Receiver, Tennessee (from Oregon), 2021–24
Dont’e Thornton Jr.
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 214 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Baltimore, MD
- Born
- Nov 30, 2002, in Baltimore, Maryland
Wikipedia readers: about 3,221 a month over the past year
Dont’e Thornton Jr. played receiver at Oregon (2021–22) and Tennessee (2023–24). The Las Vegas Raiders took Thornton in round 4, No. 108 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
151receiving yards, career highvs. Utah, 20222receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Vanderbilt, 2024Honors
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oregon | 1 | WR | Fr. | ||
| 2022 | Oregon | 1 | WR | So. | ||
| 2023 | Tennessee | 1 | WR | Jr. | ||
| 2024 | Tennessee | 1 | WR | Sr. | 6′5″ | 214 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Oregon | 22 | 1.02 | – | – | 22.6 | 3% |
| 2023 | Tennessee | 19 | 0.74 | – | – | 14.1 | – |
| 2024 | Tennessee | 30 | 1.68 | 99th (n=581) | 0.92 | 50.4 | 4% |
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 Tennessee 11 games, 26 catches, 661 yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 69–3 | 3 | 105 | 2 | 59 | – |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 71–0 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 53 | – |
| Sep 21 | at | W 25–15 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 66 | – |
| Oct 5 | at | L 14–19 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 42 | – |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 23–17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Oct 19 | vs. | W 24–17 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 55 | – |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 28–18 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Nov 9 | vs. | W 33–14 | 3 | 104 | 1 | 73 | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 56–0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Nov 30 | at | W 36–23 | 3 | 118 | 2 | 86 | – |
| Dec 21 ✦ | at | L 17–42 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | – |
2023 Tennessee 6 games, 13 catches, 224 yards, 1 TD
2022 Oregon 10 games, 17 catches, 366 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | L 3–49 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 70–14 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 41–20 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 24 | at | W 44–41 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 42 | – |
| Oct 1 | vs. | W 45–27 | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Oct 29 | at | W 42–24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Nov 5 | at | W 49–10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 25 | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. | L 34–37 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 46 | – |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 20–17 | 4 | 151 | 0 | 58 | −3 |
| Nov 26 | at | L 34–38 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 16 | – |
2021 Oregon 4 games, 9 catches, 175 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | vs. | W 48–7 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 54 | – |
| Nov 20 | at | L 7–38 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Nov 27 | vs. | W 38–29 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | L 32–47 | 4 | 90 | 1 | 66 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2025 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅝″ |
| Weight | 205 lb |
| Arm length | 32⅛″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
| Wingspan | 79″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.30 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.51 sW |
| Vertical jump | 33″ |
| Broad jump | 10′6″ |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
1 season, 11 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Las Vegas Raiders | 11 | 10 | 135 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.
