Receiver, Fordham, 2022–⁠24

Cole Thornton

Number
No. 6
Height
6′3″
Weight
175 lb
Class (2024)
Junior
Hometown
Sugar Hill, GA

Cole Thornton played receiver at Fordham (2022–⁠24).

Career highs

6catches, career highat Bucknell, 2024130receiving yards, career highat Bucknell, 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Fordham177.007
2023Fordham1017617.6149
2024Fordham3443612.8359
Career4561913.8459

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022Fordham–––4370
2023Fordham11405290
2024Fordham–––1−10
Career114010650

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Fordham6WRFr.
2023Fordham6WRSo.
2024Fordham6WRJr.6′3″175

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
2022Fordham (FCS)10.47––0.5–
2023Fordham (FCS)160.64––10.3–
2024Fordham (FCS)340.6214th (n=581)0.9221.16%

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

2024 Fordham 12 games, 34 catches, 436 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 29atBowling GreenL 17–⁠412331–––
Sep 7atCentral ConnecticutL 3–⁠33–––––1
Sep 14vs.Stony BrookL 21–⁠272210–––
Sep 21atDartmouthL 13–⁠455301–––
Sep 28atMonmouthL 21–⁠632110–––
Oct 5vs.LafayetteL 23–⁠285340–––
Oct 12atHoly CrossL 16–⁠191390–––
Oct 26atLehighL 19–⁠334370–––
Nov 2vs.ColgateW 20–⁠143280–––
Nov 9atBucknellL 27–⁠2861301–––
Nov 16vs.GeorgetownW 31–⁠33680–––
Nov 23vs.MerrimackL 3–⁠19150–––
2023 Fordham 9 games, 10 catches, 176 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 26atUAlbanyL 13–⁠341241––1
Sep 9atBuffaloW 40–⁠37140–––
Sep 23vs.StonehillW 44–⁠01320––1
Sep 30atGeorgetownL 24–⁠281140114–
Oct 7vs.LehighW 38–⁠353760–––
Oct 28vs.Holy CrossL 47–⁠492210–––
Nov 4vs.BucknellW 27–⁠21–––––1
Nov 11atLafayetteL 16–⁠24–––––1
Nov 18atColgateL 14–⁠21150––1
2022 Fordham 3 games, 1 catch, 7 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1atWagnerW 48–⁠31–––––2
Sep 10atMonmouthW 52–⁠49–––––1
Sep 17vs.UAlbanyW 48–⁠45170––1

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

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