#28

Jyquis Thomas

Senior safety on Temple's 2018 roster.

S · Temple · Sr. · #28

6′1″ · 190 lb · Plant City, FL

Temple 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2051 nationally · Signed with Temple

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Temple's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Temple in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Temple, 52 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Temple2-star out of Plant City

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2051 national

CFB

College

Temple

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

3 coaches

2016

Matt Rhule

Temple

2017

Geoff Collins

Temple

era →

2018

Ed Foley

Temple

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, and Ed Foley. Multi-era developmental context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2017Temple7-6HC: Geoff Collins · Balanced

2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#618 / 2662 · 76th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles#1046 / 2662 · 60th pct

Tackles for loss#1030 / 2662 · 58th pct

3.0

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.7	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	0.5	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Temple	37	30	3.0	1.0	1	--	--
2017	Temple	8	8	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Temple	7	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		52	41	4.0	1.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2018

W 24–17

vs Cincinnati

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With C. Bowler — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 62 LONG · A. Russo — 237 yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · 9 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 29-36vs Buffalo	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 35-14@ Maryland	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 31-17vs Tulsa	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 35-45@ Boston College	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 49-6vs East Carolina	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-17@ Navy	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-17vs Cincinnati	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 40-52@ UCF	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 27-17vs South Florida	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 13	W 57-7@ UConn	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Bowl	L 27-56@ Duke	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		37	30	3.0	1.0	—	1

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

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays