Thomas Hennigan

#5 · WR · Sr. · App State6′1″ · 210 lb · Greensboro, NC · Northwest Guilford

Thomas Hennigan: WR · App State · #5.

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Thomas Hennigan

WR · App State · Sr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at App State. Named All-Sun Belt two seasons running, most recently in 2021. One game to point at: 123 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Marshall — Week 4, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	App State	60	823	13.7	6	68
2020	App State	47	616	13.1	3	51
2019	App State	60	763	12.7	6	60
2018	App State	29	327	11.3	1	33
2017	App State	45	585	13.0	7	51
Career		241	3,114	12.9	23	68

Season	Team
2021	App State	--	--	110	78	--
2020	App State	--	--	71	45	--
2019	App State	1	4	28	161	--
2018	App State	--	--	121	104	1
2017	App State	--	--	82	99	--
Career		1	4	412	487	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 33-19vs East Carolina	4	114	28.5	1	68
Wk 2	L 23-25@ No. 22 Miami	3	28	9.3	0	11
Wk 3	W 44-10vs Elon	3	18	6.0	0	7
Wk 4	W 31-30vs Marshall	9	123	13.7	0	28	Season-high 123 yds
Wk 5	W 45-16@ Georgia State	4	43	10.8	0	14
Wk 7	L 13-41@ Louisiana	2	25	12.5	0	18
Wk 8	W 30-27vs No. 14 Coastal Carolina	1	23	23.0	0	23
Wk 9	W 59-28vs UL Monroe	4	29	7.3	0	11
Wk 10	W 48-14@ Arkansas State	4	69	17.3	1	34
Wk 11	W 31-7vs South Alabama	5	37	7.4	1	14
Wk 12	W 45-7@ Troy	7	85	12.1	1	42
Wk 13	W 27-3vs Georgia Southern	3	111	37.0	1	68
Wk 14	L 16-24@ No. 20 Louisiana	6	71	11.8	1	24
Total		55	776	14.1	6	68

Signature game

Week 4 · 2021

W 31-30

vs Marshall

9 rec · 123 yds

Edged out Marshall at home in a shootout.

With C. Brice — 283 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.9 · 22 rush yds (6 car) · N. Noel — 187 rush yds (20 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +5.52Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 68 yds for a TD (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 14 · Louisiana · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.55Brice to Hennigan: a 24-yard pass.
Week 1 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.07Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 68 yds to the ECaro 18 for a
Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.68Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 25 yds to the GeoSo 37 for a
Week 11 · South Alabama · 4th and 3 · Q4 · EPA +3.24Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 14 yds for a TD (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 12 · Troy · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 42 yds to the Troy 20 for a

4 more plays

Week 14 · Louisiana · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 14 yds to the LaLaf 36 for a
Week 1 · East Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 34 yds for a TD, (Chandler Staton KICK)
Week 10 · Arkansas State · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.89Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 13 yds to the ArkSt 39 for a
Week 4 · Marshall · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.64Chase Brice pass complete to Thomas Hennigan for 18 yds to the Marsh 47 for a

Teams and coaches

2017App State9-4HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2018App State11-2HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2019App State13-1HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

2020App State9-3HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 71 (#55 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

71Quality starter #55 of 468 · 2021?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (94th percentile). Strength: catch rate (82nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#42 / 655 · 94th pct

1.14

Catch rate#119 / 655 · 82nd pct

85.5%

Yards / catch#253 / 655 · 61st pct

13.4

TD rate#265 / 655 · 60th pct

7.2%

Explosive rate#335 / 655 · 48th pct

13.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#62 / 557 · 89th pct

823

Receptions#69 / 557 · 88th pct

Rec TDs#71 / 557 · 84th pct

Long catch#99 / 557 · 82nd pct

Yards / catch#241 / 557 · 56th pct

13.7

Fumbles lost#198 / 223 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.1	65.0	17.6	0.4
Road6g	4.3	53.5	12.3	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	58.5	13.5	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	4.3	60.7	16.6	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Shawn Clark

Pass share

4.5%

23 pass / 490 run

Plays / game

39.5

13 games

Team sack rate

3.9%

431 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

71 · #55 of 468 WRs · 2021

Three-star recruit. Now #55 at the position.

Thomas Hennigan

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Style of play

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons at App State

2017 12 games

2020 11 games

2021 13 games