Player Dossier

2022-2025

NC State

Tra Thomas

LB • 6'3" • 228 lbs • Glen Burnie, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tra Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

65%

Regular defensive contributor

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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

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Temple • NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida

Player Story

Tra Thomas built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Glen Burnie, MD wearing No. 4, spending time with NC State and Temple. The clearest part of Tra Thomas' career was his defensive...

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Tra Thomas, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State. Tra Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
96
TFL
19.5
Sacks
12
QB hurries
9

Quick Answers

Tra Thomas quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · LB
Career Tackles
96
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · NC State
Top game
South Florida
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
24 tackles · LB 547th (top 43%) · ACC 244th (top 31%) · National 1,815th (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonTemple41443--049.9
2023 Regular SeasonTemple1030533-046.3
2024 Regular SeasonTemple11284.521-037.1
2025 PostseasonNC State111111-059
2025 Regular SeasonNC State1123534-059

Related Context

Tra Thomas played LB for Temple and NC State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tra Thomas recorded 96 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Temple.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

NC State paired 15 primary output with 22.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 22.7 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

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

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Temple, NC State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · NC State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

22.7

Usage

6.6

Consistency

58.7

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 3. East Carolina: 1.5. Virginia: 0.5. Duke: 2.5. Virginia Tech: 0. Campbell: 2.5. Notre Dame: 1. Pittsburgh: 2. Miami: 0. Florida State: 0. North Carolina: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 1 by 34.2. East Carolina: 2 by 23.3. Virginia: 3 by 17.5. Duke: 7 by 54.2. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Campbell: 4 by 41.7. Notre Dame: 1 by 14.2. Pittsburgh: 1 by 24.2. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 1 by 24.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 5 · -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

Duke

Best efficiency game

54.2 vs Duke

Result
Fri 12/19vs MemphisSplash gameW 31-711110
Sun 11/30vs North CarolinaSplash gameW 42-1911110
Sat 11/22vs Florida StateW 21-1121000
Sat 11/15@ MiamiL 7-4110000
Sat 10/25@ PittsburghSplash gameL 34-5310000
Sat 10/11@ Notre DameL 7-36100.500.500
Sat 10/4vs CampbellSplash gameW 56-104010.500
Sat 9/27vs Virginia TechL 21-2310000
Sat 9/20@ DukeSplash gameL 33-45731.5010
Sat 9/6vs VirginiaW 35-31310.5000
Thu 8/28vs East CarolinaW 24-17200.5000

Player Story

Tra Thomas story

Tra Thomas built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Glen Burnie, MD wearing No. 4, spending time with NC State and Temple. The clearest part of Tra Thomas' career was his defensive production: 96 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 1 interception across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Tra 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

    Temple

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    NC State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonTemple732.17.7
2023 Regular SeasonTemple1123.56.84
2024 Regular SeasonTemple8.518.37.4-2.5
2025 PostseasonNC State1522.76.66.5
2025 Regular SeasonNC State1522.76.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ South Florida

Week 11 · L 23-27 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Tulsa

Week 8 · W 20-10 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 44 Duke

Week 4 · L 33-45 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 39 Memphis

Week 1 · W 31-7 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Lafayette

Week 2 · W 30-14

3.5

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · NC State

15 primary output · 22.7 efficiency · 6.6 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · NC State

59

15 primary · 22.7 efficiency · 6.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Temple

49.9

7 primary · 32.1 efficiency · 7.7 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games