Player Dossier

2015-2016

Indiana

Leon Thornton III

WR • 6'1" • 196 lbs • Lombard, IL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Leon Thornton III reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

10

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Indiana

1516

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Indiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8052

Kempsville · Virginia Beach, VA

Committed To
Old Dominion
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Leon Thornton III, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Indiana. Leon Thornton III reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
11
Receptions
1

Quick Answers

Leon Thornton III quick answers

Latest team and position
Indiana · WR
Career Receiving Yards
11
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 2 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Indiana
Top game
Nebraska
Recruit profile
3-star · Kempsville · Old Dominion
High school pipeline
Kempsville · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Class 2016
2016 Receiving yards rank
11 receiving yards · WR 922nd (top 94%) · Big Ten 184th (top 89%) · National 1,698th (top 89%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonIndiana0-00-
2016 Regular SeasonIndiana1111071.8

Related Context

Leon Thornton III played WR for Indiana. Across 2 tracked seasons, Leon Thornton III recorded 11 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Indiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Indiana paired 11 primary output with 73.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 73.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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2016 Regular Season · Indiana

Games

1

Receiving Yards / G

11

Efficiency

73.3

Usage

4.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Coastal Carolina

Best efficiency game

— vs Coastal Carolina

Result
Sat 9/23@ Coastal Carolina

Career Arc

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    Indiana

    2015-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonIndiana0
2016 Regular SeasonIndiana1173.34.211

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Nebraska

Week 7 · L 22-27 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

11

Receiving Yards

62.4 takeover

11 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#2

@ Coastal Carolina

Week 4

0

Receiving Yards

takeover

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Indiana

11 primary output · 73.3 efficiency · 4.2 usage

71.8

#2

2015 Regular Season · Indiana

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games