Sophomore cornerback on Oklahoma State's 2025 roster.
5′11″ · 186 lb · Del City, OK
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 946 nationally · Signed with Kansas State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 cornerback on Oklahoma State's 2026 roster.
Kanijal Thomas
He got to Oklahoma State by way of Kansas State. The receipt: 8 tackles against Arkansas — Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Gundy → Doug Meacham. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Oklahoma State
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Chris Klieman — 15-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eric Morris
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 22-10vs Samford | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 14-31@ Arkansas | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 25-30@ SE Louisiana | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |