MATTHEW THOMAS Wide Receiver 2001 / 2004 Pearson, GA

Prior Schools
School	Location
Atkinson County	Pearson, GA

Roster Listings
Year	Roster	Num	Pos	Ht	Wt	Yr	Gms	GS
2001	Fall 2001	15	WR	6-1	180	Fr	6	6
2002	Spring 2002	15	WR	6-1	180	So
2002	Fall 2002	15	WR/CB	6-1	180	So	3	3
2003	Spring 2003	15	WR	6-1	180	Jr
2003	Fall 2003	15	WR	6-1	188	Jr
2003	Alabama-Birmingham 2003	15	WR	6-1	188	Jr
2003	Final 2003	15	WR	6-1	188	Jr	10	10
2004	Spring 2004	15	WR	6-1	188	Sr
2004	Fall 2004	15	WR	6-1	188	Sr	7	7

Depth Chart Appearances
Description	Position	Rank
2002 Outback Bowl	Punt Returns	Co-Starter
2002 Outback Bowl	Wide Receiver	2nd String
2002 Media Guide	Wide Receiver	2nd String
2003 Spring	Wide Receiver	2nd String
9/27/2003 vs Tennessee	Wide Receiver	Starter
10/9/2003 vs Kentucky	Wide Receiver	Starter
9/4/04 vs Vanderbilt	Kick Off Returns	3rd String
9/4/04 vs Vanderbilt	Wide Receiver	Starter
9/18/04 vs South Florida	Wide Receiver	Starter

Honors
Award	Year
2001	Scott Sinclair Outstanding Freshman

Rushing
Year	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2001	2	24	12.0	0
2002	2	11	5.5	0
2003	4	-5	-1.3	0
2004	2	22	11.0	0
Tot	10	52	5.2	0

Rushing from Play-by-Play
Year	Att	Yds	Avg	1D	Neg Rush	NR%	Stuff%	10+ Yds	10+ %	20+ Yds	3D Conv%	TD
2001	2	24	12.0	1	0	0.00	0.0	1	50.0	0		0
2002	2	11	5.5	1	1	50.00	50.0	1	50.0	0		0
2003	4	-7	-1.8	0	2	100.00	50.0	0	0.0	0		0
2004	2	22	11.0	1	0	0.00	0.0	1	50.0	0		0

Receiving
Year	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Com%	1D	CDT	CD%	BP%
2001	18	234	13.0	0	38.3	7	14	21.4	22.2
2002	8	73	9.1	1	42.1	4	6	16.7	37.5
2003	24	442	18.4	2	42.9	11	24	16.7	33.3
2004	12	192	16.0	1	42.9	11	12	41.7	58.3
Tot	62	941	15.2	4	41.3	33	56	23.2	35.5

Receiving by QB
Year	QB	Rec	Throws	Com%	Yds	1D	TD	Success Rate
2001
	Phil Petty	16	40	40.0	216	6	0	32.50
	Corey Jenkins	2	6	33.3	18	1	0	16.67
	Dondrial Pinkins	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0.00
2002
	Corey Jenkins	8	18	44.4	73	3	1	22.22
	Erik Kimrey	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0.00
2003
	Dondrial Pinkins	22	51	43.1	392	10	1	35.29
	Bennett Swygert	2	5	40.0	50	1	0	20.00
2004
	Syvelle Newton	8	17	47.1	136	5	0	47.06
	Dondrial Pinkins	4	11	36.4	56	3	1	36.36

Success Rate from Official Play-By-Play Stats
Year	Pass Plays	Pass SR	Pass SPP	Rush Plays	Rush SR	Rush SPP	Recv Plays	Recv SR	Recv SPP	Recv FC%	Tot SPP	SPP/Play
2001				2	100.00	6	47	29.8	6.34	22	12.34	0.25
2002				2	50.00	1.75	19	21.1	-7.03	50	-5.28	-0.25
2003				4	0.00	-6.07	56	33.9	95.81	21	89.74	1.5
2004				2	100.00	5.11	27	44.4	10.03	0	15.14	0.52

