Jakobe Thomas: DB · Miami · #8.
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Jakobe Thomas
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. All-ACC in 2025 was the second season with an honor. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against SMU — Week 10, 2025.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 6 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 4 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami | 75 | 45 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | Tennessee | 22 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 71 | 52 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 35 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
| Career | 203 | 137 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 15 | 9 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 15 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24vs No. 6 Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-12vs No. 18 South Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-7vs Florida | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-22@ No. 18 Florida State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs Louisville | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-7vs Stanford | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-26@ SMU | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Syracuse | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-7vs NC State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-7@ No. 24 Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 10-3@ No. 7 Texas A&M | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-14vs No. 3 Ohio State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-27vs No. 6 Ole Miss | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | L 21-27vs No. 1 Indiana | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 45 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 5 | 6 |
Week 6 · 2025
W 28-22
1 interception · 1 sack · 1 tackle for loss
A close one, won by 6 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFL75 tackles · 4 for loss · 3.5 sacks · 6 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 7.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
47.2%
496 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
65.6
16 games
Team sack rate
2.5%
393 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
The All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #2 of 544 FBS safeties by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2025 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #2 at the position.
The No. 2,048 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the ACC as a senior.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Middle Tennessee, Tennessee and Miami, 203 tackles — drafted at #98 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2025)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2025)
3 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Rick Stockstill, Josh Heupel and Mario Cristobal.
Next stop · NFL
Minnesota Vikings2026 NFL rookie season
Minnesota Vikings2026 NFL rookie season
