Player Dossier

2021-2025

Charlotte

Thai Baldwin

DB • 5'11" • 180 lbs • Hampton, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Thai Baldwin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

29

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

26

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ball State • Charlotte • Charlotte
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

Thai Baldwin built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Hampton, VA wearing No. 16, spending time with Ball State and Charlotte. The clearest part of Thai Baldwin's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8167

Life Christian Academy · Colonial Heights, VA

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Thai Baldwin, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Ball State. Thai Baldwin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
73
TFL
2.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Thai Baldwin quick answers

Latest team and position
Charlotte · DB
Career Tackles
73
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Bowling Green
Recruit profile
3-star · Life Christian Academy · Ball State
High school pipeline
Life Christian Academy · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
20 tackles · DB 435th (top 45%) · American Athletic 213th (top 34%) · National 2,068th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonBall State00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonBall State00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonBall State1130-015035.6
2024 Regular SeasonBall State8232.50-3055.8
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte920-0-4024.6
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte90-0--024.6

Related Context

Thai Baldwin played DB for Ball State and Charlotte. Across 5 tracked seasons, Thai Baldwin recorded 6 rushing yards and 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Ball State paired 6.5 primary output with 21.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ball State, Charlotte.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Loss 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 · Charlotte

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

13.7

Usage

1.5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 1. North Carolina: 0. Monmouth: 0. Temple: 1. North Texas: 0. East Carolina: 0. UTSA: 0. Georgia: 2. Tulane: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 3 by 22.5. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Monmouth: 2 by 8.3. Temple: 0 by 10. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. East Carolina: 3 by 12.5. UTSA: 6 by 25. Georgia: 2 by 28.3. Tulane: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Georgia

Result
Sun 11/30@ TulaneL 0-2710000
Sat 11/22@ GeorgiaSplash gameL 3-3522002
Sat 11/15vs UTSAL 7-2865000
Sat 11/8@ East CarolinaL 22-4833000
Fri 10/24vs North TexasL 20-5422000
Sat 10/18vs TempleL 14-4900001
Sat 9/13vs MonmouthW 42-3522000
Sat 9/6vs North CarolinaL 3-2011000
Fri 8/29vs App StateL 11-3432001

Player Story

Thai Baldwin story

Thai Baldwin built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Hampton, VA wearing No. 16, spending time with Ball State and Charlotte. The clearest part of Thai Baldwin's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 12 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Thai Baldwin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Ball State

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Charlotte

    2025

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Charlotte

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonBall State0
2022 Regular SeasonBall State00
2023 Regular SeasonBall State616.82.56
2024 Regular SeasonBall State6.521.37.80.5
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte413.71.5-2.5
2025 Regular SeasonCharlotte413.71.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Bowling Green

Week 13 · L 13-38 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Central Michigan

Week 4 · L 34-37 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Ohio

Week 14 · L 21-42 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Miami (OH)

Week 11 · L 21-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Northern Illinois

Week 11 · W 20-17 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

49.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Ball State

6.5 primary output · 21.3 efficiency · 7.8 usage

55.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · Ball State

35.6

6 primary · 16.8 efficiency · 2.5 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Charlotte

24.6

4 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games