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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Virginia
Jayden Thomas
WR • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Paulding County, GA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Jayden Thomas reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
6
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Georgia Tech • Notre Dame • Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Player Story
Jayden Thomas built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Paulding County, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, and Virginia. The clearest part of Jayden Thomas'...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Jayden Thomas, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Tech. Jayden Thomas reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 848
- Receptions
- 67
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Jayden Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 848
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
- Top game
- Oregon State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Pace Academy · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Pace Academy · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 9 receiving yards · WR 1,008th (top 92%) · ACC 254th (top 88%) · National 1,935th (top 88%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2022 Postseason | Notre Dame | 11 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 65.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 11 | 20 | 295 | 3 | 65.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Notre Dame | 7 | 4 | 59 | 1 | 74.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 7 | 17 | 251 | 1 | 74.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Notre Dame | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 46.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 14 | 16 | 154 | 1 | 46.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Virginia | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 24.7 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Notre Dame to Virginia | G5/FCS to P4 | 79.8 | Jan 22, 2025 |
Jayden Thomas played WR for Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, and Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jayden Thomas recorded 37 rushing yards, 848 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Georgia Tech paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 22.2 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Virginia.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina
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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2025 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
3
Receiving Yards / G
3
Efficiency
22.2
Usage
5.3
Consistency
56.2
Best Game by takeover score
North Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 4. Washington State: -1. North Carolina: 6
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. Stanford: 1 by 26.7. Washington State: 1 by 0. North Carolina: 1 by 40
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half1.5 · Games = 2 · -4.5 vs Second Half
Second Half6 · Games = 1 · +4.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Carolina
Best efficiency game
40 vs North Carolina
Player Story
Jayden Thomas story
Jayden Thomas built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Paulding County, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, and Virginia. The clearest part of Jayden Thomas' career was his receiving role: 67 catches, 848 receiving yards, 7 touchdowns, and 37 rushing yards across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 37 rushing yards, 1 tackle, and 58 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jayden Thomas' 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
Georgia Tech
2021
Opening stop
- 2
Notre Dame
2022-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Virginia
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202220232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Postseason | Notre Dame | 362 | 70.2 | 14.6 | 362 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 362 | 70.2 | 14.6 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Notre Dame | 310 | 88.8 | 15.7 | -52 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 310 | 88.8 | 15.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Notre Dame | 167 | 58.9 | 8.2 | -143 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 167 | 58.9 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Virginia | 9 | 22.2 | 5.3 | -158 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oregon State
Week 1 · W 40-8 · Postseason
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
93.7 takeover
59 receiving yards with a 98.3 efficiency score.
#2
vs Central Michigan
Week 3 · W 41-17
63
Receiving Yards
92.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
63 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Navy
Week 1 · W 42-3
63
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
63 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ South Carolina
Week 1 · W 45-38 · Postseason
67
Receiving Yards
86.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
67 receiving yards with a 89.3 efficiency score.
#5
@ Navy
Week 11 · W 35-32
80
Receiving Yards
86.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2023 Postseason · Notre Dame
74.1
310 primary · 88.8 efficiency · 15.7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame
74.1
310 primary · 88.8 efficiency · 15.7 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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