Former linebacker at Wisconsin. 2024: 53 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′4″ · 245 lb · Cincinnati, OH
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former linebacker at Wisconsin. 2024: 53 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Jaheim Thomas
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Jaheim Thomas has played for two head coaches across five seasons and three programs. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 1 TFL against Penn State, Week 9, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Wisconsin, 229 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard, and Luke Fickell. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (81st percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wisconsin | 53 | 25 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Arkansas | 89 | 38 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 62 | 22 | 5.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | 2 |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 23 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 229 | 94 | 13.5 | 6.0 | 2 | -- | 2 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 27–13
vs South Dakota
1 SOLO · 6 TOT
With A. Bertrams — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 53 LONG · T. Van Dyke — 214 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 18.0 · -4 rush yds (6 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-14vs Western Michigan | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-13vs South Dakota | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-42vs Alabama | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-38@ USC | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-6vs Purdue | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-7@ Rutgers | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 23-3@ Northwestern | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-28vs Penn State | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 7-24vs Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 25 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 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.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Danny Stutsman’s 2021 season.
Matches Danny on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jack Dingle's graduate season at Cincinnati (2025).
Matches Jack on
Differs from Jack on
Player DNA