Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Mississippi State
Cory Thomas
DT • 6'5" • 310 lbs • Bessemer, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cory Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Player Story
Cory Thomas built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive tackle from Bessemer, AL wearing No. 34, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Cory Thomas' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Cory Thomas, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Mississippi State. Cory Thomas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 49
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Cory Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · DT
- Career Tackles
- 49
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Texas A&M
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · McAdory · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- Tascosa · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · DT 141st (top 58%) · SEC 290th (top 45%) · National 2,457th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.2 |
| 2016 Postseason | Mississippi State | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 11 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2017 Postseason | Mississippi State | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 5 | 10 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 11.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 15.6 |
Related Context
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Cory Thomas played DT for Mississippi State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cory Thomas recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Mississippi State paired 8 primary output with 16.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 12 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Mississippi State
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
12
Usage
2
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisville: 0. Charleston Southern: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Alabama: 1. Arkansas: 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. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Charleston Southern: 4 by 16.7. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 2 by 18.3. Arkansas: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 4 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Alabama
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Alabama
Player Story
Cory Thomas story
Cory Thomas built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive tackle from Bessemer, AL wearing No. 34, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Cory Thomas' career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Cory Thomas' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Mississippi State
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Postseason | Mississippi State | 8 | 16.8 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8 | 16.8 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Mississippi State | 1 | 12 | 2 | -7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 2.5 | 9.4 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas A&M
Week 9 · W 28-13 · Conference game
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Kentucky
Week 8 · L 38-40 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Kentucky
Week 8 · W 42-16 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Samford
Week 9 · W 56-41
2
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#5
@ BYU
Week 7 · L 21-28
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Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Mississippi State
8 primary output · 16.8 efficiency · 4.5 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Mississippi State
48.2
8 primary · 16.8 efficiency · 4.5 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Mississippi State
44.2
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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