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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Rice
Tyrae Thornton
DB • 5'10" • 171 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tyrae Thornton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
40
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Rice • North Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Player Story
Tyrae Thornton built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with North Texas and Rice. The clearest part of Tyrae Thornton's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Tyrae Thornton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Rice. Tyrae Thornton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 64
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Tyrae Thornton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · DB
- Career Tackles
- 64
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Old Dominion
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Cy Ridge · Rice
- High school pipeline
- Cy Ridge · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 25.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 41 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 39.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Tyrae Thornton played DB for Rice and North Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tyrae Thornton recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Rice paired 7 primary output with 20.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.1 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 Rice, North Texas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Rice
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
20.1
Usage
3
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Army: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Texas: 1. Baylor: 1. Louisiana Tech: 3.5. UAB: 0.5. UTSA: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Marshall: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. North Texas: 0. UTEP: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 1 by 4.2. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 7 by 39.2. Baylor: 1 by 14.2. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 51.7. UAB: 3 by 17.5. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 6 by 25. Marshall: 4 by 16.7. Middle Tennessee: 5 by 20.8. North Texas: 3 by 12.5. UTEP: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 9 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ UTEP | W 30-16 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs North Texas | W 20-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Middle Tennessee | W 31-28 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Marshall | L 7-20 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Southern Miss | L 6-20 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ UTSA | L 27-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ UAB | L 20-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Louisiana TechSplash game | L 20-23 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Baylor | L 13-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | vs Texas | L 13-48 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Wake Forest | L 21-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | @ Army | L 7-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tyrae Thornton story
Tyrae Thornton built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with North Texas and Rice. The clearest part of Tyrae Thornton's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 9 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Tyrae Thornton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Rice
2018-2021
Opening stop
- 2
North Texas
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 4 | 13.6 | 2.4 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rice | 7 | 20.1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | -7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Old Dominion
Week 13 · W 27-13 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 5 · L 20-23 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Texas
Week 3 · L 13-48
1
Havoc Plays
35.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Southern Miss
Week 4 · L 22-40 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
30.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Florida International
Week 8 · L 17-36 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
30 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 30 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Rice
7 primary output · 20.1 efficiency · 3 usage
39.8
#2
2018 Regular Season · Rice
25.1
4 primary · 13.6 efficiency · 2.4 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Rice
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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