Junior linebacker for Southern Miss. 2021: 6 tackles.
6′1″ · 222 lb · Norcross, GA
The story
3 linebacker for Southern Miss. 2021: 6 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDevin Thomas
Devin Thomas has been at Southern Miss through three head coaches in four seasons. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Louisiana Tech, Week 12, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Southern Miss, 22 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Southern Miss | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 22 | 15 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | 1 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021
W 37–0
vs Grambling
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Dominant 37-point win at home against Grambling.
With F. Gore Jr. — 162 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD · M. Hunt — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 37-0vs Grambling | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-63@ Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-26vs UTEP | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-19@ Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |