Player Dossier

2023-2025

Ohio

Jalen Thomeson

S • 5'11" • 187 lbs • Greenwood, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Thomeson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36 disruption score.

Usage / Role

78%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

82

High-end production for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

61

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Ohio

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Ohio
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Jalen Thomeson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Greenwood, IN wearing No. 22, spending time with Ohio. The clearest part of Jalen Thomeson's career was his defensive production: 113...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.7963

Center Grove · Greenwood, IN

Committed To
Ohio
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Jalen Thomeson, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Ohio. Jalen Thomeson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
113
TFL
8
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Jalen Thomeson quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio · S
Career Tackles
113
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Ohio
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Center Grove · Ohio
High school pipeline
Center Grove · 31 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
86 tackles · S 14th (top 3%) · Mid-American 12th (top 3%) · National 108th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonOhio31-0--012.1
2023 Regular SeasonOhio35-01-012.1
2024 PostseasonOhio8110--011.4
2024 Regular SeasonOhio820-0--011.4
2025 PostseasonOhio13610--071.8
2025 Regular SeasonOhio13806021171.8

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Ohio to San Diego StateG5/FCS to G5/FCS13.4Jan 6, 2026

Jalen Thomeson played S for Ohio. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jalen Thomeson recorded 113 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ohio.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Ohio paired 11 primary output with 36 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 36 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Ohio

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

36

Usage

11.1

Consistency

58.9

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 1. Rutgers: 0.5. West Virginia: 0. Ohio State: 0. Gardner-Webb: 1. Bowling Green: 1. Ball State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Eastern Michigan: 2.5. Miami (OH): 1. Western Michigan: 1. Massachusetts: 1.5. Buffalo: 1.5

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. UNLV: 6 by 35. Rutgers: 6 by 30. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 5 by 20.8. Gardner-Webb: 9 by 47.5. Bowling Green: 8 by 43.3. Ball State: 5 by 20.8. Northern Illinois: 6 by 25. Eastern Michigan: 11 by 70.8. Miami (OH): 7 by 39.2. Western Michigan: 6 by 35. Massachusetts: 8 by 48.3. Buffalo: 7 by 44.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 9 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Wed 12/24vs UNLVW 17-1064100
Fri 11/28@ BuffaloW 31-26750.5001
Wed 11/19vs MassachusettsW 42-14830.5000
Wed 11/12@ Western MichiganL 13-1765100
Wed 11/5vs Miami (OH)W 24-20730010
Sat 10/25@ Eastern Michigan10+ tackles · Splash gameW 28-211141.5000
Sat 10/18vs Northern IllinoisW 48-2161000
Sat 10/4@ Ball StateL 14-2053000
Sat 9/27vs Bowling GreenW 35-2084100
Sat 9/20vs Gardner-WebbW 52-3595100
Sat 9/13@ Ohio StateL 9-3752000
Sat 9/6vs West VirginiaW 17-1020000
Thu 8/28@ RutgersL 31-34630.5000

Player Story

Jalen Thomeson story

Jalen Thomeson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from Greenwood, IN wearing No. 22, spending time with Ohio. The clearest part of Jalen Thomeson's career was his defensive production: 113 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Thomeson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonOhio111.72
2023 Regular SeasonOhio111.720
2024 PostseasonOhio112.22.40
2024 Regular SeasonOhio112.22.40
2025 PostseasonOhio113611.110
2025 Regular SeasonOhio113611.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 9 · W 28-21 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 95 Buffalo

Week 14 · W 31-26 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Gardner-Webb

Week 4 · W 52-35

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Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 136 Massachusetts

Week 13 · W 42-14 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 82 Miami (OH)

Week 11 · W 24-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

59.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Ohio

11 primary output · 36 efficiency · 11.1 usage

71.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · Ohio

71.8

11 primary · 36 efficiency · 11.1 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Ohio

12.1

1 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 2 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games