Player Dossier

2018-2023

Colorado 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.

Usage Score

1.2

Efficiency

7.2

Consistency

3.7

Season Value

4.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Rutgers

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Rutgers • Colorado State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Matt Thomas, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Rutgers. Matt Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.2 disruption score.

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 stayed steady

2023 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 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Colorado State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

7.2

Usage

1.2

Consistency

3.7

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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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. Unknown: 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. Unknown: 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 = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs First Half

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 11/18vs NevadaW 30-2011000
Sun 11/12vs San Diego StateW 22-1911000
Sat 10/28vs Air ForceL 13-3010000
Sat 10/21@ UNLVL 23-2510000
Sun 10/15vs Boise StateW 31-3010000
Sun 10/8@ Utah StateL 24-4442100
Sat 9/30vs Unknown10000
Sat 9/23@ Middle TennesseeW 31-2311000
Sat 9/2vs Washington StateL 24-5020000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Rutgers

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Colorado State

    2023

    Final stop

Season Progression

2018201920202023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonRutgers000
2019 Regular SeasonRutgers00
2020 Regular SeasonRutgers00
2023 Regular SeasonColorado State17.21.21

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Utah State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.1 takeover score.

#2

Pittsburgh

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.4 takeover score.

#3

Massachusetts

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

#4

Washington State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

#5

Nevada

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2018 Regular Season · Rutgers

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

33.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Colorado State

4.2

1 primary · 7.2 efficiency · 1.2 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Rutgers

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8464

Midwood · Brooklyn, NY

Committed To
Rutgers
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

13

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 14 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.