#51

Andon Thomas

Senior linebacker for Army. 2025: 112 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Army · Sr. · #51

6′0″ · 230 lb · Liberty Hill, TX

CFB Index 65 · #159 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Army for 2026

How he plays

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

Solo tackles: 100th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

112

tackles · 2025

4 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 5 PBU

Best game: 14 tackles, 1 TFL, vs Tarleton State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Army. 2025: 112 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

His career, year by year

Andon Thomas

LB · Army · Sr · #51

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Second year in the Army linebacker corps, same address the whole way. All-AAC in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. The receipt on tape: 14 tackles, 1 TFL against Tarleton State, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jeff Monken, all run-heavy offenses — 19-8 over that span.

2024Army12-2HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2025Army7-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

65Quality starter #159 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#4 / 2975 · 100th pct

Tackles#22 / 2975 · 99th pct

112

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.8	0.3	0.1	0.7
Road7g	9.3	0.3	0.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.0	0.2	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	9.3	0.4	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Monken

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #159 of 583 LBs

Unranked recruit. Now #159 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-AAC

Based on 2025: #19 of 61 American Athletic LBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Army	112	65	4.0	0.5	5	--	--
2024	Army	85	45	3.0	0.0	2	2	--
Career		197	110	7.0	0.5	7	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 24–21

at Kansas State

1 QB HUR · 8 SOLO · 9 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With N. Short — 52 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 61 rush yds (10 car) · C. Hellums — 43 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.0 · 124 rush yds (41 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 27-30vs Tarleton State	14	9	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 2	W 24-21@ Kansas State	9	8	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 38-45vs North Texas	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	L 6-28@ East Carolina	13	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-13@ UAB	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-7vs Charlotte	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Tulane	8	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 20-17@ Air Force	10	9	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 14-13vs Temple	8	3	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 25-26vs Tulsa	10	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 27-24@ UTSA	9	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 16	L 16-17@ Navy	11	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 41-16vs UConn	5	3	0.5	0.5	—	0
Total		112	65	4.0	0.5	—	5

How he plays

Play style

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

112Tackles

65Solo

4TFL

0.5Sacks

5Pass def.

0INT

112 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.

Week 10.5 sacks
Week 42 PD
Week 101 PD
Week 111 PD
Week 131 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Army

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Army

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -2 net (0 in / 2 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Army · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #136 · 2026 recruiting class #138

DNA match

Player DNA

Sideline-to-Sideline

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Matt Salopek’s 2021 season.

Matt Salopek

79%match

Miami (OH) · 2021

Jordan Veneziale

Georgia State · 2022

75%

Kyle Jacob

Navy · 2024

75%

Breon Hayward

UTEP · 2021

All-Conference USA

73%

Tre Freeman

Duke · 2023

72%

Matches Matt on

Hurry rate

TFL rate

PD rate

Differs from Matt on

Height (lower)

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Matt Salopek's sophomore season at Miami (OH) (2021).

Matt Salopek

85%match

Miami (OH) · 2021

All-MAC

Tatum Bethune

UCF · 2021

All-ACCNFL Rd 7

83%

Seth Benson

Iowa · 2021

80%

Jaylin Thomas

Ball State · 2021

All-MAC

79%

Josh Chandler

West Virginia · 2021

78%

Matches Matt on

PD rate

Solo tackle rate

Hurry rate

Player DNA

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Parker Hughes

Middle Tennessee · 2025

84%

Joseph Carter

Liberty · 2024

81%

Brendan Harrington

Georgia Southern · 2025

69%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Andon Thomas

202414 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Sideline-to-Sideline

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