Player Dossier

2024-2025

San José State

Jaylen Thomas

DB • 6'0" • 186 lbs • Los Gatos, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaylen Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.1

Efficiency

26.3

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

12.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · San José State

2425

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
San José State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jaylen Thomas, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · San José State. Jaylen Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.3 disruption score.

Jaylen Thomas played DB for San José State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jaylen Thomas recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with San José State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

San José State paired 7 primary output with 26.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · San José State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

26.3

Usage

4.1

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Active game

Hover over a point

Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.

Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

123456789101112

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 0. Texas: 0. Unknown: 2. Stanford: 4. New Mexico: 0. Wyoming: 0. Utah State: 1. Hawai'i: 0. Air Force: 0. Nevada: 0. San Diego State: 0. Fresno 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.

Low volumeHigh quality

High volumeHigh quality

Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Texas: 3 by 12.5. Unknown: 5 by 40.8. Stanford: 9 by 77.5. New Mexico: 4 by 16.7. Wyoming: 3 by 12.5. Utah State: 9 by 47.5. Hawai'i: 6 by 25. Air Force: 7 by 29.2. Nevada: 4 by 16.7. San Diego State: 2 by 8.3. Fresno State: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Wins
First Half1 · Games = 6 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

77.5 vs Stanford

Result
Sun 11/30vs Fresno StateL 14-4132000
Sun 11/23@ San Diego StateL 3-2520000
Sat 11/15@ NevadaL 10-5542000
Sat 11/8vs Air ForceL 16-2676000
Sun 11/2vs Hawai'iW 45-3865000
Sat 10/18@ Utah StateL 25-3097001
Sat 10/11@ WyomingL 28-3533000
Sat 10/4vs New MexicoW 35-2844000
Sat 9/27@ StanfordL 29-3097103
Sat 9/20vs Unknown55002
Sat 9/6@ TexasL 7-3833000
Sat 8/30vs Central MichiganL 14-1643000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    San José State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonSan José State0
2025 Regular SeasonSan José State726.34.17

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Stanford

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 31.5 takeover score.

#3

Utah State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.1 takeover score.

#4

Air Force

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.3 takeover score.

#5

Hawai'i

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · San José State

7 primary output · 26.3 efficiency · 4.1 usage

12.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · San José State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.7833

Los Gatos · Los Gatos, CA

Committed To
San José State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

59

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 12 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.