Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Minnesota
Thomas Rush
DL • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Marysville, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Thomas Rush shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
Thomas Rush built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Marysville, OH wearing No. 8, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Thomas Rush's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Thomas Rush, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Minnesota. Thomas Rush shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 83
- TFL
- 11.5
- Sacks
- 8.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Thomas Rush quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · DL
- Career Tackles
- 83
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Minnesota
- Top game
- Colorado
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Marysville · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- Marysville · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DL 150th (top 16%) · Big Ten 130th (top 21%) · National 1,297th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Minnesota | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Minnesota | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 18.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Minnesota | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 19.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 7 | 13 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 26.8 |
| 2021 Postseason | Minnesota | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 61.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 12 | 29 | 7.5 | 5.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 61.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 12 | 31 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28.4 |
Related Context
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Thomas Rush played DL for Minnesota. Across 5 tracked seasons, Thomas Rush recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Minnesota paired 14 primary output with 22.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Minnesota
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
15.8
Usage
4.9
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
New Mexico State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. New Mexico State: 2. Western Illinois: 1. Colorado: 0. Michigan State: 0. Purdue: 1. Illinois: 0. Penn State: 0. Rutgers: 0. Nebraska: 1. Northwestern: 1. Iowa: 0. Wisconsin: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 3 by 32.5. Western Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Colorado: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 4 by 16.7. Purdue: 3 by 22.5. Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 4 by 16.7. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 3 by 22.5. Northwestern: 1 by 14.2. Iowa: 5 by 20.8. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 8 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.4 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
New Mexico State
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs New Mexico State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Wisconsin | W 23-16 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Iowa | L 10-13 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Northwestern | W 31-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Nebraska | W 20-13 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Rutgers | W 31-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Penn State | L 17-45 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Illinois | L 14-26 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Purdue | L 10-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Michigan State | W 34-7 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Colorado | W 49-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Western Illinois | W 62-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | vs New Mexico StateSplash game | W 38-0 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Thomas Rush story
Thomas Rush built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Marysville, OH wearing No. 8, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Thomas Rush's career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Thomas Rush's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Minnesota
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Minnesota | 2 | 13.6 | 4.1 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Minnesota | 2 | 13.6 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1 | 11.3 | 1.3 | -1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Minnesota | 3 | 12 | 7.1 | 2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Minnesota | 14 | 22.4 | 9.2 | 11 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Minnesota | 14 | 22.4 | 9.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Minnesota | 6 | 15.8 | 4.9 | -8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Colorado
Week 3 · W 30-0
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
vs New Mexico State
Week 1 · W 38-0
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Purdue
Week 12 · W 34-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Maryland
Week 9 · L 44-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#5
vs New Mexico State
Week 1 · W 48-10
2
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Minnesota
14 primary output · 22.4 efficiency · 9.2 usage
61.7
#2
2021 Regular Season · Minnesota
61.7
14 primary · 22.4 efficiency · 9.2 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Minnesota
28.4
6 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 4.9 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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