Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017Indiana
Ian Thomas
TE • 6'5" • 248 lbs • Baltimore, MD, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Ian Thomas reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a tight end
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Player Story
Ian Thomas built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a tight end from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 80, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Ian Thomas' career was his receiving role: 28 catches, 404...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 1
- Overall
- No. 101
- NFL Team
- Carolina Panthers
Ian Thomas, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Indiana. Ian Thomas reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 404
- Receptions
- 28
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Ian Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 404
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Indiana
- Top game
- Penn State
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 4 · Pick 1 · Carolina Panthers
- Latest roster
- No. 80 · Class 2017
- 2017 Receiving yards rank
- 376 receiving yards · TE 28th (top 9%) · Big Ten 38th (top 18%) · National 341st (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Indiana | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 35 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Indiana | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Indiana | 9 | 25 | 376 | 5 | 63.9 |
Related Context
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Ian Thomas played TE for Indiana. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ian Thomas recorded 404 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Indiana paired 376 primary output with 64.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 64.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
41.8
Efficiency
64.3
Usage
14
Consistency
44.4
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 53. Virginia: 31. Georgia Southern: 79. Penn State: 91. Michigan: 6. Maryland: 5. Wisconsin: 7. Illinois: 11. Rutgers: 93
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. Ohio State: 5 by 70.7. Virginia: 4 by 51.7. Georgia Southern: 2 by 100. Penn State: 5 by 100. Michigan: 1 by 40. Maryland: 1 by 33.3. Wisconsin: 1 by 46.7. Illinois: 2 by 36.7. Rutgers: 4 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins53.5 · Games = 4 · +21.1 vs Losses
Losses32.4 · Games = 5 · -21.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/18 | vs Rutgers | W 41-0 | — | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 1 | 57 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Illinois | W 24-14 | — | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 1 | 7 |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Wisconsin | L 17-45 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Maryland | L 39-42 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Michigan | L 20-27 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Penn State | L 14-45 | — | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 18.20 | 0 | 54 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Georgia Southern | W 52-17 | — | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 39.50 | 1 | 71 |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Virginia | W 34-17 | — | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 7.80 | 0 | 15 |
| Fri 9/1 | vs Ohio State2+ TD | L 21-49 | — | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 10.60 | 2 | 25 |
Player Story
Ian Thomas story
Ian Thomas built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a tight end from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 80, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Ian Thomas' career was his receiving role: 28 catches, 404 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Indiana. 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. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Indiana.
The arc is straightforward: Ian 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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Indiana
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Indiana | 28 | 50 | 8.4 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Indiana | 28 | 50 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Indiana | 376 | 64.3 | 14 | 348 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Penn State
Week 5 · L 14-45 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
91
Receiving Yards
99.3 takeover
91 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Rutgers
Week 12 · W 41-0 · Conference game
93
Receiving Yards
92.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
93 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Georgia Southern
Week 4 · W 52-17
79
Receiving Yards
81.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
79 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Utah
Week 1 · L 24-26 · Postseason
26
Receiving Yards
77 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
26 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Ohio State
Week 1 · L 21-49 · Conference game
53
Receiving Yards
55.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
53 receiving yards with a 70.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Indiana
376 primary output · 64.3 efficiency · 14 usage
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#2
2016 Postseason · Indiana
35
28 primary · 50 efficiency · 8.4 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Indiana
35
28 primary · 50 efficiency · 8.4 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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