Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Liberty
Skyler Thomas
S • 5'10" • 185 lbs • Riverside, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Skyler Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Washington State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Washington State • Liberty
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Campbell
Player Story
Skyler Thomas built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a safety from Riverside, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Liberty and Washington State. The clearest part of Skyler Thomas' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Washington State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Skyler Thomas, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Washington State. Skyler Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 183
- TFL
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Skyler Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Liberty · S
- Career Tackles
- 183
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Washington State
- Top game
- Campbell
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Citrus Hill · Washington State
- High school pipeline
- Citrus Hill · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 54 tackles · S 91st (top 18%) · FBS Independents 26th (top 9%) · National 533rd (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Washington State | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Washington State | 11 | 53 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 27.4 |
| 2019 Postseason | Washington State | 13 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 65.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Washington State | 13 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 65.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Postseason | Liberty | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 50.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Liberty | 13 | 51 | 4 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 50.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Washington State to Liberty | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 13.9 | Oct 14, 2020 |
Skyler Thomas played S for Washington State and Liberty. Across 5 tracked seasons, Skyler Thomas recorded 183 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Washington State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Washington State paired 11 primary output with 31.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 24.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Washington State, Liberty.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Campbell
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Liberty
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
24.2
Usage
5.1
Consistency
54
Best Game by takeover score
Campbell
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 1. Campbell: 2. Troy: 1. Old Dominion: 1.5. Syracuse: 0. UAB: 1. Middle Tennessee: 0.5. UL Monroe: 0. North Texas: 1. Massachusetts: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Louisiana: 0. Army: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 22.5. Campbell: 5 by 40.8. Troy: 3 by 22.5. Old Dominion: 3 by 27.5. Syracuse: 7 by 29.2. UAB: 2 by 18.3. Middle Tennessee: 9 by 42.5. UL Monroe: 5 by 20.8. North Texas: 5 by 30.8. Massachusetts: 3 by 22.5. Ole Miss: 6 by 25. Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. Army: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.1 · Games = 8 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -1.1 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
Campbell
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/18 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 56-20 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/27 | vs Army | L 16-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | vs Louisiana | L 14-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Ole Miss | L 14-27 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Massachusetts | W 62-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ North Texas | W 35-26 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ UL Monroe | L 28-31 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 41-13 | 9 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ UAB | W 36-12 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ Syracuse | L 21-24 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Old Dominion | W 45-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Troy | W 21-13 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs CampbellSplash game | W 48-7 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Skyler Thomas story
Skyler Thomas built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a safety from Riverside, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Liberty and Washington State. The clearest part of Skyler Thomas' career was his defensive production: 183 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 8 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Washington State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Skyler Thomas' production has multiple signals. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Liberty and Washington State.
The arc is straightforward: Skyler Thomas moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Washington State
2017-2020
Opening stop
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Liberty
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192019202020212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Washington State | 0.5 | 10.8 | 2.2 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Washington State | 3 | 23.7 | 6 | 2.5 |
| 2019 Postseason | Washington State | 11 | 31.5 | 9 | 8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Washington State | 11 | 31.5 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | — | — | -11 |
| 2021 Postseason | Liberty | 9 | 24.2 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Liberty | 9 | 24.2 | 5.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Campbell
Week 1 · W 48-7
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Air Force
Week 1 · L 21-31 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#3
vs Washington
Week 13 · L 15-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Northern Colorado
Week 2 · W 59-17
2.5
Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Stanford
Week 12 · W 49-22 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Washington State
11 primary output · 31.5 efficiency · 9 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Washington State
65.7
11 primary · 31.5 efficiency · 9 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Liberty
50.7
9 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 5.1 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
3
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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