| Notre Dame Fighting Irish–No. 83 | |
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| Position | Wide receiver |
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| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 18, 2002 Paulding County, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 218 lb (99 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Pace Academy (Atlanta, Georgia) |
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Jayden Thomas (born October 18, 2002) is an American football wide receiver for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Thomas attended Pace Academy in Atlanta, Georgia where he played football and baseball. [1] His football head coach was former NFL Pro Bowler Chris Slade. [2] Thomas committed to play college football at the University of Notre Dame. [3]
As a true freshman, Thomas played in just three games. In his sophomore season, he played in all 13 games, making seven starts at wide receiver while playing on the front line of the kickoff return unit that averaged 19.2 yards per return during the season. He finished third on the team with 25 receptions, and second with 362 receiving yards. [4] In his junior season, against Ohio State, Thomas pulled his hamstring and caught just five passes for 63 yards during the remainder of the season. [5]
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| Season | Games | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||||
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 361 | 14.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 310 | 14.8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | ||||
| Career [6] | 27 | 12 | 46 | 671 | 14.6 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||||
Thomas's grandfather, Phillip Rodgers, was the first black quarterback at Virginia Tech. [4]
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