Usage Score
4.6
Player Dossier
2017-2021Texas
Ray Thornton
LB • 6'3" • 242 lbs • Killeen, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ray Thornton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Efficiency
16.8
Consistency
9.1
Season Value
11.9
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · LSU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- LSU • Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma 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.
Ray Thornton, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · LSU. Ray Thornton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
LSU paired 0 primary output with 7.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across LSU, Texas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Loss with 3 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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2021 Regular Season · Texas
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.8
Usage
4.6
Consistency
9.1
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 2. Arkansas: 0.5. Rice: 0. Texas Tech: 0. TCU: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Oklahoma State: 3. Baylor: 0. Kansas: 0. West Virginia: 0. Kansas State: 0
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. Louisiana: 4 by 36.7. Arkansas: 2 by 13.3. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma State: 6 by 55. Baylor: 5 by 20.8. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 4 by 16.7. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
55 vs Oklahoma State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/26 | vs Kansas State | W 22-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ West Virginia | L 23-31 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/14 | vs Kansas | L 56-57 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Baylor | L 24-31 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Oklahoma StateSplash game | L 24-32 | 6 | 5 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Oklahoma | L 48-55 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ TCU | W 32-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Texas Tech | W 70-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/19 | vs Rice | W 58-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Arkansas | L 21-40 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Louisiana | W 38-18 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
LSU
2017-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Texas
2021
Final stop
Season Progression
2017201720182018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | LSU | 2 | 12.3 | 2.9 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | LSU | 2 | 12.3 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | LSU | 3.5 | 17.5 | 4.6 | 1.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | LSU | 3.5 | 17.5 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | 7.5 | 1.3 | -3.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 4 | 15.2 | 6.8 | 4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas | 5.5 | 16.8 | 4.6 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Oklahoma State
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Primary metric
3 disruption/tackle impact with 58.4 takeover score.
#2
Unknown
2.5
Primary metric
Game with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.
#3
Texas A&M
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.
#4
Florida
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.
#5
Notre Dame
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2019 Regular Season · LSU
0 primary output · 7.5 efficiency · 1.3 usage
36.3
#2
2020 Regular Season · LSU
21.1
4 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · LSU
19.2
2 primary · 12.3 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2016 · Rating 0.9206
Shoemaker · Killeen, TX
- Committed To
- LSU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Career Facts
2
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
76
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 32 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.