Kayvon Thibodeaux

Former defensive end at Oregon. 2021: 7 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

DE · Oregon · So. · #5

6′5″ · 250 lb · Los Angeles, CA

CFB Index 83 · #32 of 370 edge rushersMedium confidenceConsensus AANew York — drafted 2022, Rd 1, Pick 5, #5 overall

On production he ranks #32 of 370 edge rushers; on reputation he is a consensus All-American. The gap between those two numbers is the story.

Recruiting

5★

WDE recruit

No. 2 nationally · Signed with Oregon

Statement game9 tackles · 4.5 TFL · 2 sacksat UCLA (FBS) · W 34-31

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

If Thibodeaux makes it past the top 5 of the draft, something has gone terribly wrongr/CFB game thread · ▲ 5His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Oregon. 2021: 7 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Oregon in 2019.
Drafted round 1 by the New York in 2022.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2021.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #5 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Oregon, 19 sacks, a Consensus All-American season (2021) — drafted at #5 overall by New York.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201913 games

Signed with Oregon5-star out of Oaks Christian

20206 games

The snaps went the other way.

All-Pac-12First Team

202110 games

All-Americafirst · 8 selectors
All-Pac-12First Team

2022

Drafted by New Yorkround 1, pick 5

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#2 national

CFB

College

Oregon

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #5

New York · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

9 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2021)

6 first-team selectors

🥈

ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2021)

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019–2020

Mario Cristobal

Oregon

2021

Bryan McClendon

Oregon

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mario Cristobal → Bryan McClendon. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 5th NFL season

#5Rd 1 · Pick 5

New YorkEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Oregon12-2HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2020Oregon4-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning

2021Oregon10-4HC: Bryan McClendon · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

83All-Conference level #32 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (97th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#46 / 2743 · 98th pct

Sacks#60 / 2743 · 97th pct

7.0

Tackles for loss#85 / 2743 · 97th pct

12.0

Solo tackles#404 / 2743 · 85th pct

Tackles#629 / 2743 · 77th pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th 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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.2	1.0	0.8	0.0
Road5g	5.6	1.4	0.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-73g	4.3	1.0	0.7	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	5.1	1.3	0.7	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #32 of 370 edge rushers

Former five-star. Now #32 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2021

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Oregon	49	35	12.0	7.0	1	--	--
2020	Oregon	38	23	9.5	3.0	3	--	--
2019	Oregon	35	24	14.0	9.0	3	--	--
Career		122	82	35.5	19.0	7	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-24vs Fresno State	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-31@ Stanford	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-17vs California	5	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 34-31@ UCLA	9	8	4.5	2.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 9	W 52-29vs Colorado	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 26-16@ Washington	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-24vs Washington State	6	6	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 12	L 7-38@ Utah	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 38-29vs Oregon State	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 10-38@ Utah	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		49	35	12.0	7.0	—	1

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

Kayvon Thibodeaux

201913 games

20206 games

202110 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Consensus All-American

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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