Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2015Virginia
T.J. Thorpe
WR • 6'0" • Durham, NC, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
T.J. Thorpe reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
29
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- North Carolina • Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
T.J. Thorpe built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Durham, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with North Carolina and Virginia. The clearest part of T.J. Thorpe's career was his...
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- Committed To
- North Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
T.J. Thorpe, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Virginia. T.J. Thorpe reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 895
- Receptions
- 65
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
T.J. Thorpe quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 895
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · C.E. Jordan · North Carolina
- High school pipeline
- C.E. Jordan · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2015
- 2015 Receiving yards rank
- 321 receiving yards · WR 332nd (top 35%) · ACC 43rd (top 21%) · National 388th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | North Carolina | 13 | - | 0 | 0 | 36.3 |
| 2011 Regular Season | North Carolina | 13 | 2 | 70 | 1 | 36.3 |
| 2012 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Postseason | North Carolina | 12 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 58.1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | North Carolina | 12 | 22 | 231 | 2 | 58.1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | North Carolina | 9 | 16 | 237 | 3 | 56.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Virginia | 9 | 23 | 321 | 2 | 66.8 |
Related Context
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T.J. Thorpe played WR for North Carolina and Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, T.J. Thorpe recorded 30 rushing yards, 895 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Virginia paired 321 primary output with 74.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 74.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 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 North Carolina, Virginia.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2015 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
35.7
Efficiency
74.3
Usage
12.8
Consistency
50.2
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 75. Pittsburgh: 70. Syracuse: 31. North Carolina: 11. Georgia Tech: 20. Miami: 19. Louisville: 11. Duke: 58. Virginia Tech: 26
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. Boise State: 1 by 100. Pittsburgh: 5 by 93.3. Syracuse: 2 by 100. North Carolina: 2 by 36.7. Georgia Tech: 2 by 66.7. Miami: 2 by 63.3. Louisville: 1 by 73.3. Duke: 5 by 77.3. Virginia Tech: 3 by 57.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins36.3 · Games = 3 · +1 vs Losses
Losses35.3 · Games = 6 · -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
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
100 vs Syracuse
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | vs Virginia Tech | L 20-23 | — | 3 | 26 | 6.8 | 8.70 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Duke | W 42-34 | — | 5 | 58 | 11.9 | 11.60 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Louisville | L 31-38 | — | 1 | 11 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Miami | L 21-27 | — | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Georgia Tech | W 27-21 | — | 2 | 20 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ North Carolina | L 13-26 | — | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Syracuse | W 44-38 | — | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Pittsburgh | L 19-26 | — | 5 | 70 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Boise State | L 14-56 | — | 1 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 1 | 75 |
Player Story
T.J. Thorpe story
T.J. Thorpe built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Durham, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with North Carolina and Virginia. The clearest part of T.J. Thorpe's career was his receiving role: 65 catches, 895 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 30 rushing yards across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with North Carolina. 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 30 rushing yards and 1,527 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Carolina and Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: T.J. Thorpe 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
North Carolina
2011-2014
Opening stop
- 2
Virginia
2015
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | North Carolina | 70 | 100 | 5.5 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | North Carolina | 70 | 100 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | -70 |
| 2013 Postseason | North Carolina | 267 | 65.8 | 8.6 | 267 |
| 2013 Regular Season | North Carolina | 267 | 65.8 | 8.6 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | North Carolina | 237 | 76.7 | 8.3 | -30 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Virginia | 321 | 74.3 | 12.8 | 84 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Pittsburgh
Week 6 · L 19-26 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
70
Receiving Yards
94.9 takeover
70 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
#2
@ Miami
Week 10 · L 20-47 · Conference game
66
Receiving Yards
85.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
66 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs East Carolina
Week 5 · L 31-55
70
Receiving Yards
82.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
70 receiving yards with a 77.8 efficiency score.
#4
vs Duke
Week 12 · W 42-34 · Conference game
58
Receiving Yards
73.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
58 receiving yards with a 77.3 efficiency score.
#5
vs Boise State
Week 4 · L 14-56
75
Receiving Yards
73.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
75 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Virginia
321 primary output · 74.3 efficiency · 12.8 usage
66.8
#2
2013 Postseason · North Carolina
58.1
267 primary · 65.8 efficiency · 8.6 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · North Carolina
58.1
267 primary · 65.8 efficiency · 8.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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