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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.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
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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: 2020 Regular Season · LSU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- LSU • Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Player Story
Ray Thornton built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Killeen, TX wearing No. 46, spending time with LSU and Texas. The clearest part of Ray Thornton's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- LSU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Ray Thornton, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · LSU. Ray Thornton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 76
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Ray Thornton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 76
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · LSU
- Top game
- Oklahoma State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Shoemaker · LSU
- High school pipeline
- Shoemaker · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 46 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · LB 470th (top 38%) · Big 12 99th (top 22%) · National 1,371st (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | LSU | 5 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 42.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | LSU | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 42.2 |
| 2018 Postseason | LSU | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | LSU | 7 | 20 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 43.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | LSU | 5 | 9 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 12.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 45.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas | 11 | 31 | 4.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
Related Context
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Ray Thornton played LB for LSU and Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ray Thornton recorded 76 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
LSU paired 4 primary output with 15.2 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.
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2021 Regular Season · Texas
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.8
Usage
3.9
Consistency
9.1
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma 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
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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
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Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Wins
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 LouisianaSplash game | W 38-18 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ray Thornton story
Ray Thornton built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Killeen, TX wearing No. 46, spending time with LSU and Texas. The clearest part of Ray Thornton's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Ray Thornton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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LSU
2017-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Texas
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2017201720182018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | LSU | 3 | 14.3 | 4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | LSU | 3 | 14.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | LSU | 4.5 | 18.9 | 4.7 | 1.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | LSU | 4.5 | 18.9 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | LSU | 1 | 9.5 | 2 | -3.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 4 | 15.2 | 5.3 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas | 5.5 | 16.8 | 3.9 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oklahoma State
Week 7 · L 24-32 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
vs SE Louisiana
Week 2 · W 31-0
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas A&M
Week 13 · L 7-20 · 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.
#4
vs Louisiana
Week 1 · W 38-18
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#5
vs BYU
Week 1 · W 27-0
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Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · LSU
4 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 5.3 usage
45.6
#2
2018 Postseason · LSU
43.9
4.5 primary · 18.9 efficiency · 4.7 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · LSU
43.9
4.5 primary · 18.9 efficiency · 4.7 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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