Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Colorado State
Matt Thomas
DL • 6'3" • 275 lbs • Brooklyn, NY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Matt Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Rutgers
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Rutgers • Colorado State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
3★
- Committed To
- Rutgers
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Matt Thomas, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Rutgers. Matt Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 13
- TFL
- 1
Quick Answers
Matt Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 13
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Rutgers
- Top game
- Utah State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Midwood · Rutgers
- High school pipeline
- Midwood · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · DL 523rd (top 53%) · Mountain West 212th (top 41%) · National 2,568th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Rutgers | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado State | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 30 |
Related Context
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Matt Thomas played DL for Rutgers and Colorado State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matt Thomas recorded 20 receiving yards and 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Rutgers.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Rutgers paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 7.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 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 Rutgers, Colorado State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Colorado State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
7.2
Usage
1.1
Consistency
3.7
Best Game by takeover score
Utah State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Utah Tech: 0. Utah State: 1. Boise State: 0. UNLV: 0. Air Force: 0. San Diego State: 0. Nevada: 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. Washington State: 2 by 8.3. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Utah Tech: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 4 by 26.7. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 1 by 4.2. Air Force: 1 by 4.2. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah State
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Utah State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/18 | vs Nevada | W 30-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | vs San Diego State | W 22-19 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Air Force | L 13-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ UNLV | L 23-25 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | vs Boise State | W 31-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | @ Utah State | L 24-44 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Utah Tech | W 41-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Middle Tennessee | W 31-23 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Washington State | L 24-50 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Rutgers
2018-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Colorado State
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920202023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado State | 1 | 7.2 | 1.1 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Utah State
Week 6 · L 24-44 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Pittsburgh
Week 4
0
Havoc Plays
10.4 takeover
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Washington State
Week 1 · L 24-50
0
Havoc Plays
5.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Massachusetts
Week 10
0
Havoc Plays
4.2 takeover
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.
#5
vs San Diego State
Week 11 · W 22-19 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Rutgers
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · 0 usage
33.3
#2
2023 Regular Season · Colorado State
30
1 primary · 7.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Rutgers
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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