Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 6 | — |
| Target share | 8.7% | 524th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 83.3% | 22nd / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 66.7% | 16th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 5.3 | 473rd / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | 495th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 0 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Jr.'s plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted9 targets charted
2025 charting · UCF
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Jr.’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted28 targets charted
Career
4 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  UCF#57 · 4-4 | 2 | 16% | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 33.3% | 7 | 44 | 0 | 8.7% |
| 2025 | UCF#76 · 5-7 | 12 | 73% | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 0 | 23.1% | 53 | 528 | 0 | 18.2% |
| 2024 |  Charlotte#120 · 5-7 | 4 | 17% | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 100.0% | 6 | 63 | 1 | 6.8% |
| 2023 | Charlotte#125 · 3-9 | 12 | 66% | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 40.0% | 24 | 244 | 0 | 8.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Duane Thomas Jr.'s team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Duane Thomas Jr.'s box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Bethune-Cookman | W 73–6 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2 | @ Pittsburgh | L 7–12 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 3 |  Georgia State | W 44–30 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 4 |  TCU | W 21–13 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 5 | @ Houston | L 17–27 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 6 | @ Oklahoma State | L 28–42 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 8 |  BYU | W 39–31 | 4.6 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 |  Baylor | L 9–41 | 5.9 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026 · 2 games | 5.3 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | 9 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 3 | — |
| Yards | 9 | 1101st / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 5 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 7 | 917th / 2089 |
| Yards | 44 | 1207th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 6.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 9 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 1 | — |
| Yards | -2 | — |
| Average | -2 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 · BYU | 82 | ~31 (10–42) | 5 | 1 | 38% |
| Wk 9 · Baylor | 67 | ~53 (35–65) | 7 | · | 79% |
| Season | 514 | 84 (65–98) | 12 | 1 | 16% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the UCF roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Josh Derry | WR | SR | 37 | 428 | 3 | 20% | +0.45 |
| 9 | Waden Charles | WR | SO | 23 | 262 | 2 | 13% | +0.31 |
| 2 | Tyren Hornes | WR | FR | 22 | 282 | 1 | 12% | +0.29 |
| 6 | Ric'Darious Farmer | WR | SO | 13 | 147 | 0 | 11% | +0.34 |
| Duane Thomas Jr. | WR | 7 | 44 | 0 | 11% | +0.20 | ||
| 3 | Jonathan Bibbs | WR | SO | 5 | 74 | 1 | 6% | +0.32 |
| 13 | Caleb Rollerson | WR | SO | 4 | 38 | 1 | 5% | +0.66 |
| 82 | Jordyn Bridgewater | WR | SO | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4% | -0.47 |
| 23 | Jordan Nunuha | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Andrea Parisi | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Elijah Hardy | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Zack Palmer | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Carson Hinshaw | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Chase Hinshaw | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. UCF depth chart →