Defense
Year	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FR	FF	BK	IP	CDS	RZS	IPP	YPT
2001	1	0	1	0.0	0.0		0	0	0	0	0
2002	11	8	19	0.0	0.0		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	21.11	12.42
2004	1	0	1	0.0	0.0		0	0	0	0	0
Tot	13	8	21	0.0	0.0		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	21.11

IP - Impact Plays; CDS - Conversion Down Stops (3rd & 4th Down); RZS - Red Zone Stops; IPP - Impact Play Points; YPT - Yards Per Tackle

Kickoff Returns
Year	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
2001	1	12	12.0	0
2002	8	212	26.5	1
2003	22	422	19.2	0
2004	7	105	15.0	0
Tot	38	751	19.8	1

Punt Returns
Year	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
2002	4	-4	-1.0	0
Tot	4	-4	-1.0	0

Penalties
Year	Penalties	Yards
2004	1	-15

Games Started
Date	Opponent	Position
2001-10-06	Kentucky	Wide Receiver
2001-10-20	Vanderbilt	Wide Receiver
2001-11-03	Wofford	Wide Receiver
2001-11-10	Florida	Wide Receiver
2001-11-17	Clemson	Wide Receiver
2002-01-01	Ohio State	Wide Receiver
2002-09-07	Virginia	Wide Receiver
2002-09-14	Georgia	Wide Receiver
2002-11-09	Arkansas	Wide Receiver
2003-09-06	Virginia	Wide Receiver
2003-09-13	Georgia	Wide Receiver
2003-09-20	Alabama-Birmingham	Wide Receiver
2003-10-09	Kentucky	Wide Receiver
2003-10-18	LSU	Wide Receiver
2003-10-25	Vanderbilt	Wide Receiver
2003-11-01	Mississippi	Wide Receiver
2003-11-06	Arkansas	Wide Receiver
2003-11-15	Florida	Wide Receiver
2003-11-22	Clemson	Wide Receiver
2004-09-04	Vanderbilt	Wide Receiver
2004-09-11	Georgia	Wide Receiver
2004-09-18	South Florida	Wide Receiver
2004-09-25	Troy	Wide Receiver
2004-10-02	Alabama	Wide Receiver
2004-11-06	Arkansas	Wide Receiver
2004-11-13	Florida	Wide Receiver

Single Game Rushing Stats
Season	Game Date	Opponent	Att	Yds	TD
2001	2001-10-27	Tennessee	1	18	0
	2001-11-10	Florida	1	6	0
2002	2002-09-07	Virginia	1	-4	0
	2002-11-09	Arkansas	1	15	0
2003	2003-10-09	Kentucky	1	-3	0
	2003-10-18	LSU	1	5	0
	2003-10-25	Vanderbilt	1	-8	0
	2003-11-15	Florida	1	1	0
2004	2004-09-04	Vanderbilt	1	16	0
	2004-09-11	Georgia	1	6	0

Single Game Receiving Stats
Season	Game Date	Opponent	Rec	Yds	TD
2001	2001-09-01	Boise State	1	8	0
	2001-09-08	Georgia	1	32	0
	2001-09-29	Alabama	4	83	0
	2001-10-13	Arkansas	1	-2	0
	2001-10-20	Vanderbilt	2	21	0
	2001-10-27	Tennessee	3	25	0
	2001-11-03	Wofford	3	26	0
	2001-11-10	Florida	1	26	0
	2001-11-17	Clemson	1	7	0
2002	2002-08-31	New Mexico State	2	41	0
	2002-09-07	Virginia	1	10	1
	2002-09-14	Georgia	2	23	0
	2002-09-28	Vanderbilt	2	-3	0
	2002-11-09	Arkansas	1	11	0
2003	2003-09-06	Virginia	2	25	0
	2003-09-13	Georgia	1	48	0
	2003-09-20	Alabama-Birmingham	3	55	0
	2003-09-27	Tennessee	2	29	0
	2003-10-09	Kentucky	1	4	0
	2003-10-18	LSU	4	102	1
	2003-11-01	Mississippi	2	113	1
	2003-11-06	Arkansas	5	18	0
	2003-11-15	Florida	2	18	0
	2003-11-22	Clemson	2	30	0
2004	2004-09-18	South Florida	2	36	0
	2004-09-25	Troy	2	36	0
	2004-10-02	Alabama	1	17	0
	2004-10-30	Tennessee	3	39	1
	2004-11-06	Arkansas	1	7	0
	2004-11-13	Florida	2	53	0
	2004-11-20	Clemson	1	4	0

