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 | 20 | — |
| Target share | 10.0% | — |
| Catch rate | 70.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 55.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 10.8 | — |
| Explosive catches | 20.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 30.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 5 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Thomas's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted21 targets charted
2025 charting · Old Dominion
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (6 of Thomas’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted32 targets charted
Career
2 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Vanderbilt#64 · 3-5 | 7 | 46% | 15 | 230 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2025 |  Old Dominion#32 · 10-3 | 12 | 71% | 41 | 719 | 5 | 24.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Ja'Cory Thomas's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Ja'Cory Thomas'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
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Austin Peay | W 28–9 | 5.1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 |  Delaware | W 35–26 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 3 |  NC State | W 35–31 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 4 | @ Auburn | L 15–21 | 5.4 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | @ Georgia | L 14–38 | 6.3 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 27 |
| 6 |  Ole Miss | L 17–52 | 7.3 | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 |  Arkansas | L 21–31 | 6.7 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 39 |
| 8 | @ Kentucky | L 17–34 | 6.7 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 1 | 34 |
| 2026 · 6 games | 6.3 | 15 | 230 | 15.3 | 2 | 39 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 15 | 468th / 2089 |
| Yards | 230 | 376th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 15.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 223rd / 914 |
| Long | 39 | — |
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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Austin Peay | 62 | ~20 (6–27) | 2 | · | 32% |
| Wk 3 · NC State | 58 | ~13 (4–21) | 2 | · | 22% |
| Wk 4 · Auburn | 75 | ~40 (26–49) | 3 | · | 53% |
| Wk 5 · Georgia | 50 | ~37 (12–50) | 2 | 1 | 74% |
| Wk 6 · Ole Miss | 73 | ~39 (12–53) | 3 | · | 53% |
| Wk 7 · Arkansas | 60 | ~41 (27–50) | 4 | · | 68% |
| Wk 8 · Kentucky | 53 | ~42 (28–51) | 5 | · | 79% |
| Season | 500 | 232 (144–282) | 21 | 1 | 46% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Vanderbilt roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Junior Sherrill | WR | SR | 49 | 706 | 4 | 26% | +0.68 |
| 5 | Tristen Brown | WR | JR | 15 | 176 | 0 | 8% | +0.44 |
| Ja'Cory Thomas | WR | 15 | 230 | 2 | 9% | +0.85 | ||
| 13 | Kayleb Barnett | WR | SO | 7 | 36 | 0 | 6% | -0.07 |
| 7 | Cole Adams | WR | SR | 5 | 58 | 0 | 5% | +0.32 |
| 9 | Brycen Coleman | WR | JR | 4 | 44 | 0 | 4% | -0.08 |
| 80 | Claiborne Richards | WR | SR | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3% | -0.16 |
| 15 | Joseph McVay | WR | JR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.95 |
| 81 | Kahden Smith | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Owen Cabell | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Lebron Hill | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Ty Burd | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Wils Jackson | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Cameran Dickson | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Vanderbilt depth chart →