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Player Dossier
2016-2019Arizona State
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas
LB • 6'1" • 224 lbs • Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Arizona State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Arizona State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Rancho Cucamonga, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Khaylan Kearse-Thomas' career was...
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- Committed To
- Arizona State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Arizona State. Khaylan Kearse-Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 114
- TFL
- 19
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 114
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Arizona State
- Top game
- Kent State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Etiwanda · Arizona State
- High school pipeline
- Etiwanda · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 65 tackles · LB 228th (top 18%) · Pac-12 32nd (top 7%) · National 376th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Postseason | Arizona State | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 17.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona State | 7 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.7 |
| 2018 Postseason | Arizona State | 11 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arizona State | 11 | 26 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 32.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Arizona State | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 69.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arizona State | 13 | 56 | 10.5 | 4.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 69.7 |
Related Context
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Khaylan Kearse-Thomas played LB for Arizona State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Khaylan Kearse-Thomas recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Arizona State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Arizona State paired 21 primary output with 37 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 37 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Arizona State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
37
Usage
10.9
Consistency
51.1
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 3. Kent State: 4.5. Sacramento State: 0. Michigan State: 1.5. Colorado: 0. California: 1. Washington State: 0. Utah: 0. UCLA: 3. USC: 2. Oregon State: 3. Oregon: 3. Arizona: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida State: 9 by 67.5. Kent State: 5 by 65.8. Sacramento State: 4 by 16.7. Michigan State: 3 by 27.5. Colorado: 11 by 45.8. California: 2 by 18.3. Washington State: 1 by 4.2. Utah: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 3 by 42.5. USC: 7 by 49.2. Oregon State: 11 by 75.8. Oregon: 7 by 59.2. Arizona: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.6 · Games = 8 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 5 · -0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
75.8 vs Oregon State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/31 | vs Florida StateSplash game | W 20-14 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/1 | vs Arizona | W 24-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs OregonSplash game | W 31-28 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | @ Oregon State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 34-35 | 11 | 8 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs USCSplash game | L 26-31 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ UCLASplash game | L 32-42 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Utah | L 3-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Washington State | W 38-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ California | W 24-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/22 | vs Colorado10+ tackles | L 31-34 | 11 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Michigan State | W 10-7 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Sacramento State | W 19-7 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Kent StateSplash game | W 30-7 | 5 | 4 | — | 3 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas story
Khaylan Kearse-Thomas built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Rancho Cucamonga, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Khaylan Kearse-Thomas' career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Khaylan Kearse-Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Arizona State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720172018201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Arizona State | 2.5 | 13.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona State | 2.5 | 13.7 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Arizona State | 8 | 19.4 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arizona State | 8 | 19.4 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Arizona State | 21 | 37 | 10.9 | 13 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arizona State | 21 | 37 | 10.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 1 · W 30-7
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#2
vs NC State
Week 1 · L 31-52 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Oregon State
Week 12 · L 34-35 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida State
Week 1 · W 20-14 · Postseason
3
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Colorado
Week 6 · L 21-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Arizona State
21 primary output · 37 efficiency · 10.9 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Arizona State
69.7
21 primary · 37 efficiency · 10.9 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Arizona State
32.8
8 primary · 19.4 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
10
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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