Junior defensive lineman on Illinois's 2026 roster.
6′3″ · 285 lb · Fayetteville, TN · Fayetteville
The numbers
sacks · 2025
3 TFL · 12 tackles · 3 hurries
Best game: 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Toledo
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive lineman on Illinois's 2025 roster.
Isaiah Thomison
Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Eddie George and Bret Bielema. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Duke — Week 2, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Illinois
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (4th 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
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Bowling Green | 12 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 13 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 26-7vs Lafayette | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-35@ Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-23vs Toledo | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-27vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-28vs Buffalo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-14@ Massachusetts | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 12 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2025 - Bowling Green Played in ten games 12 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries, and three quarterback hurries on the season 2024 - Memphis Did not play in a game 2023 - Memphis Did not play in a game and redshirted the season High School Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN, an...
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