Kevin Thurmon: DT · Arkansas State · #15.
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Kevin Thurmon
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The first career honor came in 2019: All-Sun Belt. On tape: 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Coastal Carolina, Week 12, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Arkansas State | 54 | 29 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2018 | Arkansas State | 58 | 13 | 9.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2016 | Ball State | 23 | 9 | 6.5 | 4.5 | -- |
| Career | 135 | 51 | 23.0 | 10.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 30-37vs SMU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 43-17@ UNLV | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-55@ No. 3 Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-37vs Louisiana | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-14vs Texas State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-41@ UL Monroe | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-27vs Coastal Carolina | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 38-33vs Georgia Southern | 6 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 14 | L 30-34@ South Alabama | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-26vs Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 29 | 7.5 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
Week 13 · 2019
W 38-33
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out Georgia Southern at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%8 TFLSack rate
8%4 sacksHurry rate
9%5 hurries54 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Pass share
51.2%
469 pass / 447 run
Plays / game
70.5
13 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
523 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Ball State and Arkansas State, 135 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 31 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM
All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2013–2019
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Pete Lembo, Mike Neu and Blake Anderson.
