Player Dossier

2023-2025

UNLV

Landen Thomas

DL • 6'3" • 270 lbs • Zachary, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Landen Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Arizona State • UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

Landen Thomas built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Zachary, LA wearing No. 18, spending time with Arizona State and UNLV. The clearest part of Landen Thomas' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8744

Zachary · Zachary, LA

Committed To
Arizona State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Landen Thomas, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UNLV. Landen Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
13
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Landen Thomas quick answers

Latest team and position
UNLV · DL
Career Tackles
13
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · UNLV
Top game
UCLA
Recruit profile
3-star · Zachary · Arizona State
High school pipeline
Zachary · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
13 tackles · DL 556th (top 52%) · Mountain West 215th (top 41%) · National 2,626th (top 43%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State00-0--0-
2025 PostseasonUNLV91-0--037.9
2025 Regular SeasonUNLV9122.51-1037.9

Related Context

Landen Thomas played DL for Arizona State and UNLV. Across 3 tracked seasons, Landen Thomas recorded 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

UNLV paired 4.5 primary output with 11 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 11 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 Arizona State, UNLV.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

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 Postseason · UNLV

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

11

Usage

3.5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0. Sam Houston: 0. Idaho State: 0. UCLA: 2. Miami (OH): 0. Wyoming: 1.5. Air Force: 0. Nevada: 1. Boise State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Sam Houston: 3 by 12.5. Idaho State: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 1 by 24.2. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 2 by 23.3. Air Force: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 2 by 18.3. Boise State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 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

UCLA

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs UCLA

Result
Wed 12/24@ OhioL 10-1710000
Sat 12/6@ Boise StateL 21-3810000
Sun 11/30@ NevadaW 42-1722100
Sat 10/11vs Air ForceW 51-4810000
Sat 10/4@ WyomingW 31-17210.5001
Sat 9/20@ Miami (OH)W 41-3811000
Sun 9/7vs UCLASplash gameW 30-2311110
Sat 8/30@ Sam HoustonW 38-2133000
Sat 8/23vs Idaho StateW 38-3111000

Player Story

Landen Thomas story

Landen Thomas built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Zachary, LA wearing No. 18, spending time with Arizona State and UNLV. The clearest part of Landen Thomas' career was his defensive production: 13 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Landen Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Arizona State

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UNLV

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State0
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State00
2025 PostseasonUNLV4.5113.54.5
2025 Regular SeasonUNLV4.5113.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 98 UCLA

Week 2 · W 30-23

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 110 Wyoming

Week 6 · W 31-17 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 116 Nevada

Week 14 · W 42-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

40.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 135 Sam Houston

Week 1 · W 38-21

0

Havoc Plays

11.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.7 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 82 Miami (OH)

Week 4 · W 41-38

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Havoc Plays

4.5 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · UNLV

4.5 primary output · 11 efficiency · 3.5 usage

37.9

#2

2025 Regular Season · UNLV

37.9

4.5 primary · 11 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Arizona State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games