Usage / Role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Baylor
Keaton Thomas
LB • 6'2" • 229 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Keaton Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Baylor
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Baylor
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Colorado
Player Story
Keaton Thomas built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 11, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Keaton Thomas' career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyKeaton Thomas, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Baylor. Keaton Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 196
- TFL
- 15
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Keaton Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Baylor · LB
- Career Tackles
- 196
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Baylor
- Top game
- Colorado
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 99 tackles · LB 44th (top 4%) · Big 12 4th (top 1%) · National 54th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Baylor | 13 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 71.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Baylor | 13 | 91 | 8 | 3.5 | 2 | - | 2 | 71.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Baylor | 12 | 99 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 67.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Keaton Thomas played LB for Baylor. Across 2 tracked seasons, Keaton Thomas recorded 196 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Baylor.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Baylor paired 14.5 primary output with 42.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 44.2 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: Houston
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Baylor
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
44.2
Usage
11.6
Consistency
39.7
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 0. SMU: 1. Samford: 0. Arizona State: 0.5. Oklahoma State: 2. Kansas State: 1. TCU: 0.5. Cincinnati: 0. UCF: 1. Utah: 3. Arizona: 0. Houston: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Auburn: 15 by 50. SMU: 10 by 51.7. Samford: 5 by 20.8. Arizona State: 8 by 38.3. Oklahoma State: 8 by 53.3. Kansas State: 5 by 30.8. TCU: 8 by 38.3. Cincinnati: 12 by 50. UCF: 4 by 26.7. Utah: 8 by 63.3. Arizona: 5 by 20.8. Houston: 11 by 85.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 7 · +0.1 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
Houston
Best efficiency game
85.8 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Houston10+ tackles · Splash game | L 24-31 | 11 | 9 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Arizona | L 17-41 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs UtahSplash game | L 28-55 | 8 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs UCF | W 30-3 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Cincinnati10+ tackles | L 20-41 | 12 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ TCU | L 36-42 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Kansas State | W 35-34 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Oklahoma StateSplash game | W 45-27 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Arizona State | L 24-27 | 8 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Samford | W 42-7 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ SMU10+ tackles | W 48-45 | 10 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Auburn10+ tackles | L 24-38 | 15 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Keaton Thomas story
Keaton Thomas built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 11, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Keaton Thomas' career was his defensive production: 196 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Baylor. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Keaton Thomas' production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Baylor.
The arc is straightforward: Keaton Thomas moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Baylor
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Baylor | 14.5 | 42.2 | 11.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Baylor | 14.5 | 42.2 | 11.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Baylor | 13 | 44.2 | 11.6 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Colorado
Week 4 · L 31-38 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
95.8 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 40 Houston
Week 14 · L 24-31 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
95.3 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 95.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Houston
Week 13 · W 20-10 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 8 Utah
Week 12 · L 28-55 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#5
@ West Virginia
Week 12 · W 49-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Baylor
14.5 primary output · 42.2 efficiency · 11.4 usage
71.2
#2
2024 Regular Season · Baylor
71.2
14.5 primary · 42.2 efficiency · 11.4 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Baylor
67.6
13 primary · 44.2 efficiency · 11.6 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
8
10+ tackle games
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