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

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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

Liam Thorpe