Player Dossier

2020-2024

Tennessee

Omari Thomas

DL • 6'4" • 325 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Omari Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

84%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

79

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Player Story

Omari Thomas built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 21, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Omari Thomas' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9577

Briarcrest Christian · Memphis, TN

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Omari Thomas, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Tennessee. Omari Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
114
TFL
17
Sacks
5
QB hurries
14
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Omari Thomas quick answers

Latest team and position
Tennessee · DL
Career Tackles
114
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 52 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Tennessee
Top game
Kentucky
Recruit profile
4-star · Briarcrest Christian · Tennessee
High school pipeline
Briarcrest Christian · 21 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
23 tackles · DL 286th (top 28%) · SEC 227th (top 31%) · National 1,822nd (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee71010--08.7
2021 PostseasonTennessee122-0--033.2
2021 Regular SeasonTennessee12193134033.2
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee10252.5244049.3
2023 PostseasonTennessee114-0-1045.8
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee11314.513-045.8
2024 PostseasonTennessee122101-054.5
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee12215133054.5

Related Context

Omari Thomas played DL for Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, Omari Thomas recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Tennessee paired 14 primary output with 19.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Tennessee

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

19.7

Usage

5

Consistency

56.6

Best Game by takeover score

Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 2. Chattanooga: 2. NC State: 2.5. Oklahoma: 0. Arkansas: 1. Florida: 1. Alabama: 0. Kentucky: 3. Mississippi State: 0.5. Georgia: 1. UTEP: 1. Vanderbilt: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 2 by 28.3. Chattanooga: 0 by 20. NC State: 4 by 41.7. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 1 by 14.2. Florida: 2 by 18.3. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 3 by 42.5. Mississippi State: 3 by 17.5. Georgia: 2 by 18.3. UTEP: 1 by 14.2. Vanderbilt: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 9 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.2 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

Kentucky

Best efficiency game

42.5 vs Kentucky

Result
Sun 12/22@ Ohio StateSplash gameL 17-4222100
Sat 11/30@ VanderbiltW 36-2321000
Sat 11/23vs UTEPW 56-011100
Sun 11/17@ GeorgiaL 17-3121001
Sun 11/10vs Mississippi StateW 33-14300.5000
Sat 11/2vs KentuckySplash gameW 28-1833110
Sat 10/19vs AlabamaW 24-1722000
Sat 10/12vs FloridaW 23-1720100
Sat 10/5@ ArkansasL 14-1911000
Sat 9/21@ OklahomaW 25-1511000
Sat 9/7@ NC StateSplash gameW 51-10411.5001
Sat 8/31vs ChattanoogaSplash gameW 69-300001

Player Story

Omari Thomas story

Omari Thomas built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 21, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Omari Thomas' career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 12 passes defended across 52 career games in the available record. That gives Omari Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Tennessee

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202120222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee17.41.9
2021 PostseasonTennessee1116.52.910
2021 Regular SeasonTennessee1116.52.90
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee12.522.94.51.5
2023 PostseasonTennessee9.521.95-3
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee9.521.950
2024 PostseasonTennessee1419.754.5
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee1419.750

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kentucky

Week 10 · W 28-18 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Alabama

Week 7 · W 52-49 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Florida

Week 4 · W 38-33 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Vanderbilt

Week 13 · W 48-24 · Conference game

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.

#5

vs Kentucky

Week 9 · W 44-6 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Tennessee

14 primary output · 19.7 efficiency · 5 usage

54.5

#2

2024 Regular Season · Tennessee

54.5

14 primary · 19.7 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Tennessee

49.3

12.5 primary · 22.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

14

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games