Player Dossier

2017-2020

Michigan

Ambry Thomas

DB • 6'0" • 183 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ambry Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

18

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

11

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Player Story

Ambry Thomas built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Detroit, MI wearing No. 1, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Ambry Thomas' career was his defensive production: 54...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9583

Martin Luther King · Detroit, MI

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 39
Overall
No. 102
NFL Team
San Francisco 49ers

Ambry Thomas, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Michigan. Ambry Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
54
TFL
3.5
Passes defended
3
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Ambry Thomas quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · DB
Career Tackles
54
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Michigan
Top game
Rutgers
Recruit profile
4-star · Martin Luther King · Michigan
High school pipeline
Los Alamitos · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 3 · Pick 39 · San Francisco 49ers
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonMichigan111-0--04.4
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan1160.50--04.4
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan119-0--27.8
2019 PostseasonMichigan124-0--043.1
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan123430-3043.1
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan00-0--0-

Related Context

Ambry Thomas played DB for Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ambry Thomas recorded 11 rushing yards, 5 receiving yards, and 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Michigan paired 9 primary output with 20.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Michigan

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

4.3

Usage

1.5

Consistency

3

Best Game by takeover score

Rutgers

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Western Michigan: 0. SMU: 0. Nebraska: 0. Northwestern: 0. Maryland: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Michigan State: 0. Penn State: 0. Rutgers: 1. Ohio State: 0

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. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.1 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.1 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

Rutgers

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Rutgers

Result
Sat 11/24@ Ohio StateL 39-62
Sat 11/10@ RutgersW 42-7320010
Sat 11/3vs Penn StateW 42-722000
Sat 10/20@ Michigan StateW 21-710000
Sat 10/13vs WisconsinW 38-13
Sat 10/6vs MarylandW 42-21
Sat 9/29@ NorthwesternW 20-17
Sat 9/22vs NebraskaW 56-1011000
Sat 9/15vs SMUW 45-20
Sat 9/8vs Western MichiganW 49-311000
Sat 9/1@ Notre DameL 17-2411000

Player Story

Ambry Thomas story

Ambry Thomas built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Detroit, MI wearing No. 1, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Ambry Thomas' career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 rushing yards, 5 receiving yards, and 808 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ambry Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonMichigan0.53.10.7
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan0.53.10.70
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan14.31.50.5
2019 PostseasonMichigan920.74.58
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan920.74.50
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan0-9

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Rutgers

Week 11 · W 42-7 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

70.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Michigan State

Week 12 · W 44-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 1 · W 40-21

2

Havoc Plays

57.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Illinois

Week 7 · W 42-25 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

53.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Rutgers

Week 5 · W 52-0 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

36.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Michigan

9 primary output · 20.7 efficiency · 4.5 usage

43.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · Michigan

43.1

9 primary · 20.7 efficiency · 4.5 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Michigan

7.8

1 primary · 4.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games