Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Georgia Southern
Chaz Thornton
RB • 5'7" • Toccoa, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Chaz Thornton leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
10
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Georgia Southern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: The Citadel
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- Committed To
- Georgia Southern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Chaz Thornton, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Chaz Thornton leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 137
- Rushing yards
- 137
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Chaz Thornton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia Southern · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 137
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
- Top game
- The Citadel
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Stephens County · Georgia Southern
- High school pipeline
- Stephens County · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 43 · Class 2016
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 9 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 46.4 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 9 | 140 | 140 | 0 | 1 | 46.4 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Related Context
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Chaz Thornton played RB for Georgia Southern. Across 3 tracked seasons, Chaz Thornton recorded 137 rushing yards, 1 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Georgia Southern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Georgia Southern paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: The Citadel
Win with 67 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Postseason · Georgia Southern
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
15.2
Efficiency
46.3
Usage
4.6
Consistency
26.4
Best Game by takeover score
The Citadel
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: -3. West Virginia: 7. Western Michigan: 7. The Citadel: 67. Idaho: 7. New Mexico State: 28. Texas State: 7. Troy: 3. South Alabama: 14
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. Bowling Green: 2 by 0. West Virginia: 1 by 72.9. Western Michigan: 2 by 36.5. The Citadel: 1 by 100. Idaho: 3 by 24.3. New Mexico State: 5 by 58.3. Texas State: 2 by 36.5. Troy: 2 by 15.6. South Alabama: 2 by 72.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins16.3 · Games = 8 · +9.3 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 1 · -9.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
The Citadel
Best efficiency game
100 vs The Citadel
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/24 | @ Bowling Green | W 58-27 | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | — | — | -1.5 |
| Sat 11/28 | vs South Alabama | W 55-17 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Troy | W 45-10 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 1 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Thu 10/29 | vs Texas State | W 37-13 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs New Mexico State | W 56-26 | 5 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | — | — | 5.6 |
| Sun 9/27 | @ Idaho | W 44-20 | 3 | 7 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs The Citadel | W 48-13 | 1 | 67 | 67 | 0 | — | — | 67 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Western Michigan | W 43-17 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 9/5 | @ West Virginia | L 0-44 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 |
Career Arc
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Georgia Southern
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 137 | 46.3 | 4.6 | 137 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 137 | 46.3 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 0 | — | 0 | -137 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs The Citadel
Week 3 · W 48-13
Win with 67 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
68.6 takeover
67 scrimmage yards and 2 usage.
#2
vs New Mexico State
Week 7 · W 56-26 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
42.9 takeover
Win with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
28 scrimmage yards and 10 usage.
#3
vs South Alabama
Week 13 · W 55-17 · Conference game
14
Scrimmage Yards
35.4 takeover
Win with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
14 scrimmage yards and 4.3 usage.
#4
@ West Virginia
Week 1 · L 0-44
7
Scrimmage Yards
29.7 takeover
Loss with 7 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
7 scrimmage yards and 2 usage.
#5
vs Western Michigan
Week 2 · W 43-17
7
Scrimmage Yards
20.5 takeover
Win with 7 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
7 scrimmage yards and 5.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
0 primary output · — efficiency · 0 usage
50
#2
2015 Postseason · Georgia Southern
46.4
137 primary · 46.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
46.4
137 primary · 46.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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