Cory Thomas: DT · Mississippi State · #34.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Cory Thomas
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at Mississippi State: Dan Mullen and Joe Moorhead. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Texas A&M — Week 9, 2018.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 12 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 25 | 6 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 49 | 14 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 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
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 31-10@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-28@ Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-13vs Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 23-9vs No. 8 Auburn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-19@ No. 5 LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-13vs No. 16 Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-3@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
8%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries12 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
38.9%
323 pass / 507 run
Plays / game
63.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 49 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 25 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
