Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Western Michigan paired 13 primary output with 53.6 efficiency.
Player Stats
A.J. Thomas College Stats
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Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 221
- TFL
- 16.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 15
- Touchdowns
- 2
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 5 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.5 |
| 2018 Postseason | Western Michigan | 10 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 10 | 43 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 42 |
| 2019 Postseason | Western Michigan | 13 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 13 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 46.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 6 | 46 | 9 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 79.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 10 | 53 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 39.1 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 30.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Win 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 · Western Michigan
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
30.1
Usage
6.2
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 0. Illinois State: 0. Buffalo: 0. Ball State: 0. Kent State: 3. Toledo: 0. Central Michigan: 1. Akron: 1. Eastern Michigan: 0. Northern Illinois: 3
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. Michigan: 10 by 41.7. Illinois State: 1 by 4.2. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 9 by 37.5. Kent State: 3 by 42.5. Toledo: 6 by 25. Central Michigan: 4 by 26.7. Akron: 5 by 30.8. Eastern Michigan: 6 by 25. Northern Illinois: 8 by 63.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.4 · Games = 5 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -1.2 vs Wins
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