Player Dossier

2019-2024

Penn State

Dvon J-Thomas

DT • 6'1" • 304 lbs • Burtonsville, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dvon J-Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13 disruption score.

Usage / Role

28%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

40

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

36

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Player Story

Dvon J-Thomas built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Burtonsville, MD wearing No. 91, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Dvon J-Thomas' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9066

McDonogh School · Owings Mills, MD

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Dvon J-Thomas, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State. Dvon J-Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
89
TFL
13.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Dvon J-Thomas quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · DT
Career Tackles
89
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 46 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Penn State
Top game
Massachusetts
Recruit profile
4-star · McDonogh School · Penn State
High school pipeline
McDonogh School · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 91 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
31 tackles · DT 40th (top 17%) · Big Ten 178th (top 22%) · National 1,351st (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonPenn State2311--036.5
2021 PostseasonPenn State91-0--025.9
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State9141.502-025.9
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State10142111029.8
2023 PostseasonPenn State104-0--046.7
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State1022501-046.7
2024 PostseasonPenn State158101-055.2
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State152330.51-055.2

Related Context

Dvon J-Thomas played DT for Penn State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Dvon J-Thomas recorded 89 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Penn State paired 6.5 primary output with 13 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13 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: Bowling Green

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Penn State

Games

15

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

13

Usage

6.8

Consistency

51.1

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 1. Boise State: 1. SMU: 0. West Virginia: 0. Bowling Green: 1. Kent State: 0. Illinois: 0. UCLA: 0.5. USC: 1. Wisconsin: 0.5. Ohio State: 0. Washington: 0. Minnesota: 0.5. Maryland: 0. Oregon: 1

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. Notre Dame: 1 by 14.2. Boise State: 4 by 26.7. SMU: 3 by 12.5. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Bowling Green: 4 by 26.7. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 1 by 9.2. USC: 0 by 10. Wisconsin: 2 by 13.3. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 4 by 21.7. Maryland: 4 by 16.7. Oregon: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 12 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

15 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Boise State

Result
Fri 1/10vs Notre DameL 24-2710000
Wed 1/1@ Boise StateW 31-1442100
Sat 12/21vs SMUW 38-1032000
Sun 12/8@ OregonL 37-45100.500.500
Sat 11/30vs MarylandW 44-741000
Sat 11/23@ MinnesotaW 26-25420.5000
Sun 11/10vs WashingtonW 35-610000
Sat 11/2vs Ohio StateL 13-2021000
Sat 10/26@ WisconsinW 28-13200.5000
Sat 10/12@ USCW 33-3000000
Sat 10/5vs UCLAW 27-11100.5000
Sat 9/28vs IllinoisW 21-711000
Sat 9/21vs Kent StateW 56-010000
Sat 9/7vs Bowling GreenW 34-2742100
Sat 8/31@ West VirginiaW 34-1221000

Player Story

Dvon J-Thomas story

Dvon J-Thomas built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Burtonsville, MD wearing No. 91, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Dvon J-Thomas' career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Dvon J-Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Penn State

    2019-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2020 Regular SeasonPenn State216.35.92
2021 PostseasonPenn State3.510.82.91.5
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State3.510.82.90
2022 Regular SeasonPenn State510.92.21.5
2023 PostseasonPenn State616.83.61
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State616.83.60
2024 PostseasonPenn State6.5136.80.5
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State6.5136.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Massachusetts

Week 7 · W 63-0

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

75.5 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Bowling Green

Week 2 · W 34-27

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Havoc Plays

74.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Oregon

Week 15 · L 37-45 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Rutgers

Week 14 · W 23-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Boise State

Week 1 · W 31-14 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Penn State

6.5 primary output · 13 efficiency · 6.8 usage

55.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Penn State

55.2

6.5 primary · 13 efficiency · 6.8 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Penn State

46.7

6 primary · 16.8 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games