Prior to Stanford
- Played at the The Hun School of Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey for head coach Todd Smith
- A consensus top-50 recruit in the state, ranks as high as No. 30 overall by ESPN
- The No. 52 receiver in the 2025 class per on3
- A three-sport athlete in high school, also played lacrosse and ran track
- Started all four years on the football team on both sides of the ball, while also starting two years for the lacrosse team
- Began his high school career with 803 rushing yards and 13 total touchdowns as a freshman
- Recorded an interception in both of his final two high school seasons
- Broke out for 1,031 receiving yards as a senior on 41 receptions, with seven touchdowns
- Totalled over 2,700 receiving yards and 33 touchdowns across his four seasons
- Four-time First Team All-League (2021-24)
- Three-time MAPL champions (2022-24)
- Two-time honor roll member (2022-23)
- Team MVP award (2023)
Personal
- Son of Meghan Mackay and Allen Thorpe
- Has three older brothers: Alexander, Cormac, and Riley
- Both parents and his brother Alexander attended Stanford
- Father was a goalie on the men’s soccer from 1989-91
- Mother was on the ski team from 1988-91 and a Dollie from 1989-90
- His brother, Alexander, was on the football team from 2019-21 and earned a pair of Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selections
- Can play the piano
- Plans to major in Economics