D.Q. Thomas: LB · Southern Miss · #12.
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D.Q. Thomas
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Rick Stockstill and Jay Hopson. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Alabama — Week 4, 2019.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 1 pass defended. 3 interceptions. 13.5 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 70 | 45 | 13.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | Southern Miss | 16 | 13 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 95 | 65 | 19.0 | 7.5 | 2 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs Alcorn State | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 15-38@ Mississippi State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-42@ Troy | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | L 7-49@ No. 2 Alabama | 10 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 31-13vs UTEP | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-27vs North Texas | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-45@ Louisiana Tech | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 20-6@ Rice | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-2vs UAB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-17@ UTSA | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-28vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-34@ Florida Atlantic | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Bowl | L 13-30vs Tulane | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 45 | 13.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%14 TFLSack rate
8%6 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups70 tackles · 13.5 for loss · 5.5 sacks · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 5.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Hopson
Pass share
50.6%
438 pass / 428 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
465 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Middle Tennessee and Southern Miss, 95 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
