Bryan Thomas Jr. is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at South Carolina.
Thomas fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at South Carolina. The first one came in 2025: SEC Defensive Line Player of the Week. On tape: 7 tackles and 2 sacks against Kentucky, Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina | 40 | 24 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | South Carolina | 23 | 12 | 6.5 | 4.5 | -- |
| 2023 | South Carolina | 21 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | South Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 90 | 50 | 18.5 | 11.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-11vs Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs South Carolina State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-31vs Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-29@ No. 23 Missouri | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-13vs Kentucky | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 10-20@ No. 11 LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-26vs No. 14 Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-29vs No. 4 Alabama | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-30@ No. 7 Ole Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 30-31@ No. 3 Texas A&M | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-7vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-28vs Clemson | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 24 | 11.0 | 7.0 | — | 1 |
Week 5 · 2025
W 35-13
vs Kentucky
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 22-point win at home against Kentucky.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
28%11 TFLSack rate
18%7 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups40 tackles · 11 for loss · 7 sacks.
4 seasons under Shane Beamer — 26-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
45.5%
340 pass / 407 run
Plays / game
62.2
12 games
Team sack rate
10.3%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #43 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #6 of 76 SEC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Shane Beamer.
