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Dont'e Thornton

Tennessee · Wide Receiver · 2023-24

REC
39
REC YDS
885
REC TD
7

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2023 to 2024, Thornton caught 39 passes for 885 yards and 7 touchdowns.

Thornton was the No. 108 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 69 overall, the 26th-highest wide receiver rating at Tennessee since 1990 and No. 167 among all wide receivers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • No. 108 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Dont'e Thornton season-by-season statistics at Tennessee
SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
2023132241
2024266616
Total398857

Seasons with tracked stats at Tennessee. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Tennessee Teammates

  1. 90Jalin Hyatt2020-22WR
  2. 86Hendon Hooker2021-22QB
  3. 83Dylan Sampson2022-24RB
  4. 77James Pearce Jr.2022-24EDGE
  5. 75Cedric Tillman2018-22WR
  6. 75Jeremy Banks2018-22LB
  7. 74Theo Jackson2017-21S
  8. 74Jermod McCoy2024-25CB
  9. 72Will Brooks2022-24CB
  10. 72Byron Young2021-22EDGE

Full Tennessee all-time roster

Top Wide Receivers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 97DeVonta SmithAlabama · 2017-20WR
  2. 93Marvin Harrison Jr.Ohio State · 2021-23WR
  3. 91Jeremiah SmithOhio State · 2024-26WR
  4. 90Rome OdunzeWashington · 2020-23WR
  5. 90Garrett WilsonOhio State · 2019-21WR
  6. 90Malik NabersLSU · 2021-23WR
  7. 88Tylan WallaceOklahoma State · 2017-20WR
  8. 88Kaden WetjenIowa · 2022-25WR

Best college wide receivers since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia (Dont'e Thornton) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.