Career: Ended career with App State record for career catches (242) while ranking No. 2 in career receiving yards (3,124) and No. 4 in career receiving TDs (23) … Ended career with FBS-record 65 starts in his career and tied for App State record with 66 career games (only non-start came against Georgia State in 2020 while dealing with a months-long hamstring injury) … Academic All-American (second team) following 2020 season … Received All-Sun Belt recognition in four of his five seasons … Closed career with 4,082 all-purpose yards thanks to work as a receiver and returner … An opening-game starter as a true freshman in 2017, helped App State go 52-14 with three Sun Belt titles (2017-19), an additional Sun Belt East Division title (2021) and four bowl wins (2017-20) … Among full-time FBS players participating in 2021, was No. 2 among active players with his 242 catches (behind only Ball State’s Justin Hall) … Sun Belt’s “Best Hands” from Street and Smith had 31 career contested catches, including 13 in 2019 and “You Got Mossed” recognition from ESPN for a leaping, 39-yard grab in coverage against North Texas in the 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl … Had one punt return for a touchdown (against Charlotte in 2018) and had an interception as a defensive back in a hail-mary situation (in 2018) ... Moved the chains on 149 of his 242 career catches.
 
2021: Second-team All-Sun Belt … Started all 14 games … Team captain finished season with 60 catches for a career-high 823 yards and six touchdowns … Leading up to the bowl game, had a touchdown catch in five straight games … Posted 1,011 all-purpose yards … On Senior Day, 111 receiving yards included a 68-yard TD that tied for the longest catch of his App State career … Had four catches for 114 yards in Week 1 against ECU with a 68-yard touchdown … Made nine catches for 123 yards against Marshall … Broke four tackles on a late touchdown during a 71-yard outing against Louisiana in the Sun Belt title game … Candidate for Wuerffel Trophy, Campbell Trophy and Senior CLASS Award.
 
2020: Third-team All-Sun Belt from the league and honorable mention from PFF … Academic All-American ... Led team with 47 catches and 616 receiving yards … Played in all 12 games and started 11 (coming off the bench against Arkansas State) despite being extremely limited by a lower-body injury for a large chunk of the season … Scored three receiving touchdowns, reaching the end zone against Charlotte, Troy and Georgia Southern … Received “You Got Mossed” recognition from ESPN for a leaping, 39-yard grab in tight coverage against North Texas in the 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl … Before getting hurt in App State’s third game and dealing with a lingering injury for a large portion of the regular season, opened the year with five catches for 120 yards against Charlotte and five catches for 88 yards against Marshall … Had 13 receptions for 275 yards through three games thanks to a three-catch, 67-yard effort against Campbell in a game where the Mountaineers rushed for 404 yards while playing without any other receivers or tight ends who had caught a pass in a game … After four quiet games where his reps were limited, combined for 23 catches in the last four regular-season games … Scored a 9-yard touchdown on a third-and-goal play early in the third quarter as App State turned a 17-7 halftime deficit at Georgia Southern into a 31-20 lead and had four third-down conversions in the 34-26 win ... Preseason watch list for Hornung Award ... Sun Belt's Best Hands from Street and Smith ... No. 1 WR in Sun Belt via @CFBRanking ... Preseason first-team All-Sun Belt from Phil Steele and Street and Smith ... Preseason second team from the league’s coaches/media as well as Lindy's and Athlon ... Preseason second-team punt returner from Athlon and Phil Steele.

2019: Second-team All-Sun Belt receiver … Started all 14 games, meaning he started all 40 games in his first three seasons with the Mountaineers … Led the team with 61 catches for 733 yards and caught six touchdown passes, including two in the New Orleans Bowl win … Ranked among the national leaders in contested catches with 13, according to PFF College … Wrestled the ball away from a defensive back on touchdowns of 17 and 27 yards in the bowl win as he finished the game with three catches for 50 yards … Has career highs of 11 catches for 140 yards in the win at Troy … Also had one TD catch in wins against ETSU, Charlotte, ULM and South Alabama … Made six catches for 90 yards in the victory at North Carolina … Made a fourth-down catch to prolong a 19-play, 97-yard touchdown drive that lasted 10:11 and led to a late TD in the 17-7 win against Louisiana … Career-long catch of 60 yards against Texas State … Also returned two kickoffs for 28 yards and gained 4 yards on the first rush of his career (at Troy).

2018: Started all 13 games at receiver for the second straight year … Ranked second on the team with 29 catches for 327 yards … Two touchdowns were a 59-yard punt return at Charlotte and a 30-yard reception on a wide receiver pass from Malik Williams in the New Orleans Bowl win against Middle Tennessee … Made his first career interception while serving as a defensive back on a Hail Mary attempt to end the first half against Troy … Had four catches in three different games, posting that total against Penn State (28 yards), South Alabama (65 yards) and Georgia State (60 yards) … Season-long catch of 33 yards against Georgia State … Had seven kickoff returns for 144 yards on the season and four punt returns for 81 yards … Had a 37-yard kickoff return at Coastal Carolina and his 23-yard return of a free kick set up a key touchdown ... Athlon Sports preseason All-Sun Belt third team.

2017: Started all 13 games as a true freshman … Hauled in 45 catches for 585 yards and seven touchdowns, all good for second on the team. The seven touchdown catches ranked second place nationally among the nation’s true freshman wide receivers, one behind the eight from TCU’s Jalen Reagor, who broke the tie with a TD in his bowl game … According to PFF College, had a top-10 receiving grade among first-year wideouts (69.0) ... Had four TD catches as part of a five-catch, 99-yard performance against Louisiana in the regular season finale. The TDs covered 9, 33, 12 and 42 yards. App State went from leading 14-7 at the end of one quarter to being ahead 42-7 early in the third quarter thanks to the four TD receptions in a span of 15 minutes, 34 seconds … Scored his first career touchdown at Texas State, as his 6-yard TD catch with 29 seconds left in the first half cut into a 10-0 deficit and helped the Mountaineers win 20-13 … Other touchdown was a 27-yard reception on a wide receiver pass from Malik Williams with 5:45 left to break a 31-all tie in a 45-31 win against New Mexico State … Made a one-handed catch with his left hand to gain 35 yards in the fourth quarter of the Wake Forest game … Posted seven games with more than 50 receiving yards and five games with at least five receptions … Had a season-high gain of 51 yards on a third-quarter catch against Georgia Southern … Also returned 15 punts for 102 yards, averaging 6.8 yards. Had a 35-yard return against Wake Forest to match App State’s season high … Returned four kickoffs for 82 yards with a long of 28.

High School: Named to North Carolina's All-Decade Team for the 2010s by HighSchoolOT.com ... Rated a three-star prospect by Scout.com and 247Sports … Named a Shrine Bowl Captain as a senior … A three-time all-area and all-conference selection at multiple positions … Had over 3,000 receiving yards and 221 catches for his career … Over 1,500 rushing yards and 500 passing yards at Northwest Guilford High School … Had 50 total TDs in his career … Also an all-conference selection in basketball ... Also had interest from Wake Forest, Virginia, Charlotte, Miami (OH) and Coastal Carolina.

Personal: Full name is Thomas Joseph Hennigan … Son of Joe and Lisa Hennigan … Born Aug. 18, 1998 … Has three siblings: Two sisters, Mary Catharine and Elizabeth, and a brother, Peter, an App State teammate during Thomas' final two seasons.