Scoring Plays
Date	Opponent	Qtr	Time	USC	Opp	Play
2002-09-07	Virginia	1	05:45	7	7	Matthew Thomas, 10-yd pass from Corey Jenkins (Daniel Weaver kick)
2002-09-07	Virginia	2	06:53	21	20	Matthew Thomas, 95 yd kickoff return (Daniel Weaver kick)
2003-10-18	LSU	3	10:23	7	19	Matthew Thomas, 77-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Daniel Weaver kick)
2003-11-01	Mississippi	4	06:08	33	43	Matthew Thomas, 98-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (2-pt failed)
2004-10-30	Tennessee	4	11:30	15	29	Matthew Thomas, 5-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Josh Brown kick)

Receptions
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
2001	2001-09-01	Boise State	3	12	BOI	19	Matthew Thomas, 8-yd pass from Phil Petty (LaGary Mitchell, Greg Sasser)
2001	2001-09-08	Georgia	3	10	UGA	48	Matthew Thomas, 32-yd pass from Phil Petty (B.Williams)
2001	2001-09-29	Alabama	2	6	USC	26	Matthew Thomas, 9-yd pass from Phil Petty (Thurman Ward)
2001	2001-09-29	Alabama	2	10	USC	21	Matthew Thomas, 58-yd pass from Phil Petty (Reggie Myles)
2001	2001-09-29	Alabama	2	10	ALA	21	Matthew Thomas, 9-yd pass from Phil Petty (Gerald Dixon)
2001	2001-09-29	Alabama	2	10	ALA	26	Matthew Thomas, 7-yd pass from Phil Petty (Gerald Dixon)
2001	2001-10-13	Arkansas	2	4	USC	44	Matthew Thomas loss of 2 on pass from Phil Petty
2001	2001-10-20	Vanderbilt	3	12	VAN	40	Matthew Thomas, 9-yd pass from Phil Petty (Hunter Hillenmeyer)
2001	2001-10-20	Vanderbilt	1	10	USC	40	Matthew Thomas, 12-yd pass from Phil Petty (Lorenzo Parker)
2001	2001-10-27	Tennessee	1	10	USC	38	Matthew Thomas, 6-yd pass from Phil Petty (Robert Peace)
2001	2001-10-27	Tennessee	2	12	UTN	20	Matthew Thomas, 14-yd pass from Phil Petty (Eddie Moore)
2001	2001-10-27	Tennessee	1	10	UTN	43	Matthew Thomas, 5-yd pass from Phil Petty (Andre Lott, Albert Haynesworth)
2001	2001-11-03	Wofford	3	6	WOF	6	Matthew Thomas loss of 2 on pass from Corey Jenkins (Bill Pryor)
2001	2001-11-03	Wofford	4	10	WOF	30	Matthew Thomas, 20-yd pass from Corey Jenkins (Chase Corn)
2001	2001-11-03	Wofford	2	12	USC	18	Matthew Thomas, 8-yd pass from Phil Petty (Chris Edwards)
2001	2001-11-10	Florida	3	4	USC	41	Matthew Thomas, 26-yd pass from Phil Petty (Lito Sheppard)
2001	2001-11-17	Clemson	1	10	CLM	33	Matthew Thomas, 7-yd pass from Phil Petty (Brian Mance)
2001	2002-01-01	Ohio State	1	10	OHS	40	Matthew Thomas, 8-yd pass from Phil Petty (Will Allen)
2002	2002-08-31	New Mexico State	1	10	NMS	30	Matthew Thomas, 17-yd pass from Corey Jenkins (Rober Canidate)
2002	2002-08-31	New Mexico State	3	5	USC	49	Matthew Thomas, 24-yd pass from Corey Jenkins (Siddee Shabazz)
2002	2002-09-07	Virginia	1	10	UVA	10	Matthew Thomas, 10-yd pass from Corey Jenkins, touchdown
2002	2002-09-14	Georgia	1	10	USC	10	Matthew Thomas loss of 2 on pass from Corey Jenkins
2002	2002-09-14	Georgia	1	10		50	Matthew Thomas, 25-yd pass from Corey Jenkins (Greg Blue)
2002	2002-09-28	Vanderbilt	3	9	VAN	45	Matthew Thomas, 3-yd pass from Corey Jenkins
2002	2002-09-28	Vanderbilt	2	1	VAN	40	Matthew Thomas loss of 6 on pass from Corey Jenkins (Rushen Jones)
2002	2002-11-09	Arkansas	2	10	USC	20	Matthew Thomas, 2-yd pass from Corey Jenkins (Arrion Dixon)
2003	2003-09-06	Virginia	2	8	USC	31	Matthew Thomas, 5-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (W. Davis)
2003	2003-09-06	Virginia	1	10	USC	29	Matthew Thomas, 20-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Jermaine Hardy)
2003	2003-09-13	Georgia	1	10	USC	23	Matthew Thomas, 48-yd pass from Bennett Swygert (DeMario Minter)
2003	2003-09-20	Alabama-Birmingham	1	10	USC	27	Matthew Thomas, 24-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins
2003	2003-09-20	Alabama-Birmingham	1	10	UAB	43	Matthew Thomas, 9-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins - SC personal foul
