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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022NC State
Drake Thomas
LB • 6'0" • 230 lbs • Wake Forest, NC, USA
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Drake Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 58.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
91
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · NC State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisville
Player Story
Drake Thomas built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Wake Forest, NC wearing No. 32, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Drake Thomas' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Drake Thomas, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · NC State. Drake Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 58.9 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- NC State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 282
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · NC State
- Top game
- Louisville
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Miami Central · USC
- High school pipeline
- Miami Central · 116 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 32 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 91 tackles · LB 68th (top 6%) · ACC 8th (top 2%) · National 82nd (top 2%)
Drake Thomas played LB for NC State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Drake Thomas recorded 282 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with NC State.
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