Receiver, UConn, 2013–⁠16

Noel Thomas

Number
No. 5
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Norwalk, CT
Born
Sep 18, 1994, in Norwalk, Connecticut

Noel Thomas played receiver at UConn (2013–⁠16).

Career highs

14catches, career highvs. Syracuse, 2016165receiving yards, career highvs. UCF, 20162receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Houston, 2015

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013UConn33210.7020
2014UConn2630511.7438
2015UConn5471913.3345
2016UConn1001,17911.8362
Career1832,23512.21062

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2013UConn5WR
2014UConn5WR
2015UConn5WR
2016UConn5WR6′1″202

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
2013UConn30.41––1.2–
2014UConn350.6774th (n=496)0.5223.48%
2015UConn890.4842nd (n=465)0.5342.412%
2016UConn1730.3521st (n=489)0.5260.021%

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

2016 UConn 12 games, 100 catches, 1,179 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.MaineW 24–⁠21970018–
Sep 10atNavyL 24–⁠281111613412
Sep 17vs.VirginiaW 13–⁠10691023–
Sep 24vs.SyracuseL 24–⁠311411101811
Sep 29atHoustonL 14–⁠42613516222
Oct 8vs.CincinnatiW 20–⁠99108126−1
Oct 15atSouth FloridaL 27–⁠4212127023–
Oct 22vs.UCFL 16–⁠2491650331
Oct 29atEast CarolinaL 3–⁠417135049−5
Nov 4vs.TempleL 0–⁠214320120
Nov 19atBoston CollegeL 0–⁠30429020–
Nov 26vs.TulaneL 13–⁠3896001620
2015 UConn 11 games, 54 catches, 719 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.VillanovaW 20–⁠153390148
Sep 12vs.ArmyW 22–⁠174830331
Sep 19atMissouriL 6–⁠9786029–
Sep 26vs.NavyL 18–⁠28578026–
Oct 2atBYUL 13–⁠3021309–
Oct 10atUCFW 40–⁠135621238
Oct 17vs.South FloridaL 20–⁠28794033–
Oct 24atCincinnatiL 13–⁠37438011–
Oct 30vs.East CarolinaW 31–⁠13555016–
Nov 21vs.HoustonW 20–⁠177108245–
Nov 28atTempleL 3–⁠275630175
2014 UConn 8 games, 26 catches, 305 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29vs.BYUL 10–⁠35218012–
Sep 19atSouth FloridaL 14–⁠17218011–
Sep 27vs.TempleL 10–⁠361404–
Oct 23atEast CarolinaL 21–⁠31357132–
Nov 1vs.UCFW 37–⁠29483238–
Nov 8vs.ArmyL 21–⁠35552126–
Nov 22vs.CincinnatiL 0–⁠41532012–
Nov 29atMemphisL 10–⁠41441016–
2013 UConn 2 games, 3 catches, 32 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 19atCincinnatiL 16–⁠41226020–
Nov 8vs.LouisvilleL 10–⁠311606–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′0½″
Weight205 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size8¾″
40-yard dash4.63 s
10-yard split1.54 s
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press9 reps

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2018–⁠19CFLOttawa Redblacks

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

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