2003	2003-09-20	Alabama-Birmingham	3	12	USC	40	Matthew Thomas, 22-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (C.Hendricks)
2003	2003-09-27	Tennessee	3	11	USC	33	Matthew Thomas, 30-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Mark Jones)
2003	2003-09-27	Tennessee	3	11	UTN	32	Matthew Thomas, 1-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins
2003	2003-10-09	Kentucky	1	10	USC	40	Matthew Thomas, 4-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Claude Sagaille, Mike Williams)
2003	2003-10-18	LSU	3	10	USC	23	Matthew Thomas, 12-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Travis Daniels)
2003	2003-10-18	LSU	2	4	USC	40	Matthew Thomas, 12-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Travis Daniels)
2003	2003-10-18	LSU	3	10	LSU	48	Matthew Thomas, 1-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Marcus Spears)
2003	2003-10-18	LSU	3	7	USC	23	Matthew Thomas, 77-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins, touchdown + LSU roughing the passer (assessed on kickoff)
2003	2003-11-01	Mississippi	1	10	USC	2	Matthew Thomas, 98-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins, touchdown
2003	2003-11-01	Mississippi	1	10	USC	34	Matthew Thomas, 15-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Jesse Mitchell)
2003	2003-11-06	Arkansas	2	10	USC	26	Matthew Thomas, 7-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Elliott Harris)
2003	2003-11-06	Arkansas	1	10	USC	20	Matthew Thomas, 7-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Sam Olajubutu)
2003	2003-11-06	Arkansas	1	10	USC	34	Matthew Thomas, 5-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Eddie Jackson)
2003	2003-11-06	Arkansas	2	5	ARK	14	Matthew Thomas, 1-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Vickiel Vaughn, L.Richardson)
2003	2003-11-06	Arkansas	4	4	ARK	13	Matthew Thomas loss of 2 on pass from Dondrial Pinkins, fumble, forced by (Vickiel Vaughn) recovered by (Bo Mosley) at AR 15
2003	2003-11-15	Florida	1	10	USC	23	Matthew Thomas, 9-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Johnny Lamar)
2003	2003-11-15	Florida	1	10	USC	45	Matthew Thomas, 9-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Johnny Lamar)
2003	2003-11-22	Clemson	2	1	USC	32	Matthew Thomas, 28-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins (Jamaal Fudge)
2003	2003-11-22	Clemson	2	10	USC	47	Matthew Thomas, 2-yd pass from Bennett Swygert (Charles Bennett)
2004	2004-09-18	South Florida	1	10	USC	29	Matthew Thomas, 16-yd pass from Syvelle Newton (D'Juan Brown)
2004	2004-09-18	South Florida	2	10	USF	38	Matthew Thomas, 20-yd pass from Syvelle Newton
2004	2004-09-25	Troy	3	17	USC	33	Matthew Thomas, 30-yd pass from Syvelle Newton (Johnny Faulk)
2004	2004-09-25	Troy	2	6	USC	24	Matthew Thomas, 6-yd pass from Syvelle Newton (Freeman White)
2004	2004-10-02	Alabama	3	9	USC	21	Matthew Thomas, 17-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins
2004	2004-10-30	Tennessee	2	12	USC	20	Matthew Thomas, 13-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins
2004	2004-10-30	Tennessee	3	5	UTN	5	Matthew Thomas, 5-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins, touchdown
2004	2004-10-30	Tennessee	2	14	UTN	25	Matthew Thomas, 21-yd pass from Dondrial Pinkins, fumble, forced by (Jason Allen), recovered by Matthew Thomas
2004	2004-11-06	Arkansas	4	7	USC	38	Matthew Thomas, 7-yd pass from Syvelle Newton (Jamaal Anderson)
2004	2004-11-13	Florida	3	14	USC	32	Matthew Thomas, 34-yd pass from Syvelle Newton (R.Hill)
2004	2004-11-13	Florida	2	12	USC	41	Matthew Thomas, 19-yd pass from Syvelle Newton (K.Jackson)
2004	2004-11-20	Clemson	1	10	USC	20	Matthew Thomas, 4-yd pass from Syvelle Newton (Tye Hill)

