Keir Thomas

Senior defensive end for Florida State. 2021: 6.5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

DE · Florida State · Sr. · #4

6′2″ · 275 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 41 · #228 of 370 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceFlorida State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 406 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Florida State. 2021: 6.5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2016.
Transferred from South Carolina to Florida State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Florida State, 15 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201611 games

Signed with South Carolina3-star out of Miami Central

202112 games

Entered the portal
All-ACCthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#406 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

4 coaches

2016

Jimbo Fisher

Florida State

2017

Odell Haggins

Florida State

era →

2018–2019

Willie Taggart

Florida State

era →

2020–2021

Mike Norvell

Florida State

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Odell Haggins, Willie Taggart, and Mike Norvell. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016South Carolina6-7HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2017South Carolina9-4HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced, slow tempo

2018South Carolina7-6HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2020South Carolina2-8HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2021Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

41Rotational starter #228 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (97th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#2 / 2743 · 100th pct

Sacks#83 / 2743 · 97th pct

6.5

Tackles for loss#85 / 2743 · 97th pct

12.0

Tackles#843 / 2743 · 69th pct

Solo tackles#943 / 2743 · 65th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.1
Road5g	3.8	1.4	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.8	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #228 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #228 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Florida State	42	23	12.0	6.5	1	--	--
2020	South Carolina	32	19	5.5	3.0	--	--	--
2019	South Carolina	4	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	South Carolina	39	22	4.5	1.5	--	--	--
2017	South Carolina	37	17	4.5	2.0	--	--	--
2016	South Carolina	24	15	4.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		178	98	31.5	15.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 31–28

vs Miami

1 SOLO · 6 TOT

Edged out Miami at home in a shootout.

With J. Travis — 274 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.6 · 62 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD · A. Mastromanno — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 38-41vs Notre Dame	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 17-20vs Jacksonville State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 14-35@ Wake Forest	2	1	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 23-31vs Louisville	5	1	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 33-30vs Syracuse	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 35-25@ North Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 59-3vs Massachusetts	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-30@ Clemson	6	4	2.5	1.5	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 10	L 14-28vs NC State	3	3	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 11	W 31-28vs Miami	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 26-23@ Boston College	7	7	3.0	2.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 13	L 21-24@ Florida	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		42	23	12.0	6.5	—	1

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

Keir Thomas

201611 games

202112 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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