Senior wide receiver for Virginia. 2022: 53 catches, 579 receiving yards.
6′5″ · 216 lb · New Orleans, LA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DUAL recruit
No. 169 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State
Statement game10 rec · 149 ydsat Louisville (FBS) · W 34-33
Top 1% catches game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Virginia. 2022: 53 catches, 579 receiving yards.
Keytaon Thompson
Moves the chains on third down. Four head coaches in six seasons, at two different programs. All-ACC in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 118 rec yds, 9 receptions against Old Dominion — Week 3, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Virginia, 1,675 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: rush tds (89th percentile). Strength: receptions (81st percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.8 | 78.0 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 6.5 | 66.8 | 10.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.8 | 74.8 | 11.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 6.0 | 65.0 | 10.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #174 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Virginia | 53 | 579 | 10.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia | 78 | 990 | 12.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Virginia | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 139 | 1,675 | 12.1 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Virginia | 4 | 25 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia | 39 | 247 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Virginia | 39 | 234 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 24 | 226 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 75 | 446 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 181 | 1,178 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 34–17
vs Richmond
4 rec · 55 yds
With B. Armstrong — 246 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.8 · 105 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · D. Sparks — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17vs Richmond | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-24@ Illinois | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 3 | W 16-14vs Old Dominion | 9 | 118 | 13.1 | 0 | 45 | Season-high 118 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 20-22@ Syracuse | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-38@ Duke | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-34vs Louisville | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 8 | W 16-9@ Georgia Tech | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-14vs Miami | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 30 | |
| Total | 53 | 579 | 11.0 | 0 | 45 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Andre Bodison’s 2021 season.
Matches Andre on
Differs from Andre on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Carlos Carriere's graduate season at Central Michigan (2022).
Matches Carlos on
Differs from Carlos on
Player DNA