Defense - Tackles For Loss
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
2002	2002-10-05	Mississippi State	1	10	USC	18	Brandon Wright loss of 1 on pass from Kevin Fant (Langston Moore, Matthew Thomas)

Defensive Plays
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
2002	2002-09-28	Vanderbilt	3	9	VAN	45	Matthew Thomas, 3-yd pass from Corey Jenkins
2002	2002-10-05	Mississippi State	1	10	MST	20	Terrell Grindle, 13-yd pass from Kevin Fant (Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-10-05	Mississippi State	1	10	MST	17	Darnell Jones, 6-yd pass from Kevin Fant (Lenny Williams, Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-10-05	Mississippi State	1	10	MST	45	Terrell Grindle, 54-yd pass from Kevin Fant (Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-10-12	Kentucky	4	21	UKY	49	Tommy Cook, 11-yd pass from Glenn Pakulak, fumble, forced by (Ryan Brewer), recovered by (Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-10-12	Kentucky	1	10	UKY	39	Artose Pinner rush for 6 (George Gause, Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-10-12	Kentucky	3	3	UKY	46	Chris Bernard, 9-yd pass for Jared Lorenzen (Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-10-12	Kentucky	3	8	USC	43	Artose Pinner, 11-yd pass from Jared Lorenzen (Matthew Thomas, Shaun Smith)
2002	2002-10-12	Kentucky	1	14	USC	25	Artose Pinner rush for 4 (Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-10-19	LSU	3	7	LSU	22	Michael Clayton, 16-yd pass from Marcus Randall (Matthew Thomas, Jamacia Jackson)
2002	2002-10-19	LSU	1	10	USC	49	Jerel Myers, 19-yd pass from Marcus Randall (Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-10-19	LSU	3	1	LSU	33	Domanick Davis rush for 4 (Matthew Thomas, Shaun Smith)
2002	2002-10-19	LSU	1	10		50	Shyrone Carey rush for 5 (Moe Thompson, Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-11-02	Tennessee	4	11	UTN	45	Dustin Colquitt punt to SC 5, Dunta Robinson return 0 yards, fumble, recovered by Matthew Thomas
2002	2002-11-02	Tennessee	2	10	UTN	25	Jason Witten, 11-yd pass from Casey Clausen (Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-11-02	Tennessee	1	10	UTN	39	Cedric Houston rush for 7 (Jamacia Jackson, Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-11-02	Tennessee	2	3	UTN	46	Cedric Houston rush for 4 (Matthew Thomas, George Gause)
2002	2002-11-02	Tennessee	3	4	UTN	16	Jason Witten, 4-yd pass from Casey Clausen (Matthew Thomas)
2002	2002-11-02	Tennessee	1	10	USC	23	Cedric Houston rush for 3 (Langston Moore, Matthew Thomas)
2003	2003-09-20	Alabama-Birmingham	2	4	USC	48	Demetris Summers rush for 5, fumble, recovered by Matthew Thomas
2003	2003-10-09	Kentucky	1	10	USC	19	Matthew Thomas rush for loss of 5, fumble, recovered by Matthew Thomas at SC 16