Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025South Alabama
Tyler Thomas
DL • 6'5" • 259 lbs • Mobile, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tyler Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
67
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
44
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UAB • South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Tyler Thomas built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Mobile, AL wearing No. 97, spending time with South Alabama and UAB. The clearest part of Tyler Thomas' career was his...
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- Committed To
- South Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Tyler Thomas, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama. Tyler Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 36
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Tyler Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · DL
- Career Tackles
- 36
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cottage Hill Christian Academy · South Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Cottage Hill Christian Academy · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DL 466th (top 44%) · Sun Belt 264th (top 42%) · National 2,391st (top 39%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | UAB | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Alabama | 8 | 19 | 3.5 | 2.5 | - | - | 0 | 42.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Alabama | 6 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 63.7 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UAB to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 12.2 | Apr 16, 2024 |
Tyler Thomas played DL for UAB and South Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, Tyler Thomas recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 7 primary output with 22.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.8 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on 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 UAB, South Alabama.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
22.8
Usage
10.4
Consistency
45.2
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Morgan State: 0. Coastal Carolina: 2. North Texas: 3. Georgia State: 2. Louisiana: 0. Southern Miss: 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. Morgan State: 3 by 12.5. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 36.7. North Texas: 3 by 42.5. Georgia State: 2 by 28.3. Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 3 · +1 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs North Texas
Player Story
Tyler Thomas story
Tyler Thomas built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Mobile, AL wearing No. 97, spending time with South Alabama and UAB. The clearest part of Tyler Thomas' career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Tyler 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
UAB
2023
Opening stop
- 2
South Alabama
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Alabama | 6 | 17.4 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Alabama | 7 | 22.8 | 10.4 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 22 North Texas
Week 5 · L 22-36 · Ranked opponent
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Ohio
Week 2 · L 20-27
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina
Week 4 · L 20-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 133 Georgia State
Week 9 · W 38-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#5
vs Georgia Southern
Week 10 · L 30-34 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
62.2 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
7 primary output · 22.8 efficiency · 10.4 usage
63.7
#2
2024 Regular Season · South Alabama
42.4
6 primary · 17.4 efficiency · 5.1 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · UAB
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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