
Tight end, Indiana, 2016–17
Ian Thomas
- Number
- No. 80
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 248 lb
- Hometown
- Baltimore, MD
- Born
- Jun 6, 1996, in Baltimore, Maryland
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Ian Thomas played tight end at Indiana (2016–17). The Carolina Panthers took Thomas in round 4, No. 101 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
93receiving yards, career highvs. Rutgers, 20172receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Ohio State, 2017Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Indiana | 3 | 0.54 | – | – | 1.6 | – |
| 2017 | Indiana | 33 | 1.17 | 99th (n=507) | 0.52 | 38.6 | 5% |
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
2017 Indiana 9 games, 25 catches, 376 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | L 21–49 | 5 | 53 | 2 | 25 |
| Sep 9 | at | W 34–17 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 15 |
| Sep 23 | vs. | W 52–17 | 2 | 79 | 1 | 71 |
| Sep 30 | at | L 14–45 | 5 | 91 | 0 | 54 |
| Oct 14 | vs. | L 20–27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Oct 28 | at | L 39–42 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Nov 4 | vs. | L 17–45 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Nov 11 | at | W 24–14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 7 |
| Nov 18 | vs. | W 41–0 | 4 | 93 | 1 | 57 |
2016 Indiana 2 games, 3 catches, 28 yards
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2018 Senior Bowl (South team, won 45–16).
| Drill | Combine 2018 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅝″ |
| Weight | 259 lb |
| Arm length | 32½″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
| Wingspan | 80⅛″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.74 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 sW |
| Vertical jump | 36″ |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.15 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.20 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 83 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Carolina Panthers | 10 | 36 | 333 | 2 |
| 2019 | Carolina Panthers | 10 | 16 | 136 | 1 |
| 2020 | Carolina Panthers | 13 | 20 | 145 | 1 |
| 2021 | Carolina Panthers | 14 | 18 | 188 | 0 |
| 2022 | Carolina Panthers | 13 | 21 | 197 | 0 |
| 2023 | Carolina Panthers | 8 | 5 | 56 | 0 |
| 2024 | Carolina Panthers | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | Las Vegas Raiders | 9 | 13 | 114 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Las Vegas Raiders | 3 | 4 | 52 | 1 |
| NFL career | 83 | 136 | 1,228 | 5 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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