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Brian Thomas Jr.

WR · LSU · Jr. · #11

All-Conf HMJacksonville — drafted 2024, Rd 1, Pick 23, #23 overall
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Brian Thomas Jr.

WR · LSU · Jr · #11

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
LSU
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
R1 · #23
Jacksonville · 2024

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-SEC

Featured in The Canon

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches
2021
2022era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ed Orgeron → Brian Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 3rd NFL season

#23Rd 1 · Pick 23
JacksonvilleEntering 3rd NFL season

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced
2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced
2023LSU10-3HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

Awards

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2023)

All-SEC

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023LSU681,17717.317--
2022LSU3237211.65--
2021LSU2835912.82--
Career1281,90814.924--
SeasonTeam
2023LSU1-6------
2022LSU----------
2021LSU26------
Career30------

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 49–39

at Missouri

4 rec · 66 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Missouri on the road in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Beats you over the top.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Deep Threat

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

WR

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Marvin Harrison Jr.’s 2023 season.

Ohio State · 2023

BiletnikoffConsensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 4
#2

A.T. Perry

Wake Forest · 2021

NFL Rd 6
72%
#3

Marvin Harrison Jr.

Ohio State · 2022

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 4
71%
#4

Treylon Burks

Arkansas · 2021

All-SECNFL Rd 1 · Pk 18
56%
#5

Troy Franklin

Oregon · 2023

NFL Rd 4
55%

Matches Marvin on

EPA / play (adj)
Reception volume
Yards / reception

Differs from Marvin on

TD rate (higher)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Joshua Derry’s path through Monmouth.

Joshua Derry

100%match

Monmouth · 2025

#2

Blayne Taylor

Abilene Christian · 2024

100%
#3

Brennan Eagles

Texas · 2020

97%
#4

Jayden Higgins

Iowa State · 2024

All-Big 12NFL Rd 2 · Pk 2
94%
#5

Dontay Demus

Maryland · 2022

94%

Matches Joshua on

Yards per reception
202120222023

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Marvin Harrison Jr.'s junior season at Ohio State (2023).

Ohio State · 2023

BiletnikoffConsensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 4
#2

Troy Franklin

Oregon · 2023

NFL Rd 4
60%
#3

C.J. Johnson

East Carolina · 2022

48%
#4

Ali Jennings

Old Dominion · 2022

48%
#5

Jayden Higgins

Iowa State · 2024

All-Big 12NFL Rd 2 · Pk 2
48%

Matches Marvin on

EPA / play (adj)
Reception volume
Yards / reception

Differs from Marvin on

TD rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Brian Thomas Jr.

#1

Adonai Mitchell

Georgia · 2021

94%

Development

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2023
3592021
3722022
1,1772023

+228%

Up 228% from first season to most-recent.