Corey Thomas: DT · Northern Illinois · #69.
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Corey Thomas
Wins the gap play after play. On tape: 7 tackles against Eastern Michigan, Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 1 pass 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | 37 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 37 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 34-40@ Wyoming | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-48@ South Florida | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-42vs San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-28vs Western Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24@ Ball State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-45@ Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-34vs Central Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-20vs Bowling Green | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31vs Toledo | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24@ Eastern Michigan | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 31-21@ Kent State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry37 tackles · 2 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rod Carey
Pass share
42.8%
402 pass / 538 run
Plays / game
78.3
12 games
Team sack rate
1.5%
392 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
37 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Northern Illinois, 37 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dave Doeren → Rod Carey. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
