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Player Dossier
2015-2015Iowa State
Joshua Thomas
RB • 5'11" • Buford, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Joshua Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Joshua Thomas built his college career in 2015 as a running back from Buford, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Joshua Thomas' career was his backfield work: 295 rushing yards, 75...
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- Committed To
- App State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Joshua Thomas, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Iowa State. Joshua Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 328
- Rushing yards
- 295
- Receiving yards
- 33
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Joshua Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 328
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · The Montgomery Academy · App State
- High school pipeline
- The Montgomery Academy · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 328 scrimmage yards · RB 245th (top 44%) · Big 12 68th (top 34%) · National 713th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Iowa State | 12 | 328 | 295 | 33 | 7 | 57.6 |
Related Context
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Joshua Thomas played RB for Iowa State. Across 1 tracked season, Joshua Thomas recorded 295 rushing yards, 33 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 328 primary output with 38.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 38.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Loss with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
27.3
Efficiency
38.1
Usage
10.6
Consistency
62.2
Best Game by takeover score
Baylor
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Iowa: 11. Iowa: -1. Toledo: 37. Kansas: 9. Texas Tech: 28. TCU: 38. Baylor: 76. Texas: 11. Oklahoma: 39. Oklahoma State: 37. Kansas State: 15. West Virginia: 28
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. Northern Iowa: 6 by 19.1. Iowa: 1 by 0. Toledo: 9 by 42.8. Kansas: 4 by 23.4. Texas Tech: 9 by 32.4. TCU: 9 by 47.1. Baylor: 14 by 59.6. Texas: 6 by 19.1. Oklahoma: 8 by 50.8. Oklahoma State: 8 by 39.8. Kansas State: 1 by 50. West Virginia: 4 by 72.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins10.3 · Games = 3 · -22.7 vs Losses
Losses33 · Games = 9 · +22.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Baylor
Best efficiency game
72.9 vs West Virginia
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | @ West Virginia | L 6-30 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Kansas State | L 35-38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Oklahoma State | L 31-35 | 7 | 23 | 3.30 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4.6 |
| Sun 11/8 | @ Oklahoma | L 16-52 | 8 | 39 | 4.90 | 0 | — | — | 4.9 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Texas | W 24-0 | 6 | 11 | 1.80 | 1 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Baylor | L 27-45 | 13 | 77 | 5.90 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5.4 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs TCU | L 21-45 | 7 | 33 | 4.70 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4.2 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Texas Tech2+ TD | L 31-66 | 9 | 28 | 3.10 | 2 | — | — | 3.1 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Kansas | W 38-13 | 4 | 9 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sun 9/20 | @ Toledo | L 23-30 | 9 | 37 | 4.10 | 0 | — | — | 4.1 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Iowa | L 17-31 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| Sun 9/6 | vs Northern Iowa | W 31-7 | 6 | 11 | 1.80 | 1 | — | — | 1.8 |
Player Story
Joshua Thomas story
Joshua Thomas built his college career in 2015 as a running back from Buford, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Joshua Thomas' career was his backfield work: 295 rushing yards, 75 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 33 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Iowa State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 33 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa State.
The arc is straightforward: Joshua Thomas moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Iowa State | 328 | 38.1 | 10.6 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Baylor
Week 8 · L 27-45 · Conference game
Loss with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
76
Scrimmage Yards
72.2 takeover
76 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
#2
vs TCU
Week 7 · L 21-45 · Conference game
38
Scrimmage Yards
46.2 takeover
Loss with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
38 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.
#3
@ Oklahoma
Week 10 · L 16-52 · Conference game
39
Scrimmage Yards
45.9 takeover
Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
39 scrimmage yards and 12.5 usage.
#4
vs Oklahoma State
Week 11 · L 31-35 · Conference game
37
Scrimmage Yards
45 takeover
Loss with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
37 scrimmage yards and 16.3 usage.
#5
@ West Virginia
Week 13 · L 6-30 · Conference game
28
Scrimmage Yards
43 takeover
Loss with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
28 scrimmage yards and 6.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Iowa State
328 primary output · 38.1 efficiency · 10.6 usage
57.6
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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