Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-15vs Idaho State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
#21
Noble Thomas
Junior defensive back on Oregon State's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 190 lb · Orange City, FL
Returning to Oregon State for 2026
The story
3 defensive back on Oregon State's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearNoble Thomas
Erases the deep middle of the field. Noble Thomas has been at Oregon State through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Idaho State, Week 1, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Oregon State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coaches2023
Oregon State
2024era →
Trent Bray
Oregon State
Coaching transition mid-career: Jonathan Smith → Trent Bray. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Oregon State8-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning
2024Oregon State5-7HC: Trent Bray · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 2.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
JaMarcus Shephard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Oregon State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Oregon State | 18 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 20 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 38–15
vs Idaho State
2 PD · 2 TOT
Dominant 23-point win at home against Idaho State.
With J. Griffin — 160 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD · A. Hankerson — 155 rush yds (24 car) · 2 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Oregon State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Oregon State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -15 net (20 in / 35 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Oregon State · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #76 · 2026 recruiting class #100
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
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His 2023 production profile sits closest to Caleb Ransaw’s 2022 season.
76%match
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 24
Matches Caleb on
Tackle volume
Class year
PD rate
Differs from Caleb on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Lorenzo Smith's freshman season at New Mexico State (2025).
89%match
Matches Lorenzo on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Noble Thomas
The secondary · Oregon State
- #6Jaheim Patterson67 tackles · 2025
- #8Sailasa Vadrawale31 tackles · 2025
- #1Mason White28 tackles · 2025
- Kobe Singleton28 tackles · 2025
- #21Noble Thomasno box-score line yet
21 more on the roster · Oregon State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology