Kayvon Thibodeaux: DE · Oregon · #5.
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Kayvon Thibodeaux
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. The three seasons at Oregon span two head coaches: Mario Cristobal and Bryan McClendon. All-America (Consensus) in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Utah — Week 12, 2021.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 12 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
2021 season · 10 games
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| 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@ No. 24 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 10-38vs No. 14 Utah | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 35 | 12.0 | 7.0 | — | 1 |
Week 8 · 2021
W 34-31
at UCLA
2 sacks · 4.5 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
Edged out UCLA on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
14%7 sacksTFL rate
24%12 TFLHurry rate
16%8 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
47%7 of 15 pressures49 tackles · 12 for loss · 7 sacks.
3 seasons under Mario Cristobal — 26-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 6.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 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
Head Coach
Bryan McClendon
Pass share
43.6%
408 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
437 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
First team on every major selector list.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #32 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2021
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
Career, closed
Gone at #5 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oregon, 19 sacks, a Unanimous All-American season (2021) — drafted at #5 overall by the New York Giants.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The snaps went the other way.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2021)
Named to 6 first-team selectors
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mario Cristobal.
Next stop · NFL
New York GiantsEntering 5th NFL season
New York GiantsEntering 5th NFL season
