Corey Thomas Jr.

Former defensive back at Virginia. 2024: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

DB · Virginia · Sr. · #3

6′4″ · 215 lb · Pittsburgh, PA

CFB Index 55 · #225 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceVirginia 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive back at Virginia. 2024: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

Transferred from Akron to Virginia in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Virginia, 141 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

202412 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2021

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

2022–2024

Tony Elliott

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Akron0-12HC: Tom Arth · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2020Akron1-5HC: Tom Arth · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Akron2-10HC: Oscar Rodriguez · Run-leaning

2022Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2024Virginia5-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Rotational starter #225 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#697 / 2892 · 76th pct

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#886 / 2892 · 69th pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road6g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #225 of 537 safeties

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Virginia	47	23	1.0	0.0	2	2	--
2023	Akron	45	25	4.0	0.0	3	--	--
2022	Akron	11	9	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Akron	25	13	3.0	1.0	2	--	--
2020	Akron	11	9	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Akron	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		141	80	8.0	1.0	7	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–13

vs Richmond

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 21-point win at home against Richmond.

With A. Colandrea — 297 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.8 · 49 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · K. Pace — 93 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-13vs Richmond	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 31-30@ Wake Forest	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 13-27vs Maryland	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 43-24@ Coastal Carolina	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-14vs Boston College	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 20-24vs Louisville	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 31-48@ Clemson	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 9	L 14-41vs North Carolina	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 24-19@ Pittsburgh	—	—	—	—	1	—
Wk 12	L 14-35@ Notre Dame	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 7-33vs SMU	5	3	1.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	L 17-37@ Virginia Tech	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		47	23	1.0	0.0	2	2

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

Corey Thomas Jr.

202412 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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