#26

Daiquan Thomasson

Safety for Navy. 2016: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 39 tackles.

S · Navy · #26

6′0″ · Clayton, NC

Navy 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 safety for Navy. 2016: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 39 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Navy, 39 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Navy

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo, all run-heavy offenses — 20-7 over that span.

2015Navy11-2HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

2016Navy9-5HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (84th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#360 / 2668 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#831 / 2668 · 68th pct

Tackles#1000 / 2668 · 62nd pct

Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2084 / 2668 · 19th pct

0.5

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

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Navy	39	27	0.5	0.0	4	1	--
2015	Navy	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
Career		39	27	0.5	0.0	4	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2016

W 28–27

vs Notre Dame

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With W. Worth — 48 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.8 · 175 rush yds (28 car) · 2 TD · D. Romine — 18 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 52-16vs Fordham	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 28-24vs UConn	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 21-14@ Tulane	3	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	L 14-28@ Air Force	4	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	W 46-40vs Houston	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 42-28vs Memphis	2	1	0.5	—	1
Wk 9	L 45-52@ South Florida	7	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	W 28-27vs Notre Dame	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 42-40vs Tulsa	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 66-31@ East Carolina	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 75-31@ SMU	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 10-34vs Temple	2	1	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 45-48vs Louisiana Tech	6	5	0.0	—	1
Total		39	27	0.5	1	4

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