Receiver, Vanderbilt (from Old Dominion), 2025–⁠26

Ja’Cory Thomas

Number
No. 6
Height
6′3″
Weight
215 lb
Class (2026)
Junior
Hometown
Walker, LA

Ja’Cory Thomas plays receiver for Vanderbilt, after Old Dominion (2025). Last time out, against Arkansas: 3 catches, 57 yards.

2026 so far

12 catches, 195 yards, 1 TD

Last game: 3 catches, 57 yards vs. Arkansas, L 21–⁠31

Next game: at Kentucky, Oct 24

Game by game this season, receiving yards
  1. 17APSU
  2. 18@AUB
  3. 43@UGA
  4. 60MISS
  5. 57ARK

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

6catches, career hightwice; last vs. App State, 2025114receiving yards, career highvs. Liberty, 20252receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Liberty, 2025

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2025Old Dominion4171417.4555
2026Vanderbilt1219516.3139
Career5390917.2655

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2025Old Dominion6WRSo.
2026Vanderbilt6WRJr.6′3″215

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
2025Old Dominion730.4854th (n=1040)0.4635.19%
2026Vanderbilt150.91––13.7–

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

2026 Vanderbilt 5 games, 12 catches, 195 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5vs.Austin PeayW 28–⁠9117017
Sep 26atAuburnL 15–⁠21318013
Oct 3atGeorgiaL 14–⁠38243027
Oct 10vs.Ole MissL 17–⁠52360134
Oct 17vs.ArkansasL 21–⁠31357039
2025 Old Dominion 12 games, 41 catches, 714 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30atIndianaL 14–⁠27224015
Sep 6vs.North Carolina CentralW 54–⁠6686127
Sep 13atVirginia TechW 45–⁠26383038
Sep 27vs.LibertyW 21–⁠75114255
Oct 4vs.Coastal CarolinaW 47–⁠7336021
Oct 11atMarshallL 24–⁠48354047
Oct 25vs.App StateW 24–⁠21665124
Nov 1atUL MonroeW 31–⁠6265053
Nov 13vs.TroyW 33–⁠0227119
Nov 22atGeorgia SouthernW 45–⁠10251028
Nov 29vs.Georgia StateW 27–⁠10464027
Dec 17 ✦vs.South FloridaW 24–⁠10345020

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

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