Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021UAB
Justin Thomas
LB • 6'5" • 255 lbs • Daphne, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Justin Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UAB
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- LSU • UAB
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Justin Thomas built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Daphne, AL wearing No. 1, spending time with LSU and UAB. The clearest part of Justin Thomas' career was his defensive production: 23...
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- Committed To
- LSU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Justin Thomas, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UAB. Justin Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 23
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Justin Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UAB · LB
- Career Tackles
- 23
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · UAB
- Top game
- UTEP
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Spanish Fort · LSU
- High school pipeline
- Spanish Fort · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 11 tackles · LB 746th (top 60%) · Conference USA 306th (top 46%) · National 2,640th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | LSU | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 23.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | LSU | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 28.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 10 | 11 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 55.1 |
Related Context
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Justin Thomas played LB for LSU and UAB. Across 5 tracked seasons, Justin Thomas recorded 23 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
UAB paired 13 primary output with 17.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.6 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across LSU, UAB.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Win 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 · UAB
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
17.6
Usage
5.4
Consistency
57.6
Best Game by takeover score
UTEP
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 1. Georgia: 1. North Texas: 0. Tulane: 0. Florida Atlantic: 2. Southern Miss: 0. Rice: 2. Louisiana Tech: 2. UTSA: 2. UTEP: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 1 by 14.2. Georgia: 0 by 10. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 28.3. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 2 by 28.3. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 24.2. UTSA: 1 by 24.2. UTEP: 1 by 34.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.1 · Games = 7 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTEP
Best efficiency game
34.2 vs UTEP
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/26 | vs UTEPSplash game | W 42-25 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ UTSASplash game | L 31-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | vs Louisiana TechSplash game | W 52-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | vs RiceSplash game | L 24-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Southern Miss | W 34-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 31-14 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/26 | @ Tulane | W 28-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ North Texas | W 40-6 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Georgia | L 7-56 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 9/1 | @ Jacksonville State | W 31-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Justin Thomas story
Justin Thomas built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Daphne, AL wearing No. 1, spending time with LSU and UAB. The clearest part of Justin Thomas' career was his defensive production: 23 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Justin Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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LSU
2017-2020
Opening stop
- 2
UAB
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | LSU | 1 | 13.4 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | LSU | 3 | 15.9 | 4.5 | 2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 13 | 17.6 | 5.4 | 13 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UTEP
Week 13 · W 42-25 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Vanderbilt
Week 4 · W 66-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 10 · W 52-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#4
vs SE Louisiana
Week 2 · W 31-0
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Havoc Plays
55 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#5
vs Rice
Week 8 · L 24-30 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
52.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · UAB
13 primary output · 17.6 efficiency · 5.4 usage
55.1
#2
2019 Regular Season · LSU
28.8
3 primary · 15.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · LSU
23.8
1 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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