Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Oregon State
Skyler Thomas
DB • 6'2" • 212 lbs • Menlo Park, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Skyler Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
76
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
82
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Oregon State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
Skyler Thomas built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Menlo Park, CA wearing No. 17, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Skyler Thomas' career was his defensive...
Read the storySkyler Thomas, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Oregon State. Skyler Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 190
- TFL
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 14
Quick Answers
Skyler Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 190
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
- Top game
- Washington State
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 78 tackles · DB 23rd (top 3%) · Pac-12 3rd (top 3%) · National 176th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Oregon State | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon State | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.5 |
| 2022 Postseason | Oregon State | 11 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon State | 11 | 28 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 16.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 12 | 81 | - | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 59.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oregon State | 12 | 78 | - | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 40.5 |
Related Context
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Skyler Thomas played DB for Oregon State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Skyler Thomas recorded 190 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Oregon State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Oregon State paired 10 primary output with 36.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 36.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
36.5
Usage
6
Consistency
52.8
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Idaho State: 1. San Diego State: 1. Oregon: 0. Purdue: 2. Colorado State: 1. Nevada: 0. UNLV: 0. California: 1. San José State: 0. Air Force: 0. Washington State: 1. Boise State: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Idaho State: 7 by 39.2. San Diego State: 2 by 18.3. Oregon: 9 by 37.5. Purdue: 7 by 49.2. Colorado State: 7 by 39.2. Nevada: 8 by 33.3. UNLV: 7 by 29.2. California: 9 by 47.5. San José State: 6 by 25. Air Force: 8 by 33.3. Washington State: 6 by 35. Boise State: 5 by 50.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.6 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
Purdue
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Boise State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | @ Boise StateSplash game | L 18-34 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Washington State | W 41-38 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Air Force | L 0-28 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs San José State | L 13-24 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ California | L 7-44 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/20 | vs UNLV | L 25-33 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Nevada | L 37-42 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Colorado State | W 39-31 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/22 | vs PurdueSplash game | W 38-21 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Oregon | L 14-49 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/8 | @ San Diego State | W 21-0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Idaho State | W 38-15 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Skyler Thomas story
Skyler Thomas built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Menlo Park, CA wearing No. 17, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Skyler Thomas' career was his defensive production: 190 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 3 interceptions, and 14 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 7 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Skyler Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Oregon State
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Oregon State | 1 | 11.3 | 2.3 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon State | 1 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Oregon State | 2 | 12.4 | 3.4 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon State | 2 | 12.4 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oregon State | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Oregon State | 10 | 36.5 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oregon State | 7 | 32.9 | 5.8 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 61 Washington State
Week 10 · W 10-7 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Utah
Week 5 · L 16-42 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 3 Texas Tech
Week 3 · L 14-45 · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 80 California
Week 1 · L 15-34
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Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Arizona State
Week 12 · W 31-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Oregon State
10 primary output · 36.5 efficiency · 6 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Oregon State
40.5
7 primary · 32.9 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Oregon State
22.5
1 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 2.3 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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