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MATTHEW THOMAS
Wide Receiver
2001 / 2004
Pearson, GA
Prior Schools
SchoolLocation
Atkinson County Pearson, GA


Roster Listings
YearRosterNumPosHtWtYrGmsGS
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
DescriptionPositionRank
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
AwardYear
2001 Scott Sinclair Outstanding Freshman
Rushing
YearAttYdsAvgTD
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
YearAttYdsAvg1DNeg RushNR%Stuff%10+ Yds10+ %20+ Yds3D 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
YearRecYdsAvgTDCom%1DCDTCD%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
YearQBRec 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
YearPass PlaysPass SRPass SPPRush PlaysRush SRRush SPPRecv PlaysRecv SRRecv SPPRecv FC%Tot SPPSPP/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
YearSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUQBHFRFFBKIPCDSRZSIPPYPT
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
YearRetYdsAvgTD
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
YearRetYdsAvgTD
2002 4 -4 -1.0 0
Tot 4 -4 -1.0 0
Penalties
YearPenaltiesYards
2004 1 -15
Games Started
DateOpponentPosition
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
SeasonGame DateOpponentAttYdsTD
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
SeasonGame DateOpponentRecYdsTD
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
DateOpponentQtrTimeUSCOppPlay
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
YearDateOpponentDownTo GoSideYdlinePlay
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
YearDateOpponentDownTo GoSideYdlinePlay
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
YearDateOpponentDownTo GoSideYdlinePlay
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