Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Virginia
Keytaon Thompson
WR • 6'5" • 216 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA
Alpha targetExplosive finisher
Keytaon Thompson reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
72
High-end production for a receiver
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Reliability
84
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Mississippi State • Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Player Story
Keytaon Thompson built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a wide receiver from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 99, spending time with Mississippi State and Virginia. The clearest part of Keytaon Thompson's...
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- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Keytaon Thompson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Virginia. Keytaon Thompson reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,675
- Receptions
- 139
- Touchdowns
- 31
Quick Answers
Keytaon Thompson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,675
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Old Dominion
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Landry-Walker · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- Landry-Walker · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2022 Receiving yards rank
- 579 receiving yards · WR 167th (top 16%) · ACC 17th (top 8%) · National 175th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Mississippi State | 10 | - | 0 | 3 | 50.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 10 | - | 0 | 5 | 50.3 |
| 2018 Postseason | Mississippi State | 6 | - | 0 | 0 | 50.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 6 | - | 0 | 10 | 50.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 8 | 7 | 98 | 6 | 28.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 12 | 78 | 990 | 6 | 84.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 8 | 53 | 579 | 1 | 75.8 |
Related Context
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Keytaon Thompson played WR for Mississippi State and Virginia. Across 6 tracked seasons, Keytaon Thompson recorded 842 passing yards, 1,178 rushing yards, and 1,675 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Virginia paired 990 primary output with 87.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 73.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Mississippi State, Virginia.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
72.4
Efficiency
73.4
Usage
35.3
Consistency
71.2
Best Game by takeover score
Old Dominion
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Richmond: 55. Illinois: 62. Old Dominion: 118. Syracuse: 55. Duke: 61. Louisville: 98. Georgia Tech: 89. Miami: 41
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. Richmond: 4 by 91.7. Illinois: 5 by 82.7. Old Dominion: 9 by 87.4. Syracuse: 8 by 45.8. Duke: 6 by 67.8. Louisville: 9 by 72.6. Georgia Tech: 7 by 84.8. Miami: 5 by 54.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins87.3 · Games = 3 · +23.9 vs Losses
Losses63.4 · Games = 5 · -23.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Old Dominion
Best efficiency game
91.7 vs Richmond
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/29 | vs Miami | L 12-14 | — | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 8.20 | 0 | 30 |
| Thu 10/20 | @ Georgia Tech | W 16-9 | — | 7 | 89 | 11.8 | 12.70 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs LouisvilleHigh volume | L 17-34 | — | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 10.90 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Duke | L 17-38 | — | 6 | 61 | 10.1 | 10.20 | 0 | 19 |
| Fri 9/23 | @ SyracuseHigh volume | L 20-22 | — | 8 | 55 | 6.5 | 6.90 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Old Dominion100 receiving yards · High volume | W 16-14 | — | 9 | 118 | 13.1 | 13.10 | 0 | 45 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Illinois | L 3-24 | — | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Richmond | W 34-17 | — | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 13.80 | 0 | 25 |
Player Story
Keytaon Thompson story
Keytaon Thompson built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a wide receiver from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 99, spending time with Mississippi State and Virginia. The clearest part of Keytaon Thompson's career was his receiving role: 139 catches, 1,675 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns, and 1,178 rushing yards across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Virginia. 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 842 passing yards, 1,178 rushing yards, and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State and Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Keytaon Thompson 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Mississippi State
2017-2019
Opening stop
- 2
Virginia
2020-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20172017201820182019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Mississippi State | 0 | — | 0.2 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Mississippi State | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8 | 53.3 | 10 | 8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 98 | 55.3 | 7 | 90 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 990 | 87.3 | 23.4 | 892 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 579 | 73.4 | 35.3 | -411 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Old Dominion
Week 3 · W 16-14
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
118
Receiving Yards
95.8 takeover
118 receiving yards with a 87.4 efficiency score.
#2
@ Louisville
Week 6 · W 34-33 · Conference game
149
Receiving Yards
93.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
149 receiving yards with a 99.3 efficiency score.
#3
@ Pittsburgh
Week 12 · L 38-48 · Conference game
126
Receiving Yards
87 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
126 receiving yards with a 76.4 efficiency score.
#4
@ Georgia Tech
Week 8 · W 16-9 · Conference game
89
Receiving Yards
86.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
89 receiving yards with a 84.8 efficiency score.
#5
vs Louisville
Week 6 · L 17-34 · Conference game
98
Receiving Yards
85.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
98 receiving yards with a 72.6 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Virginia
990 primary output · 87.3 efficiency · 23.4 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Virginia
75.8
579 primary · 73.4 efficiency · 35.3 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Mississippi State
50.3
0 primary · — efficiency · 0.2 usage
Milestones
4
100+ receiving yards
8
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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