
Nov 3	vs.Notre Dame	L 21–⁠31	16	29	141	1	0	−10
Nov 10	atIowa	W 14–⁠10	15	30	122	1	2	1
Nov 17	atMinnesota	W 24–⁠14	15	21	230	0	0	−10
Nov 24	vs.Illinois	W 24–⁠16	12	18	110	2	0	−2
Dec 1	vs.Ohio State	L 24–⁠45	26	43	265	1	2	−3
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Utah	W 31–⁠20	21	30	241	2	1	−6

2017 Northwestern 13 games, 2,844 passing yards, 15 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	vs.Nevada	W 31–⁠20	28	38	352	2	1	15
Sep 9	atDuke	L 17–⁠41	11	29	120	0	2	−40
Sep 16	vs.Bowling Green	W 49–⁠7	23	30	370	2	0	28
Sep 30	atWisconsin	L 24–⁠33	29	45	219	3	2	−41
Oct 7	vs.Penn State	L 7–⁠31	19	36	142	0	2	−28
Oct 14	atMaryland	W 37–⁠21	27	49	293	1	2	43
Oct 21	vs.Iowa	W 17–⁠10	21	36	192	0	0	23
Oct 28	vs.Michigan State	W 39–⁠31	33	48	356	2	0	11
Nov 4	atNebraska	W 31–⁠24	19	35	243	0	2	9
Nov 11	vs.Purdue	W 23–⁠13	26	46	296	1	0	9
Nov 18	vs.Minnesota	W 39–⁠0	9	13	86	3	0	1
Nov 25	atIllinois	W 42–⁠7	13	21	140	1	1	−1
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Kentucky	W 24–⁠23	4	8	35	0	0	−6

2016 Northwestern 13 games, 3,182 passing yards, 22 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 3	vs.Western Michigan	L 21–⁠22	15	22	196	0	0	−8
Sep 10	vs.Illinois State	L 7–⁠9	17	41	191	1	0	30
Sep 17	vs.Duke	W 24–⁠13	18	39	320	3	2	−24
Sep 24	vs.Nebraska	L 13–⁠24	24	37	249	1	2	43
Oct 1	atIowa	W 38–⁠31	18	30	164	3	0	11
Oct 15	atMichigan State	W 54–⁠40	27	35	281	3	1	12
Oct 22	vs.Indiana	W 24–⁠14	24	43	285	3	0	22
Oct 29	atOhio State	L 20–⁠24	22	42	256	1	1	44
Nov 5	vs.Wisconsin	L 7–⁠21	28	52	277	1	0	−3
Nov 12	atPurdue	W 45–⁠17	23	36	352	3	2	2
Nov 19	atMinnesota	L 12–⁠29	28	45	276	1	0	−26
Nov 26	vs.Illinois	W 42–⁠21	13	20	121	1	0	−21
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Pittsburgh	W 31–⁠24	23	36	214	1	1	16

2015 Northwestern 13 games, 1,522 passing yards, 7 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 5	vs.Stanford	W 16–⁠6	12	24	105	0	0	68
Sep 12	vs.Eastern Illinois	W 41–⁠0	11	16	152	1	0	7
Sep 19	atDuke	W 19–⁠10	9	23	70	0	2	21
Sep 26	vs.Ball State	W 24–⁠19	18	31	256	3	1	45
Oct 3	vs.Minnesota	W 27–⁠0	14	19	128	0	0	24
Oct 10	atMichigan	L 0–⁠38	13	27	106	0	1	−4
Oct 17	vs.Iowa	L 10–⁠40	17	35	125	1	1	10
Oct 24	atNebraska	W 30–⁠28	13	28	177	1	0	126
Nov 7	vs.Penn State	W 23–⁠21	5	8	58	0	0	15
Nov 14	vs.Purdue	W 21–⁠14	9	19	82	0	1	48
Nov 21	atWisconsin	W 13–⁠7	9	20	60	0	0	7
Nov 28	vs.Illinois	W 24–⁠14	12	25	146	1	1	7
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Tennessee	L 6–⁠45	8	20	57	0	2	23

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

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.