Josh Thomas: DB · App State · #7.
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Josh Thomas
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The four seasons at App State span two head coaches: Scott Satterfield and Eli Drinkwitz. On tape: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against South Carolina, Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-7vs East Tennessee State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-41vs Charlotte | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31@ North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-37vs Coastal Carolina | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-7@ Louisiana | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-7vs UL Monroe | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-3@ South Alabama | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24vs Georgia Southern | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-15@ South Carolina | 10 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 56-27@ Georgia State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-13vs Texas State | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 48-13@ Troy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 15 | W 45-38vs Louisiana | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 72 | 51 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Week 15 · 2019
W 45-38
vs Louisiana
1 interception · 5 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Louisiana at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
72tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL72 tackles · 2 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+8g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
38.4%
369 pass / 592 run
Plays / game
68.6
14 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
394 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
72 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at App State, 144 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 39 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
