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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019App State
Josh Thomas
DB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Montgomery, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Josh Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
61
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · App State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- App State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Player Story
Josh Thomas built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 7, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Josh Thomas' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- App State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Josh Thomas, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · App State. Josh Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 144
- TFL
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 6
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Josh Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- App State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 144
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · App State
- Top game
- Georgia Southern
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Hewitt-Trussville · App State
- High school pipeline
- Hewitt-Trussville · 36 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 72 tackles · DB 52nd (top 6%) · Sun Belt 20th (top 5%) · National 277th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | App State | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | App State | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | App State | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.4 |
| 2018 Postseason | App State | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | App State | 12 | 31 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | App State | 13 | 72 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 2 | 37.8 |
Related Context
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Josh Thomas played DB for App State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Josh Thomas recorded 144 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with App State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
App State paired 8.5 primary output with 18.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · App State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
27.7
Usage
4.8
Consistency
12.8
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. East Tennessee State: 0. Charlotte: 0. North Carolina: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Louisiana: 0. UL Monroe: 0. South Alabama: 0. Georgia Southern: 1. South Carolina: 1. Georgia State: 0. Texas State: 1. Troy: 1. Louisiana: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. East Tennessee State: 5 by 20.8. Charlotte: 8 by 33.3. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Coastal Carolina: 7 by 29.2. Louisiana: 5 by 20.8. UL Monroe: 2 by 8.3. South Alabama: 5 by 20.8. Georgia Southern: 8 by 43.3. South Carolina: 10 by 51.7. Georgia State: 5 by 20.8. Texas State: 7 by 39.2. Troy: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana: 5 by 40.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.4 · Games = 12 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/7 | vs LouisianaSplash game | W 45-38 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/29 | @ Troy | W 48-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Texas State | W 35-13 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | @ Georgia State | W 56-27 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ South Carolina10+ tackles | W 20-15 | 10 | 9 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/1 | vs Georgia Southern | L 21-24 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ South Alabama | W 30-3 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs UL Monroe | W 52-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/10 | @ Louisiana | W 17-7 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 56-37 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ North Carolina | W 34-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Charlotte | W 56-41 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs East Tennessee State | W 42-7 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Josh Thomas story
Josh Thomas built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 7, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Josh Thomas' career was his defensive production: 144 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 7 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Josh Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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App State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620162017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | App State | 7 | 17 | 3.9 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | App State | 7 | 17 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | App State | 1 | 21.4 | 3.5 | -6 |
| 2018 Postseason | App State | 8.5 | 18.7 | 5.8 | 7.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | App State | 8.5 | 18.7 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | App State | 6 | 27.7 | 4.8 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Georgia Southern
Week 9 · W 34-10 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Louisiana
Week 14 · W 30-19 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Coastal Carolina
Week 10 · W 23-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Texas State
Week 3 · W 20-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
64.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Louisiana
Week 15 · W 45-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · App State
8.5 primary output · 18.7 efficiency · 5.8 usage
51.8
#2
2018 Regular Season · App State
51.8
8.5 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · App State
42.6
7 primary · 17 efficiency · 3.9 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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