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Player Dossier
2022-2025South Carolina
Bryan Thomas Jr.
LB • 6'2" • 249 lbs • Windermere, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Bryan Thomas Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
Bryan Thomas Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Windermere, FL wearing No. 46, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Bryan Thomas Jr.'s career was his defensive...
Read the storyBryan Thomas Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina. Bryan Thomas Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 90
- TFL
- 18.5
- Sacks
- 11.5
- QB hurries
- 19
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Bryan Thomas Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 90
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Latest roster
- No. 46 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 40 tackles · LB 370th (top 29%) · SEC 115th (top 16%) · National 914th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 3 | 6 | - | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 19.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | South Carolina | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 35.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 11 | 17 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 35.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75.4 |
Related Context
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Bryan Thomas Jr. played LB for South Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Bryan Thomas Jr. recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
South Carolina paired 31 primary output with 39.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 20.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · South Carolina
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
20.5
Usage
6.2
Consistency
29.3
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 3. Kentucky: 1. LSU: 0. Akron: 0. Ole Miss: 0.5. Alabama: 0. Oklahoma: 2. Texas A&M: 0. Vanderbilt: 3.5. Wofford: 3. Clemson: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 6 by 55. Kentucky: 1 by 14.2. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Ole Miss: 3 by 17.5. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 1 by 24.2. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 3 by 47.5. Wofford: 2 by 38.3. Clemson: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.4 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
55 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/31 | @ IllinoisSplash game | L 17-21 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Clemson | W 17-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs WoffordSplash game | W 56-12 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ VanderbiltSplash game | W 28-7 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Texas A&M | W 44-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ OklahomaSplash game | W 35-9 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Alabama | L 25-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Ole Miss | L 3-27 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Akron | W 50-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs LSU | L 33-36 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Kentucky | W 31-6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Bryan Thomas Jr. story
Bryan Thomas Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Windermere, FL wearing No. 46, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Bryan Thomas Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Bryan Thomas Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Carolina
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | South Carolina | 3 | 18.3 | 3.5 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Carolina | 4 | 14.2 | 4.4 | 1 |
| 2024 Postseason | South Carolina | 13 | 20.5 | 6.2 | 9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Carolina | 13 | 20.5 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Carolina | 31 | 39.7 | 13.4 | 18 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 66 Kentucky
Week 5 · W 35-13 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina
Week 13 · W 51-7
5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
vs South Carolina State
Week 2 · W 38-10
5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Vanderbilt
Week 11 · W 28-7 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Illinois
Week 1 · L 17-21 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
80.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · South Carolina
31 primary output · 39.7 efficiency · 13.4 usage
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#2
2024 Postseason · South Carolina
35.9
13 primary · 20.5 efficiency · 6.2 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · South Carolina
35.9
13 primary · 20.5 efficiency · 6.2 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
13
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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