2022 Football Roster

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15 Leroy Thomas

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Roanoke, Va.
  • Highschool Patrick Henry

Biography

2022 (Senior)
- Finishes third all-time at VMI with 168 career receptions and ninth with 1,719 receiving yards
- Was a favorite target of Keydet quarterbacks, totaling 34 catches for 352 yards and one touchdown in 11 games
- Had eight rushes for 10 yards, including a touchdown against ETSU
- Opened season with 5 receptions at No. 22 Wake Forest
- Season-high seven catches for 77 yards against Cornell
- Registered three catches in four straight games, inlcuding an ESTU contests where he caught and rushed for TDs

- Five catches for 39 yards at Wofford; Ended season with two catches against The Citadel, completing a 51-yard pass on a trick play



2021 (Junior)
- Appeared in 10 games totaling 55 receptions for 557 yards and three touchdowns
- Registered four or more catches seven times, totaled 35-plus yards eight times
- Opened season with 10 catches for 88 yards against Davidson
- Hauled in three catches for 61 yards and a TD against Wofford
- Had six catches, 35 yards and a touchdown against Chattanooga
- Totaled a career-high 143 yards on nine catches against Samford 
- Ended season with six catches at ETSU, seven catches and a touchdown at Western Carolina

2020-21 - Played in five games his sophomore season after spending the offseason rehabbing from injury…started the first four games of the season at wide receiver before sustaining an injury in the Samford game which caused him to miss the next game…returned in the FCS layoff game against James Madison …caught 25 passes for 216 yards and averaged 43.2 yards per game…had season-high seven passes for 76 yards against with a touchdown grab against Mercer…also caught six passes at Western Carolina and five passes for 66 yards including a season-long of 36 yards…had three receptions for 32 yards in FCS playoff game at JMU.

2019 – Put together an impressive freshman campaign catching 54 passes for 594 yards…the 54 receptions were the second most on the team…earned Southern Conference All-Freshman honors…averaged 59.4 receiving yards per game which was the second most on the team…made six straight starts at midseason before injury sidelined him for the final two games of the season…had a season-high 10 receptions for 123 yards and a touchdown against Wofford September 28…snagged a 62-yard TD reception against Western Carolina which was the longest play from scrimmage on the year…caught at least one pass each game and had 7+ catches in four contests including eight receptions each against Samford and Furman.

High School: Lettered three times at Patrick Henry HS in Roanoke, Virginia., playing three positions (WR, RB and DB) … was named All-District and All-Region during his high school career … gained 1,007 yards rushing as a senior and caught 38 passes for 786 yards … lettered for three seasons as a point guard on the basketball team. 

Major – Economics and Business
 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2019-20Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 180 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 180 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2021Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 180 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2022Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 180 lbs
    15