Receiver, Virginia (from Georgia Tech, Notre Dame), 2021–⁠25

Jayden Thomas

Number
No. 8
Height
6′2″
Weight
220 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Paulding County, GA

Jayden Thomas played receiver at Georgia Tech (2021), Notre Dame (2022–⁠24) and Virginia (2025).

Career highs

80receiving yards, career highvs. Navy, 2022

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Notre Dame2536214.5338
2023Notre Dame2131014.8239
2024Notre Dame181679.3223
2025Virginia393.006
Career6784812.7739

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Georgia Tech8WRYr 1
2022Notre Dame8WRYr 2
2023Notre Dame8WRYr 3
2024Notre Dame8WRYr 4
2025Virginia8WRSr. (Yr 5)6′2″220

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
2022Notre Dame350.7252nd (n=683)0.7125.45%
2023Notre Dame241.22––29.25%
2024Notre Dame240.53––12.83%
2025Virginia8-0.84––-6.7–

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

2025 Virginia 3 games, 3 catches, 9 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 20vs.StanfordW 48–⁠201404–
Oct 18vs.Washington StateW 22–⁠201−100–
Oct 25atNorth CarolinaW 17–⁠161606–
2024 Notre Dame 14 games, 18 catches, 167 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31atTexas A&MW 23–⁠13114014–
Sep 7vs.Northern IllinoisL 14–⁠161404–
Sep 14atPurdueW 66–⁠72360232
Sep 21vs.Miami (OH)W 28–⁠32805–
Sep 28vs.LouisvilleW 31–⁠241505–
Oct 12vs.StanfordW 49–⁠7223115–
Oct 19vs.Georgia TechW 31–⁠131808–
Oct 26vs.NavyW 51–⁠141505–
Nov 16vs.VirginiaW 35–⁠1421407–
Nov 23vs.ArmyW 49–⁠14115015–
Nov 30atUSCW 49–⁠35222014–
Dec 20 ✦vs.IndianaW 27–⁠1721318–
Jan 2 ✦vs.GeorgiaW 23–⁠10––––7
Jan 9 ✦vs.Penn StateW 27–⁠24––––18
2023 Notre Dame 7 games, 21 catches, 310 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 26vs.NavyW 42–⁠3463119–
Sep 2vs.Tennessee StateW 56–⁠3462027–
Sep 16vs.Central MichiganW 41–⁠1746303910
Sep 23vs.Ohio StateL 14–⁠171707–
Oct 7atLouisvilleL 20–⁠33233028–
Oct 28vs.PittsburghW 58–⁠7223016–
Dec 29 ✦vs.Oregon StateW 40–⁠8459126–
2022 Notre Dame 11 games, 25 catches, 362 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 10vs.MarshallL 21–⁠261808–
Sep 24atNorth CarolinaW 45–⁠32224013–
Oct 8vs.BYUW 28–⁠20374132–
Oct 15vs.StanfordL 14–⁠1618080
Oct 22vs.UNLVW 44–⁠21240037–
Oct 29atSyracuseW 41–⁠241313–
Nov 5vs.ClemsonW 35–⁠14315015–
Nov 12vs.NavyW 35–⁠32380138–
Nov 19vs.Boston CollegeW 44–⁠0220011–
Nov 26atUSCL 27–⁠38223018–
Dec 30 ✦vs.South CarolinaW 45–⁠38567025–
2021 Georgia Tech 1 game
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Nov 20atNotre DameL 0–⁠55–––––

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

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