2019 Baseball Roster
Thomas, Thayer
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Jersey Number 31
Thayer Thomas
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Wake Forest, N.C.
- High School:
- Heritage
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 193
Bio
2021 - Redshirt Sophomore Season
2020 - Redshirt Junior Season (Football)
2019 - Redshirt Sophomore Season (Football)
2019 - Redshirt Freshman Season
2018 - Redshirt Freshman Season (Football)
2017 - Freshman Season (Football)
High School / Prep
- Did not compete
2020 - Redshirt Junior Season (Football)
- Posted the seventh-best punt return average in school history: 11.2 yards per return
- A second-team preseason All-ACC choice according to Athlon as a returner
2019 - Redshirt Sophomore Season (Football)
- Averaged 13.7 yards per punt return for the season - tied as the seventh-best mark in school history
- Returned a punt for a touchdown (76 yards) in the win over Ball State (there were only 10 players on the field for NC State at the time!)
- Threw and caught a touchdown pass at West Virginia
- Threw another TD pass (the only touchdown of the game) in the win over Syracuse
- In for only six snaps against Clemson as he was battling an injury
2019 - Redshirt Freshman Season
- Made 14 game appearances, including four starts as an outfielder
- Batted .222 with four hits and a .500 slugging percentage
- His best game of the season was on March 9 vs. Pittsburgh when we went 2-for-2 with a double and home run, driving in a pair of runs while scoring two of his own
- Additionally tallied eight putouts with a 1.000 fielding percentage
- Drafted in the 33rd round of the MLB Draft to the Boston Red Sox
- Also a member of the football team
2018 - Redshirt Freshman Season (Football)
- Fourth-leading receiver with 34 catches
- Turned in a 100-yard receiving game earlier in his career than any receiver in school history. He had with 114 yards on nine catches in just his second game - the win over Georgia State
- Also threw a 56-yard pass in the win over Georgia State
- Named the ACC Rookie of the Week for that performance
- Had two touches in the opener: a 40-yard punt return and a 16-yard touchdown reception
2017 - Freshman Season (Football)
- Redshirted the season at wide receiver
- Former walk-on who earned a scholarship during the spring of 2018
High School / Prep
- An all-conference performer as a junior and senior in baseball
- Also won all-metro honors as a senior in baseball
- Holds the Heritage single-season records for hits (35), batting average (.473) and OB pct. (.561)
- Batted .397 as a junior, with 6 triples, 5 doubles, 19 RBI and 18 stolen
- Football Senior Stats: 74 catches for 965 yards and 7 TDs
- Football Junior Stats: Missed six games due to injury, but still pulled down 35 receptions for 510 yards and four TDs
- Football Honors: Earned the WRAL Extra Effort Award and the Bill Dooley NCHSAA Award. Named the Male Athlete of the Year by HSOT and PrepsNow. An All-Metro performer in baseball, he won all-conference honors in football, basketball and baseball as a junior and senior. Named team offensive MVP. A Wendy’s High school Heisman finalist for N.C.
- Football Career Stats: Holds the Heritage reception record in football, the assist record in basketball and the marks for hits, batting average, slugging percentage and OB in baseball
- Ranked 10 out of 410 in his class, he was a junior marshall