Jhaustin Thomas

Defensive end for Iowa State. 2016: 3 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

DE · Iowa State · #8

6′6″ · Atlanta, GA

Iowa State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 600 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive end for Iowa State. 2016: 3 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Iowa State, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with South Carolina3-star out of Columbia

2015

Signed with Iowa State3-star out of Trinity Valley C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#600 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Iowa State3-9HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#44 / 2668 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#188 / 2668 · 93rd pct

9.5

Sacks#306 / 2668 · 87th pct

3.0

Solo tackles#1293 / 2668 · 50th pct

Tackles#1721 / 2668 · 34th pct

Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th pct

Passes defended#1657 / 2668 · 19th 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

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.9	1.1	0.1	0.0
Road4g	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	0.5	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	1.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Iowa State	23	18	9.5	3.0	--	1	--
Career		23	18	9.5	3.0	--	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2016

W 66–10

vs Texas Tech

4 QB HUR · 1 TOT

Dominant 56-point win at home against Texas Tech.

With J. Park — 285 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.6 · 5 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · J. Lanning — 51 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 171 rush yds (17 car) · 5 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week