Player Dossier

2015-2017

South Florida

Danny Thomas

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Danny Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

52

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

63

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

53

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · South Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
South Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Player Story

Danny Thomas built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 53, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Danny Thomas' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8569

Amos P. Godby · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
South Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Danny Thomas, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · South Florida. Danny Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
36
TFL
2.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Danny Thomas quick answers

Latest team and position
South Florida · LB
Career Tackles
36
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · South Florida
Top game
Temple
Recruit profile
3-star · Amos P. Godby · South Florida
High school pipeline
Amos P. Godby · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 53 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
13 tackles · LB 637th (top 58%) · American Athletic 222nd (top 42%) · National 2,429th (top 43%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonSouth Florida00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Florida82310--016.3
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Florida4131.5011057.9

Related Context

Danny Thomas played LB for South Florida. Across 3 tracked seasons, Danny Thomas recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with South Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

South Florida paired 3.5 primary output with 22.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · South Florida

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

22.3

Usage

4.6

Consistency

70.9

Best Game by takeover score

Temple

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stony Brook: 1. Illinois: 0. Temple: 1.5. East Carolina: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stony Brook: 1 by 14.2. Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Temple: 4 by 31.7. East Carolina: 6 by 35

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Temple

Best efficiency game

35 vs East Carolina

Result
Sat 9/30@ East CarolinaW 61-3163000
Thu 9/21vs TempleW 43-7421.5000
Fri 9/15vs IllinoisW 47-2322000
Sat 9/2vs Stony BrookW 31-1711001

Player Story

Danny Thomas story

Danny Thomas built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 53, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Danny Thomas' career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Danny Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    South Florida

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonSouth Florida0
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Florida113.22.31
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Florida3.522.34.62.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Temple

Week 4 · W 43-7 · Conference game

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

64.2 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Northern Illinois

Week 2 · W 48-17

1

Havoc Plays

56.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.

#3

@ East Carolina

Week 5 · W 61-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

54.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Stony Brook

Week 1 · W 31-17

1

Havoc Plays

28.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.9 takeover score.

#5

@ SMU

Week 12 · W 35-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

14.4 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · South Florida

3.5 primary output · 22.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · South Florida

16.3

1 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 2.3 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · South Florida

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games