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JaCorey Thomas

Senior defensive back on Georgia's 2025 roster.

DB · Georgia · Sr. · #20

6′0″ · 205 lb · Orlando, FL

CFB Index 32 · #425 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Georgia for 2026

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 311 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Georgia's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Georgia in 2022.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

JaCorey Thomas

DB · Georgia · Sr · #20

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent four seasons in the Georgia secondary. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 sacks against Alabama — Week 15, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kirby Smart — 51-6 over that span.

2022Georgia15-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

2023Georgia13-1HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

2024Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Pass-leaning

2025Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

32Below cohort / limited sample #425 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#696 / 2975 · 76th pct

Tackles#756 / 2975 · 74th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	4.3	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	4.1	0.1	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

32 · #425 of 544 safeties

Former four-star. Now #425 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #46 of 57 SEC DBs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Georgia	44	26	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2024	Georgia	7	5	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
2023	Georgia	9	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Georgia	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		61	37	1.0	1.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 43–35

vs Ole Miss

4 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Ole Miss at home in a shootout.

With G. Stockton — 289 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.9 · 59 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · D. Bell — 19 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-7vs Marshall	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 28-6vs Austin Peay	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 44-41@ Tennessee	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 21-24vs Alabama	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 35-14vs Kentucky	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 20-10@ Auburn	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 43-35vs Ole Miss	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 24-20@ Florida	5	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 41-21@ Mississippi State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 35-10vs Texas	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 35-3vs Charlotte	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 16-9@ Georgia Tech	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 15	W 28-7@ Alabama	6	4	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Bowl	L 34-39vs Ole Miss	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		44	26	1.0	1.0	—

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

JaCorey Thomas

2022

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel