Player Dossier

2018-2024

Virginia

Corey Thomas Jr.

DB • 6'4" • 215 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Corey Thomas Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.3

Efficiency

21.3

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

12

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Akron

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Virginia Tech • Akron • Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Scouting Read

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Corey Thomas Jr., DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Akron. Corey Thomas Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.

Corey Thomas Jr. played DB for Virginia Tech, Akron, and Virginia. Across 7 tracked seasons, Corey Thomas Jr. recorded 141 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Akron paired 0 primary output with 11.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia Tech, Akron, Virginia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Loss with 2 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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2024 Regular Season · Virginia

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

21.3

Usage

5.3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Maryland: 1. Coastal Carolina: 0. Boston College: 0. Louisville: 0. Clemson: 0. North Carolina: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. Notre Dame: 0. SMU: 2. Virginia Tech: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 5 by 20.8. Maryland: 2 by 18.3. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 6 by 25. Louisville: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 7 by 29.2. North Carolina: 6 by 35. Notre Dame: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 5 by 40.8. Virginia Tech: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

40.8 vs SMU

Result
Sun 12/1@ Virginia TechL 17-3762000
Sat 11/23vs SMUSplash gameL 7-33531010
Sat 11/16@ Notre DameL 14-3522000
Sun 11/10@ PittsburghW 24-191
Sat 10/26vs North CarolinaL 14-4162001
Sat 10/19@ ClemsonL 31-4874000
Sat 10/12vs LouisvilleL 20-2443000
Sat 10/5vs Boston CollegeW 24-1462000
Sat 9/21@ Coastal CarolinaW 43-2420000
Sun 9/15vs MarylandL 13-2721001
Sat 9/7@ Wake ForestW 31-3053000
Sat 8/31vs Unknown21000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Virginia Tech

    2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Akron

    2019-2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Virginia

    2024

    Final stop

Season Progression

2018201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0
2019 Regular SeasonAkron118.39.61
2020 Regular SeasonAkron011.52.3-1
2021 Regular SeasonAkron618.26.76
2022 Regular SeasonAkron07.61.3-6
2023 Regular SeasonAkron723.467
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia521.35.3-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Ball State

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#2

SMU

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.8 takeover score.

#3

Buffalo

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.6 takeover score.

#4

Miami (OH)

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.6 takeover score.

#5

Northern Illinois

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 32.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · Akron

0 primary output · 11.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage

37.9

#2

2022 Regular Season · Akron

36.3

0 primary · 7.6 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Akron

32.5

1 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 9.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2025 · Rating 0.9175

Douglass · Atlanta, GA

Committed To
Georgia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Career Facts

3

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

141

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 43 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.