Eric Thomas: LB · Tulane · #52.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Eric Thomas
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against UConn — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Tulane | 23 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| Career | 23 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
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
2016 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-7@ Wake Forest | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 66-21vs Southern | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24@ Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-24vs Memphis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-50@ Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-35vs SMU | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-37@ UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-31vs Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-13@ UConn | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 12 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%2 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups23 tackles · 2 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Pass share
35.8%
258 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
60.1
12 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
285 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Tulane, 23 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Curtis Johnson → Willie Fritz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
