Usage / Role
18%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Rice
Cole Thomas
S • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Katy, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cole Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Army
Player Story
Cole Thomas built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a safety from Katy, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Cole Thomas' career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 1...
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- Committed To
- South Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Cole Thomas, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Rice. Cole Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 36
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Cole Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · S
- Career Tackles
- 36
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Army
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Central · South Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Central · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · S 244th (top 59%) · Conference USA 277th (top 45%) · National 2,428th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 9 | 23 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 19.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 60.1 |
Related Context
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Cole Thomas played S for Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cole Thomas recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Rice paired 5 primary output with 20.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Loss with 1 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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2016 Regular Season · Rice
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
12.9
Usage
2
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Army: 0. Southern Miss: 0. UTSA: 1. Prairie View A&M: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Charlotte: 0. UTEP: 1. Stanford: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. UTSA: 3 by 22.5. Prairie View A&M: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 25. Florida Atlantic: 5 by 20.8. Charlotte: 3 by 12.5. UTEP: 1 by 14.2. Stanford: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.2 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
UTSA
Best efficiency game
25 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | @ Stanford | L 17-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs UTEP | W 44-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Charlotte | W 22-21 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Florida Atlantic | L 25-42 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 16-61 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Prairie View A&M | W 65-44 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs UTSA | L 13-14 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Southern Miss | L 28-44 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Army | L 14-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cole Thomas story
Cole Thomas built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a safety from Katy, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Cole Thomas' career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 interception, and 5 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Cole Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Rice
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 2 | 12.9 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 5 | 20.8 | 5.7 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Army
Week 6 · L 12-49
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Stanford
Week 1 · L 7-62
2
Havoc Plays
47.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.
#3
vs UTSA
Week 7 · L 13-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
#4
vs UTEP
Week 12 · W 44-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
40.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Houston
Week 3 · L 3-38
1
Havoc Plays
38.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Rice
5 primary output · 20.8 efficiency · 5.7 usage
60.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Rice
19.3
2 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 2 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Rice
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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