Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Penn State
Johnathan Thomas
RB • 5'11" • 221 lbs • Peabody, MA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Johnathan Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 30.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
12
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
3★
- Committed To
- Texas Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Johnathan Thomas, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Penn State. Johnathan Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 30.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 129
- Rushing yards
- 129
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Johnathan Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 129
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Kent State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mansfield Summit · Texas Tech
- High school pipeline
- Mansfield Summit · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 87 scrimmage yards · RB 451st (top 66%) · Big Ten 158th (top 53%) · National 1,463rd (top 53%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 37.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2018 Postseason | Penn State | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 6 | 87 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 35.6 |
Related Context
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Johnathan Thomas played RB for Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Johnathan Thomas recorded 129 rushing yards, 5 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Penn State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 30.2 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: Kent State
Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Penn State
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
14.5
Efficiency
30.2
Usage
2
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 0. Kent State: 84. Illinois: 0. Indiana: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Maryland: 2
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. Kentucky: 1 by 0. Kent State: 3 by 100. Wisconsin: 1 by 10.4. Maryland: 2 by 10.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins17.4 · Games = 5 · +17.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -17.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kent State
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Penn State
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Penn State | 42 | 38.2 | 8.1 | 42 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | — | -42 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Penn State | 87 | 30.2 | 2 | 87 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 87 | 30.2 | 2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 3 · W 63-10
Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
84
Scrimmage Yards
71.4 takeover
84 scrimmage yards and 5 usage.
#2
vs Army
Week 5 · W 20-14
28
Scrimmage Yards
63.5 takeover
Win with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
28 scrimmage yards and 17.1 usage.
#3
vs Indiana
Week 6 · W 29-7 · Conference game
9
Scrimmage Yards
29.9 takeover
Win with 9 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
9 scrimmage yards and 3.7 usage.
#4
vs Illinois
Week 9 · W 39-0 · Conference game
5
Scrimmage Yards
17.9 takeover
Win with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
5 scrimmage yards and 3.4 usage.
#5
vs Maryland
Week 13 · W 38-3 · Conference game
2
Scrimmage Yards
7.5 takeover
Win with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
2 scrimmage yards and 3.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Penn State
0 primary output · — efficiency · 0 usage
50
#2
2015 Regular Season · Penn State
37.9
42 primary · 38.2 efficiency · 8.1 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Penn State
35.6
87 primary · 30.2 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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