Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2024Virginia
Corey Thomas Jr.
DB • 6'4" • 215 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Corey Thomas Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- Virginia Tech • Akron • Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
Corey Thomas Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a defensive back from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 3, spending time with Akron, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Corey Thomas Jr.'s...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Corey Thomas Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Akron. Corey Thomas Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 141
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Corey Thomas Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · DB
- Career Tackles
- 141
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Douglass · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- Douglass · 19 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 47 tackles · DB 168th (top 18%) · ACC 90th (top 12%) · National 699th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Akron | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Akron | 4 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Akron | 9 | 25 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 48.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Akron | 6 | 11 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 18.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 11 | 45 | 4 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 52.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 12 | 47 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 35.3 |
Related Context
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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: 2023 Regular Season
Akron paired 7 primary output with 23.4 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.
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2024 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
21.3
Usage
4.5
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
SMU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Richmond: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Richmond: 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.
Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.4 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
SMU
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs SMU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ Virginia Tech | L 17-37 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs SMUSplash game | L 7-33 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Notre Dame | L 14-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Pittsburgh | W 24-19 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs North Carolina | L 14-41 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Clemson | L 31-48 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Louisville | L 20-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Boston College | W 24-14 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Coastal Carolina | W 43-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | vs Maryland | L 13-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Wake Forest | W 31-30 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Richmond | W 34-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Corey Thomas Jr. story
Corey Thomas Jr. built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a defensive back from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 3, spending time with Akron, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Corey Thomas Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 141 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Corey Thomas Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Virginia Tech
2018
Opening stop
- 2
Akron
2019-2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Virginia
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Akron | 1 | 18.3 | 7.5 | 1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Akron | 0 | 11.5 | 2.3 | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Akron | 6 | 18.2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Akron | 2 | 11 | 2.8 | -4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 7 | 23.4 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 5 | 21.3 | 4.5 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Ball State
Week 10 · L 25-31 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.6 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.
#2
vs SMU
Week 13 · L 7-33 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Northern Illinois
Week 13 · W 44-12 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Miami (OH)
Week 13 · L 17-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Northern Illinois
Week 6 · L 14-55 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Akron
7 primary output · 23.4 efficiency · 5.2 usage
52.5
#2
2019 Regular Season · Akron
48.8
1 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 7.5 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Akron
48.4
6 primary · 18.2 efficiency · 6 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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