Kansas City Chiefs · WR · 4 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Baylor (2022 Round 2, Pick 50)

Tyquan Thornton

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40.0

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #62 of 99 qualified WRs

Rec / Targets: 11/1512.7% target share
Receiving yards: 21919.9 YPR
Receiving TD: 254.8 yds/G
Snap share: 59%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +1.26915 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 66.7%Play-by-play positive EPA

Tyquan Thornton among the 99 qualified receivers: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Smith-Njigba97.0
Lamb93.7
Olave90.5
St. Brown90.3
Higgins88.5
McMillan88.2
London87.9
Nabers87.3
Wilson85.2
Thornton#6240.0

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 99 qualified WRs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game20% weight · Raw +1.231 → Shrunk +1.330

52thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.682 → Shrunk +0.787

20thpercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 14.60 → Shrunk 39.01

37thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed6% weight · Raw 18.87 → Shrunk 55.17

36thpercentile

Offensive snaps per team game, regressed10% weight · Raw 0.63 → Shrunk 18.87

3thpercentile

Target share30% weight · Raw 12.7% → Shrunk 15.0%

31thpercentile

First-down rate, regressed8% weight · Raw 53.3% → Shrunk 39.4%

82thpercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 26.7% → Shrunk 13.2%

91thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Tyquan Thornton. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds	Rec TD
Week 1	Sep 14, 2026	vs DEN	W 31-10	0	1	0	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	vs IND	W 33-30	4	4	86	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ MIA	W 24-10	2	2	22	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	@ LV	W 30-27	5	8	111	2

College to the NFL: Baylor to Kansas City Chiefs

Verified identity bridge linking Tyquan Thornton's college regular-season yards at Baylor to official NFL game lines.

Baylor (College yards)

2822018

7442019

1582020

9462021

5050th pick
2022 Draft

KC (NFL yards)

2472022

912023

472024

4382025

2192026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 5 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2022	NE	13	3	16	1	22/45	247	2
2023	NE	9	3	51	0	13/23	91	0
2024	NE	6	0	0	0	4/8	47	0
2025	KC	14	0	0	0	19/37	438	3
2026 (so far)	KC	4	0	0	0	11/15	219	2

Compare Tyquan Thornton with top receivers

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Tyquan Thornton vs. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA)Score 40.0 vs. 97.0 Tyquan Thornton vs. CeeDee Lamb (DAL)Score 40.0 vs. 93.7 Tyquan Thornton vs. Chris Olave (NO)Score 40.0 vs. 90.5 Tyquan Thornton vs. Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)Score 40.0 vs. 90.3 Tyquan Thornton vs. Tee Higgins (CIN)Score 40.0 vs. 88.5 Tyquan Thornton vs. Tetairoa McMillan (CAR)Score 40.0 vs. 88.2