Omari Thomas: DL · Tennessee · #21.
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Omari Thomas
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The five seasons at Tennessee span two head coaches: Jeremy Pruitt and Josh Heupel. On tape: 4 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against NC State, Week 2, 2024.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 69-3vs Chattanooga | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-10vs No. 24 NC State | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 25-15@ No. 15 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-19@ Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-17vs Florida | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-17vs No. 7 Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-18vs Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 33-14vs Mississippi State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-31@ No. 11 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-0vs UTEP | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 36-23@ Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 17-42@ No. 6 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 13 | 6.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
26%6 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
17%4 hurries23 tackles · 6 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
39.3%
373 pass / 576 run
Plays / game
73.0
13 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
412 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #248 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Tennessee, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 51 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
