Willem Thurber

TE · #83 · Virginia · SO · 6'5" · 245 · Brattleboro, VT

28 2026 receiving yards

1 of 2 2026 catches

0 2026 TDs

1 Explosive plays

2 Career games (0 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Rec-Tgt	Yards	YPR	TD
2026	Virginia	2	0	1-2	28	28.0	0

2026 Percentile vs TEs

Receiving yards per game 14.0 71

Yards per catch 28.0 99

Catch rate 50.0% 13

Receiving TDs 0 0

Around Willem

Projected 2026 starters · 2026 production

Beau Pribula QB · 1,217 pass yds · 7g

Jekail Middlebrook RB · 396 rush yds · 7g

WR-X

Ty'Lyric Coleman WR · 89 rec yds · 7g

WR-Z

Jacquon Gibson WR · 103 rec yds · 7g

WR-SL

Kameron Courtney WR · 204 rec yds · 6g

Dakota Twitty TE · 62 rec yds · 7g

The situation

Virginia 2026 offense ›

Explosive play rate 10.9% 36

Red zone TD rate 77.1% 74

Line yards per carry 2.2 30

Sack rate allowed 11.6% 4

2026 Game log

Week	Opponent	Targets	Receptions	Receiving yards	Receiving TDs	RZ opps	Target share
W2	Norfolk State Spartans	1	1	28	0	0	4%
W4	DEL	1	0	0	0	0	2%

Recruiting

2025 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2025 board

#1935

Hector Gonzalez EDGE · Rabun Gap-Nacoochee EMU

#1935

Rain Banick IOL · Providence Christian Academy FAU

#1937 Willem Thurber TE · Deerfield Academy UVA

#1945

Jerron Blackwell S · Dudley WAKE

#1945 Matthew Pointer EDGE · Chaminade-Madonna FIU

TEs in the class

#106

Brandon Kubay St. Thomas More USF

#106

Jeremiah Scoby Dickinson BGSU

#108 Willem Thurber Deerfield Academy UVA

#110 Cayman Reynolds Sonoraville ECU

#111

Will Swartz Hargrave RICE

2026 · 71th pctile of TEs

Recruit · 40th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.