Jayden Thomas Pronunciation
AWARDS & HONORS
2024 (at Notre Dame) – 2025 Senior Bowl Preseason Watch List.
AT NOTRE DAME (2021-24)
2024 – Appeared in all 16 games for the CFP national runner-up Fighting Irish … Totaled 18 catches for 167 yards and two touchdowns on the year … Hauled in a 15-yard touchdown reception to put the Irish up for good against Stanford (10/12) … Had two catches for 14 yards against Virginia on (Nov. 16) … Scored in the CFP first round game against Indiana on an 5-yard reception … Had a season-high 34 receiving yards on two catches, including 23-yard reception at Purdue (9/15). 2023 – Took the field in 11 games, making five starts … Totaled 21 catches for 310 yards and a pair of touchdowns … Rushed one time, gaining 10 yards … Entered the season as Notre Dame’s leading returning receiver … In the first four games of the year, caught 12 passes for over 180 yards and a touchdown … Over the next six games dealt with a nagging hamstring injury that dropped his production to five total catches … Against Navy (8/26) in the season opener in Dublin, Ireland, notched a team-high four catches for 63 yards and scored a touchdown in the second quarter … Led the team with four catches for 62 yards in a 56-3 win over Tennessee State (9/2)… Caught a season-long 39 yarder to move the Irish inside the five-yard line to set up a score against Central Michigan (9/16) … In the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl against Oregon State (12/29), finished with 59 yards on four catches and a touchdown. 2022 – Played in all 13 games, making seven starts as a wide receiver … Finished third on the team with 25 receptions and second on the squad with 362 receiving yards … Hauled in three touchdowns during the year … Played on the front line of the kickoff return unit that averaged 19.2 yards per return during the season … Against Marshall (9/10), caught his first collegiate pass, an eight-yard gain that moved the Irish into Thundering Herd territory in the first quarter … Finished with a season-high three catches for 74 yards and a 32-yard touchdown reception against BYU in Las Vegas (10/8) …Had one catch, a three-yard touchdown in the team’s 41-24 victory over Syracuse (10/29) … Compiled a season-high 80 receiving yards on three catches, including a 38-yard reception in the second quarter against Navy (11/12) … In the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against South Carolina, led the team with five catches while picking up 66 receiving yards. 2021 – Made his collegiate debut against Virginia (11/13) …Appeared in three total games: Virginia (11/13), Georgia Tech (11/20) and Stanford (11/27).
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Four-star recruit by Rivals and ESPN and a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com … No. 221 player nationally, No. 94 player regionally, No. 43 wide receiver nationally and No. 23 player from Georgia by ESPN.com (83 Scout Grade) … No. 47 wide receiver and No. 23 player from Georgia by Rivals (5.8 Rivals rank … No. 106 wide receiver nationally and No. 47 player from Georgia by 247Sports.com … Hauled in 25 receptions for 399 yards and five touchdowns during his senior season … Played for current Cavaliers defensive line coach Chris Slade at Pace Academy … Also played baseball at Pace … Son of April and Randy Thomas … Grandfather, Phillip Rodgers, was the first African-American quarterback at Virginia Tech … Has two siblings, Kaysen and Holden.