Usage / Role
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Featured offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Auburn
Payton Thorne
QB • 6'2" • 203 lbs • Naperville, IL, USA
Dual-threat creatorVolume operator
Payton Thorne is a dual-threat creator with 31.1 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
78
High-end production for a quarterback
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Auburn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Michigan State • Auburn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Player Story
Payton Thorne built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a quarterback from Naperville, IL wearing No. 1, spending time with Auburn and Michigan State. The clearest part of Payton Thorne's career was his...
Read the storyPayton Thorne, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Auburn. Payton Thorne is a dual-threat creator with 31.1 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 12,037
- Passing yards
- 10,969
- Rushing yards
- 1,068
- Touchdowns
- 97
Quick Answers
Payton Thorne quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Auburn · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 12,037
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 53 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Auburn
- Top game
- Alabama
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2024 Total offense rank
- 2,996 total offense · QB 50th (top 13%) · SEC 9th (top 5%) · National 50th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan State | 4 | 629 | 582 | 47 | 4 | 51.1 |
| 2021 Postseason | Michigan State | 13 | 358 | 354 | 4 | 3 | 70.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan State | 13 | 3,063 | 2,886 | 177 | 28 | 70.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 12 | 2,721 | 2,679 | 42 | 20 | 65.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Auburn | 13 | 79 | 84 | -5 | 1 | 63 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 13 | 2,191 | 1,671 | 520 | 18 | 63 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 11 | 2,996 | 2,713 | 283 | 23 | 74.5 |
Related Context
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Payton Thorne played QB for Michigan State and Auburn. Across 6 tracked seasons, Payton Thorne recorded 10,969 passing yards, 1,068 rushing yards, and 15 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Auburn paired 2,996 primary output with 62.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 62.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan State, Auburn.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Loss with 323 yards of offense and 70.6 efficiency. It landed in the 76.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Michigan State
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
263.2
Efficiency
62.5
Usage
17.5
Consistency
80
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 358. Northwestern: 213. Youngstown State: 299. Miami: 265. Nebraska: 178. Western Kentucky: 358. Rutgers: 348. Indiana: 136. Michigan: 196. Purdue: 323. Maryland: 291. Ohio State: 149. Penn State: 307
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 60 by 53.3. Northwestern: 30 by 69.4. Youngstown State: 24 by 83.7. Miami: 39 by 58.3. Nebraska: 30 by 52.4. Western Kentucky: 37 by 75.4. Rutgers: 28 by 83.6. Indiana: 33 by 44.4. Michigan: 37 by 47.8. Purdue: 39 by 70.6. Maryland: 36 by 61.6. Ohio State: 40 by 43.9. Penn State: 38 by 68.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins268.1 · Games = 11 · +32.1 vs Losses
Losses236 · Games = 2 · -32.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
83.7 vs Youngstown State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/31 | vs Pittsburgh300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 31-21 | 29 | 50 | 354 | 58.0 | 3 | 1 | 53.3 | 10 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/27 | vs Penn State3+ TD | W 30-27 | 19 | 30 | 268 | 63.3 | 2 | 1 | 68.3 | 8 | 39 | 4.90 | 1 | 8 |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Ohio State | L 7-56 | 14 | 36 | 158 | 38.9 | 1 | 0 | 43.9 | 4 | -9 | -2.30 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Maryland3+ TD | W 40-21 | 22 | 30 | 287 | 73.3 | 4 | 1 | 61.6 | 6 | 4 | 0.70 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Purdue3+ TD | L 29-40 | 20 | 30 | 276 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 70.6 | 9 | 47 | 5.20 | 1 | 32 |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Michigan | W 37-33 | 19 | 30 | 196 | 63.3 | 0 | 2 | 47.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Indiana | W 20-15 | 14 | 26 | 126 | 53.8 | 1 | 2 | 44.4 | 7 | 10 | 1.40 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Rutgers300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 31-13 | 16 | 27 | 339 | 59.3 | 3 | 1 | 83.6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Western Kentucky300-yard game | W 48-31 | 20 | 30 | 327 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 75.4 | 7 | 31 | 4.40 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Nebraska | W 23-20 | 14 | 23 | 183 | 60.9 | 1 | 1 | 52.4 | 7 | -5 | -0.70 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Miami3+ TD | W 38-17 | 18 | 31 | 261 | 58.1 | 4 | 0 | 58.3 | 8 | 4 | 0.50 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Youngstown State3+ TD | W 42-14 | 15 | 21 | 280 | 71.4 | 4 | 0 | 83.7 | 3 | 19 | 6.30 | 1 | 10 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Northwestern | W 38-21 | 15 | 25 | 185 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 69.4 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 18 |
Player Story
Payton Thorne story
Payton Thorne built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a quarterback from Naperville, IL wearing No. 1, spending time with Auburn and Michigan State. The clearest part of Payton Thorne's career was his passing role: 10,969 passing yards, 86 touchdown passes, 1,443 attempts, and 1,068 rushing yards across 53 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1,068 rushing yards, 15 receiving yards, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Payton Thorne's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Michigan State
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Auburn
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan State | 629 | 50 | 30.4 | 629 |
| 2021 Postseason | Michigan State | 3,421 | 62.5 | 17.5 | 2,792 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Michigan State | 3,421 | 62.5 | 17.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2,721 | 56.1 | 18.8 | -700 |
| 2023 Postseason | Auburn | 2,270 | 59.8 | 27.3 | -451 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Auburn | 2,270 | 59.8 | 27.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Auburn | 2,996 | 62.6 | 31.1 | 726 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Alabama
Week 14 · L 14-28 · Conference game
Loss with 343 yards of offense and 63 efficiency.
343
Total Offense
84.1 takeover
343 total offense with 63 efficiency.
#2
vs Oklahoma
Week 5 · L 21-27 · Conference game
361
Total Offense
82.9 takeover
Loss with 361 yards of offense and 63.7 efficiency.
361 total offense with 63.7 efficiency.
#3
vs Alabama A&M
Week 1 · W 73-3
371
Total Offense
79.9 takeover
Win with 371 yards of offense and 90.5 efficiency.
371 total offense with 90.5 efficiency.
#4
vs Samford
Week 3 · W 45-13
405
Total Offense
79.3 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
405 total offense with 80.9 efficiency.
#5
@ Washington
Week 3 · L 28-39
335
Total Offense
78.7 takeover
Loss with 335 yards of offense and 59.5 efficiency.
335 total offense with 59.5 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Auburn
2,996 primary output · 62.6 efficiency · 31.1 usage
74.5
#2
2021 Postseason · Michigan State
70.3
3,421 primary · 62.5 efficiency · 17.5 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Michigan State
70.3
3,421 primary · 62.5 efficiency · 17.5 usage
Milestones
19
250+ passing yards
14
300+ total offense
16
3+ TD games
25
Above avg efficiency
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