Player Dossier

2020-2025

Mississippi State

Raishein Thomas

DL • 6'4" • 300 lbs • Racine, WI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Raishein Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

53

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

47

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Northern Illinois • Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Player Story

Raishein Thomas built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Racine, WI wearing No. 25, spending time with Mississippi State and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Raishein Thomas'...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8115

Park · Racine, WI

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Raishein Thomas, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois. Raishein Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
204
TFL
21.5
Sacks
6.5
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
9

Quick Answers

Raishein Thomas quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · DL
Career Tackles
204
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 52 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois
Top game
Western Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Park · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Park · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
10 tackles · DL 649th (top 61%) · SEC 354th (top 47%) · National 2,978th (top 48%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois6201011027.8
2021 PostseasonNorthern Illinois142-0--031.4
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois14462.50.523031.4
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois11407.50.543060
2023 PostseasonNorthern Illinois1360.50.5--074.1
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois13686251074.1
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois41222-1038.9
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State41021--031.6

Related Context

Raishein Thomas played DL for Northern Illinois and Mississippi State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Raishein Thomas recorded 204 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Northern Illinois paired 15 primary output with 35.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, Mississippi State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

17.9

Usage

6

Consistency

38.9

Best Game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alcorn State: 1. Northern Illinois: 2. Texas A&M: 0. Georgia: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alcorn State: 4 by 26.7. Northern Illinois: 1 by 24.2. Texas A&M: 3 by 12.5. Georgia: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Alcorn State

Result
Sat 11/8vs GeorgiaL 21-4120000
Sat 10/4@ Texas A&ML 9-3132000
Sat 9/20vs Northern IllinoisSplash gameW 38-1011110
Sat 9/13vs Alcorn StateW 63-041100

Player Story

Raishein Thomas story

Raishein Thomas built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Racine, WI wearing No. 25, spending time with Mississippi State and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Raishein Thomas' career was his defensive production: 204 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 9 passes defended across 52 career games in the available record. That gives Raishein 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.

  1. 1

    Northern Illinois

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Mississippi State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202120222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois318.94.7
2021 PostseasonNorthern Illinois8204.85
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois8204.80
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1528.88.97
2023 PostseasonNorthern Illinois1535.312.30
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1535.312.30
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois5258.1-10
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State317.96-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Western Michigan

Week 11 · W 24-21 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Wyoming

Week 2 · L 43-50

3

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#3

vs Akron

Week 12 · W 29-16 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Southern Illinois

Week 2 · L 11-14

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Ball State

Week 12 · L 25-31 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois

15 primary output · 35.3 efficiency · 12.3 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

74.1

15 primary · 35.3 efficiency · 12.3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

60

15 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 8.9 usage

Milestones

13

Impact games

12

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games