Payton Thorne
 Thorne with Michigan State in 2021 | |
| Auburn Tigers – No. 1 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Senior |
| Major | Communication |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 26, 2001 Naperville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 203 lb (92 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Naperville Central (Naperville, Illinois) |
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Payton Thorne (born June 26, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Auburn Tigers. Thorne played for the Michigan State Spartans from 2019 to 2022.
High school career
[edit]Thorne originally attended Metea Valley High School in Aurora, Illinois before transferring to Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois. As a senior in 2018, he was named the Chicago Sun-Times and Naperville Sun Player of the Year after throwing for 3,113 yards and 40 touchdowns.[1][2] Thorne originally committed to Western Michigan University to play college football but later switched to Michigan State University.[3][4]
College career
[edit]Thorne was redshirted his first year at Michigan State in 2019.[5]
In 2020, he played in four games as a backup to Rocky Lombardi and made one start. In his first career start against Penn State he passed for 325 yards and three touchdowns.[6][7] For the season, he completed 48 of 85 passes for 582 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions.
In 2021, Thorne was named the Spartans starter to open the season.[8][9] In his first full year as a starter, Thorne threw for 3,240 yards, 27 TDs, 10 INTs, with a 77.7 QBR.[10]
In 2022, he was a 12 game starter with 2,679 yards passing, 19 touchdown passes and one rushing TD.[11]
In the 2023 offseason, Thorne transferred to Auburn to play under newly acquired head coach Hugh Freeze.
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Michigan State Spartans | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Redshirt
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| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 0–1 | 48 | 85 | 56.5 | 582 | 6.8 | 3 | 3 | 118.6 | 25 | 47 | 1.9 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 11–2 | 235 | 389 | 60.4 | 3,232 | 8.3 | 27 | 10 | 148.0 | 82 | 181 | 2.2 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 5–7 | 242 | 387 | 62.5 | 2,679 | 6.9 | 19 | 11 | 131.2 | 60 | 42 | 0.7 | 1 | |
| Auburn Tigers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 13 | 12 | 6–6 | 162 | 265 | 61.1 | 1,755 | 7.0 | 16 | 10 | 129.1 | 134 | 515 | 3.8 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 1–1 | 40 | 70 | 57.1 | 700 | 10.0 | 7 | 5 | 159.9 | 24 | 102 | 4.3 | 2 | |
| Career | 45 | 40 | 23−17 | 726 | 1,195 | 60.8 | 8,948 | 7.5 | 72 | 39 | 137.0 | 325 | 887 | 2.7 | 11 | |
Personal life
[edit]Thorne is a Christian.[12] Thorne's father, Jeff Thorne, was the offensive coordinator at Western Michigan in 2022.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Long, Beth (November 21, 2018). "2018 Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year: Naperville Central's Payton Thorne". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Baumgartner, Blake (November 17, 2018). "Naperville Central's Payton Thorne is the 2018 Naperville Sun Football Player of the Year". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ Baumgartner, Blake (December 15, 2018). "Changeup: Naperville Central's Payton Thorne switches from Western Michigan to Michigan State". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ "The rapid process that led QB Payton Thorne to Michigan State". mlive. December 18, 2018.
- ^ Schmit, Kevin (June 19, 2020). "Naperville Central grad Thorne has high hopes at Michigan State". Football Focus.
- ^ Baumgartner, Blake (April 6, 2021). "Naperville's Payton Thorne made a difference in his first start at QB for Michigan State. Now, he wants to do that with regularity". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ "Michigan State QB Payton Thorne shines early in first career start". mlive. December 12, 2020.
- ^ "Payton Thorne to start at QB for Michigan State in season opener at Northwestern". mlive. September 4, 2021.
- ^ Charboneau, Matt. "Payton Thorne named starting QB for MSU ahead of opener vs. Northwestern". The Detroit News.
- ^ "Payton Thorne Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ "Payton Thorne transfers to Auburn: Ex-Michigan State starting QB adds intrigue to battle entering summer". CBS Sports. May 5, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ Doering, Joshua (November 17, 2021). "Michigan State QB Payton Thorne looks to God while leading resurgent Spartans". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Solari, Chris (November 19, 2020). "Twists of fate allow Michigan State QB Payton Thorne's dad to see son play up close". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
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