Broderick Thomas: S · UAB · #22.
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Broderick Thomas
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the same secondary at UAB. On tape: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Tulane, Week 3, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
62 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-0vs Savannah State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-47@ Coastal Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-24vs Tulane | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 28-7vs Charlotte | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-7@ Louisiana Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-0@ Rice | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 29-21vs North Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 19-0@ UTEP | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-3vs UTSA | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 26-23vs Southern Miss | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-41@ Texas A&M | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-27@ Middle Tennessee | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-25@ Middle Tennessee | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 49 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
62tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL62 tackles · 2 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Bill Clark, all run-heavy offenses — 19-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Clark
Pass share
35.3%
319 pass / 585 run
Plays / game
64.6
14 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
62 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at UAB, 152 tackles — the college career is complete.
