Player Dossier

2016-2019

Arizona 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.

Usage Score

10.9

Efficiency

37

Consistency

51.1

Season Value

49.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Arizona State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Arizona State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

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.

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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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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Active game

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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

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.6 · Games = 8 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 5 · -0.0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

75.8 vs Oregon State

Result
Tue 12/31vs Florida StateSplash gameW 20-14961010
Sun 12/1vs ArizonaW 24-1411000
Sun 11/24vs OregonSplash gameW 31-28741110
Sun 11/17@ Oregon State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 34-35118210
Sat 11/9vs USCSplash gameL 26-3174101
Sat 10/26@ UCLASplash gameL 32-4233210
Sat 10/19@ UtahL 3-2110000
Sat 10/12vs Washington StateW 38-3411000
Sat 9/28@ CaliforniaW 24-1722100
Sun 9/22vs Colorado10+ tacklesL 31-34119000
Sat 9/14@ Michigan StateW 10-7300.5001
Sat 9/7vs Sacramento StateW 19-743000
Fri 8/30vs Kent StateSplash gameW 30-75431.500

Career Arc

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    Arizona State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonArizona State0
2017 PostseasonArizona State2.513.74.32.5
2017 Regular SeasonArizona State2.513.74.30
2018 PostseasonArizona State819.475.5
2018 Regular SeasonArizona State819.470
2019 PostseasonArizona State213710.913
2019 Regular SeasonArizona State213710.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Kent State

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Primary metric

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.3 takeover score.

#2

NC State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.

#3

Oregon State

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.

#4

Oregon

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#5

Florida State

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 49.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Arizona State

21 primary output · 37 efficiency · 10.9 usage

49.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Arizona State

49.8

21 primary · 37 efficiency · 10.9 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Arizona State

19.9

8 primary · 19.4 efficiency · 7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

10

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.9009

Etiwanda · Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Committed To
Arizona State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

114

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 31 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.