Player Dossier

2019-2023

Louisiana Tech

Charvis Thornton

RB • 5'10" • 202 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Charvis Thornton leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

38

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Louisiana Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Player Story

Charvis Thornton built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 22, spending time with Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Charvis Thornton's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8719

Duncanville · Duncanville, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Charvis Thornton, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech. Charvis Thornton leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
787
Rushing yards
734
Receiving yards
53
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Charvis Thornton quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana Tech · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
787
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
Top game
UAB
Recruit profile
3-star · Duncanville · SMU
High school pipeline
Duncanville · 60 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Junior
2023 Scrimmage yards rank
298 scrimmage yards · RB 284th (top 41%) · Conference USA 54th (top 29%) · National 773rd (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech00000-
2020 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech1000050
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech00000-
2022 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech1248946425357.7
2023 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech1029827028252.1

Related Context

Charvis Thornton played RB for Louisiana Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Charvis Thornton recorded 734 rushing yards, 53 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Louisiana Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Louisiana Tech paired 489 primary output with 49.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 47.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

Loss with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

29.8

Efficiency

47.9

Usage

11.1

Consistency

67.9

Best Game by takeover score

Sam Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SMU: 26. Florida International: 51. Northwestern State: 38. North Texas: 18. Western Kentucky: 22. Middle Tennessee: 35. New Mexico State: 49. Liberty: 4. Sam Houston: 50. Jacksonville State: 5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SMU: 10 by 29.6. Florida International: 8 by 66.4. Northwestern State: 7 by 56.5. North Texas: 4 by 46.9. Western Kentucky: 4 by 57.3. Middle Tennessee: 8 by 41.1. New Mexico State: 14 by 34.4. Liberty: 2 by 20.8. Sam Houston: 3 by 100. Jacksonville State: 2 by 26

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins44.5 · Games = 2 · +18.4 vs Losses
Losses26.1 · Games = 8 · -18.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Sam Houston

Best efficiency game

100 vs Sam Houston

Result
Sat 11/18@ Jacksonville StateL 17-56252.5002.5
Sat 11/11vs Sam HoustonL 27-422482401216.7
Sat 11/4@ LibertyL 30-5624202
Tue 10/24vs New Mexico StateL 24-2712383.2002113.5
Tue 10/10@ Middle TennesseeL 23-316223.7002134.4
Fri 10/6vs Western KentuckyL 28-354225.5005.5
Sat 9/16vs North TexasL 37-404184.5004.5
Sat 9/9vs Northwestern StateW 51-217385.4015.4
Sat 9/2@ SMUL 14-3882430222.6
Sun 8/27vs Florida InternationalW 22-178516.4006.4

Player Story

Charvis Thornton story

Charvis Thornton built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 22, spending time with Louisiana Tech. The clearest part of Charvis Thornton's career was his backfield work: 734 rushing yards, 136 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 53 receiving yards across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 53 receiving yards and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Charvis Thornton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Louisiana Tech

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech0
2020 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech000
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech00
2022 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech48949.212.9489
2023 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech29847.911.1-191

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UAB

Week 13 · L 27-37 · Conference game

Loss with 132 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

132

Scrimmage Yards

80 takeover

132 scrimmage yards and 14 usage.

#2

vs Sam Houston

Week 11 · L 27-42 · Conference game

50

Scrimmage Yards

71.1 takeover

Loss with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

50 scrimmage yards and 5.4 usage.

#3

vs Florida International

Week 1 · W 22-17 · Conference game

51

Scrimmage Yards

65.9 takeover

Win with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

51 scrimmage yards and 11 usage.

#4

vs New Mexico State

Week 9 · L 24-27 · Conference game

49

Scrimmage Yards

64.6 takeover

Loss with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

49 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.

#5

vs Northwestern State

Week 2 · W 51-21

38

Scrimmage Yards

57 takeover

Win with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

38 scrimmage yards and 14 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

489 primary output · 49.2 efficiency · 12.9 usage

57.7

#2

2023 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

52.1

298 primary · 47.9 efficiency · 11.1 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

50

0 primary · efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games