Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Northwestern paired 3,280 primary output with 56.7 efficiency.
Player Stats
Clayton Thorson College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 11,137
- Passing yards
- 10,729
- Rushing yards
- 408
- Touchdowns
- 88
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Postseason | Northwestern | 13 | 80 | 57 | 23 | 0 | 56.1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 13 | 1,839 | 1,465 | 374 | 12 | 56.1 |
| 2016 Postseason | Northwestern | 13 | 230 | 214 | 16 | 1 | 71.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 13 | 3,050 | 2,968 | 82 | 26 | 71.6 |
| 2017 Postseason | Northwestern | 13 | 29 | 35 | -6 | 0 | 62.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 13 | 2,838 | 2,809 | 29 | 23 | 62.2 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 14 | 235 | 241 | -6 | 2 | 62 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 14 | 2,836 | 2,940 | -104 | 24 | 62 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 52.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2018 Postseason · Northwestern
Games
14
Primary Metric / G
219.4
Efficiency
52.1
Usage
15.5
Consistency
67.8
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah: 235. Purdue: 180. Duke: 179. Akron: 363. Michigan: 138. Michigan State: 365. Nebraska: 448. Rutgers: 123. Wisconsin: 196. Notre Dame: 131. Iowa: 123. Minnesota: 220. Illinois: 108. Ohio State: 262
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 35 by 55.9. Purdue: 30 by 59.8. Duke: 41 by 47.7. Akron: 56 by 52.4. Michigan: 38 by 53.2. Michigan State: 50 by 53.8. Nebraska: 68 by 52.7. Rutgers: 43 by 46.7. Wisconsin: 38 by 49.8. Notre Dame: 40 by 48.9. Iowa: 35 by 39.8. Minnesota: 24 by 65.7. Illinois: 21 by 54.4. Ohio State: 49 by 48.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins222 · Games = 9 · +7.4 vs Losses
Losses214.6 · Games = 5 · -7.4 vs Wins
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