Dante Thomas is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Coastal Carolina.
Thomas moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against UL Monroe — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina | 23 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | Kansas State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 24 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-48@ Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 13-0vs Charleston Southern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38vs East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20@ South Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-47@ Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-8vs UL Monroe | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 45-37@ App State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-27vs Marshall | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 40-45@ Georgia Southern | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-23vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL23 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeremiah Johnson
Pass share
46.3%
399 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
66.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
378 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #530 at the position.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Chris Klieman and Tim Beck.
In the portal · 2026
In transfer portal
