Receiver, Virginia (from North Carolina), 2011–15
T.J. Thorpe
- Number
- No. 5
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- Durham, NC
T.J. Thorpe played receiver at North Carolina (2011–14) and Virginia (2015).
Career highs
6catches, career highvs. East Carolina, 2013Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | North Carolina | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | 52 |
| 2013 | North Carolina | 24 | 267 | 11.1 | 2 | 33 |
| 2014 | North Carolina | 16 | 237 | 14.8 | 3 | 43 |
| 2015 | Virginia | 23 | 321 | 14.0 | 1 | 75 |
| Career | 65 | 895 | 13.8 | 6 | 75 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | North Carolina | 36 | 960 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013 | North Carolina | 21 | 424 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 0 |
| 2014 | North Carolina | 3 | 64 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2015 | Virginia | 2 | 32 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Career | 62 | 1,480 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | Team | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | North Carolina | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013N | North Carolina | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014E | North Carolina | 7 of 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015E | Virginia | 9 of 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | North Carolina | 5 | WR | |
| 2012 | North Carolina | 5 | WR | |
| 2013 | North Carolina | 5 | WR | |
| 2014 | North Carolina | 5 | WR | |
| 2015 | Virginia | 5 | WR | 6′0″ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | North Carolina | 24 | 0.59 | – | – | 14.2 | 3% |
| 2014 | North Carolina | 27 | 0.48 | – | – | 12.9 | 4% |
| 2015 | Virginia | 55 | 0.26 | 14th (n=465) | 0.53 | 14.1 | 8% |
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
2015 Virginia 9 games, 23 catches, 321 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | vs. Boise State | L 14–56 | 1 | 75 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 10 | at Pittsburgh | L 19–26 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 18 | – |
| Oct 17 | vs. Syracuse | W 44–38 | 2 | 31 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 24 | at North Carolina | L 13–26 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14 | – |
| Oct 31 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 27–21 | 2 | 20 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 7 | at Miami | L 21–27 | 2 | 19 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 14 | at Louisville | L 31–38 | 1 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 21 | vs. Duke | W 42–34 | 5 | 58 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 28 | vs. Virginia Tech | L 20–23 | 3 | 26 | 0 | – | – | – |
2014 North Carolina 9 games, 16 catches, 237 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | at East Carolina | L 41–70 | 3 | 52 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 27 | at Clemson | L 35–50 | 1 | 41 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 4 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 17–34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 18 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 48–43 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 64 | – |
| Oct 25 | at Virginia | W 28–27 | 2 | 23 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 1 | atMiami | L 20–47 | 4 | 66 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 15 | vs.Pittsburgh | W 40–35 | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 20 | atDuke | W 45–20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 29 | vs. NC State | L 7–35 | 1 | 15 | 0 | – | – | – |
2013 North Carolina 12 games, 24 catches, 267 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at South Carolina | L 10–27 | 4 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 40–20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| Sep 28 | vs.East Carolina | L 31–55 | 6 | 70 | 1 | 7 | 153 | – |
| Oct 5 | atVirginia Tech | L 17–27 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 22 | – |
| Oct 17 | vs.Miami | L 23–27 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 23 | – |
| Oct 26 | vs. Boston College | W 34–10 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Nov 2 | atNC State | W 27–19 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 85 | – |
| Nov 9 | vs.Virginia | W 45–14 | 1 | −4 | 0 | 3 | 75 | – |
| Nov 16 | atPittsburgh | W 34–27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. Old Dominion | W 80–20 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 34 | – |
| Nov 30 | vs.Duke | L 25–27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Cincinnati | W 39–17 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 5 | – |
2011 North Carolina 13 games, 39 returns, 965 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. James Madison | W 42–10 | – | – | – | 3 | 59 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. Rutgers | W 24–22 | – | – | – | 5 | 155 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs.Virginia | W 28–17 | – | – | – | 2 | 57 | – |
| Sep 24 | atGeorgia Tech | L 28–35 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 45 | – |
| Oct 1 | atEast Carolina | W 35–20 | – | – | – | 4 | 114 | – |
| Oct 8 | vs.Louisville | W 14–7 | – | – | – | 1 | 25 | – |
| Oct 15 | vs.Miami | L 24–30 | – | – | – | 5 | 123 | – |
| Oct 22 | atClemson | L 38–59 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 182 | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. Wake Forest | W 49–24 | – | – | – | 1 | 24 | – |
| Nov 5 | atNC State | L 0–13 | – | – | – | 2 | 29 | – |
| Nov 17 | atVirginia Tech | L 21–24 | – | – | – | 1 | 15 | – |
| Nov 26 | vs.Duke | W 37–21 | – | – | – | 3 | 84 | 2 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. Missouri | L 24–41 | – | – | – | 3 | 48 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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