College production summary feeding the v3.0 similarity vector. The engine weights these features against the prospect corpus (2000–present) to build the comp grid below.
Historical college players whose production curves most closely match Dont'E Thornton. Hit-label colouring tags each comp's eventual NFL outcome: elite, starter, bust, unknown (still developing or never reached the NFL). Click an NFL name to jump to its veteran page when available.
| College player | School | Class | Similarity | NFL outcome | NFL career | Career fp | Peak3 fp/g | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarique Milton | Iowa State | 2020 | 0.926 | unknown | Tarique Milton | — | — | — |
| Isaac Teslaa | Arkansas | 2025 | 0.891 | unknown | Isaac TeSlaa | 106 | 5.2 | 2 |
| Beau Corrales | North Carolina | 2020 | 0.881 | unknown | Beau Corrales | — | — | — |
| Josh Meredith | Washington State | 2026 | 0.856 | unknown | Josh Meredith | — | — | — |
| Trevon Clark | California | 2022 | 0.838 | unknown | Trevon Clark | — | — | — |
| Gavin Holmes | Baylor | 2023 | 0.828 | unknown | Gavin Holmes | — | — | — |
| Braxton Berrios | Miami | 2018 | 0.778 | bust | Braxton Berrios | 361 | 5.8 | 8 |
| JaVonta Payton | Tennessee | 2022 | 0.721 | unknown | JaVonta Payton | — | — | — |
| Tony Nicholson | New Mexico State | 2020 | 0.693 | unknown | Tony Nicholson | — | — | — |
| Michael Jackson III | Purdue | 2026 | 0.677 | unknown | Michael Jackson III | — | — | — |
| Stephen Louis | NC State | 2018 | 0.656 | unknown | Stephen Louis | — | — | — |
| Micah Simon | BYU | 2020 | 0.653 | unknown | Micah Simon | — | — | — |
| Jalen Harvey | Arizona State | 2018 | 0.653 | unknown | Jalen Harvey | — | — | — |
| Marcus Rosemy | Georgia | 2024 | 0.650 | unknown | Marcus Rosemy | — | — | — |
| Connor Wedington | Stanford | 2020 | 0.649 | unknown | Connor Wedington | — | — | — |
| Eric Kumah | Virginia Tech | 2019 | 0.643 | unknown | Eric Kumah | — | — | — |
| Willie Idlette | Wake Forest | 2007 | 0.637 | unknown | Willie Idlette | — | — | — |
| Dorian Baker | Kentucky | 2016 | 0.637 | unknown | Dorian Baker | — | — | — |
| Nick Easley | Iowa | 2019 | 0.628 | unknown | Nick Easley | — | — | — |
| Keke Chism | Missouri | 2022 | 0.627 | unknown | Keke Chism | — | — | — |
| Damien Alford | Syracuse | 2024 | 0.617 | unknown | Damien Alford | — | — | — |
| Blake Lynch | Baylor | 2018 | 0.604 | unknown | Blake Lynch | — | — | — |
| Juwann Winfree | Colorado | 2019 | 0.602 | bust | Juwann Winfree | 14 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Aaron Young | Duke | 2020 | 0.592 | unknown | Aaron Young | — | — | — |
| Jalen Brooks | South Carolina | 2023 | 0.584 | bust | Jalen Brooks | 69 | 3.1 | 4 |
Methodology details: v3.0 prospect engine — PR 3 similarity, PR 4 projection, PR 5 back-test.