#41

Quindarius Thagard

Senior defensive lineman for UAB. 2018: 4 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DL · UAB · Sr. · #41

6′4″ · 290 lb · Luverne, AL

UAB 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for UAB. 2018: 4 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at UAB, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

UAB

2017–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Bill Clark, all run-heavy offenses — 19-8 over that span.

2017UAB8-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2018UAB11-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (92nd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#185 / 2662 · 92nd pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#350 / 2662 · 86th pct

7.0

Solo tackles#1012 / 2662 · 61st pct

Tackles#1157 / 2662 · 56th pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.7	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road5g	3.6	1.2	0.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	0.8	0.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.5	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	UAB	34	22	7.0	4.0	1	--	--
2017	UAB	24	12	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		58	34	9.5	4.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2018

W 29–21

vs North Texas

3 TOT · 3 SOLO

With K. Greenwell — 37 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 44 LONG · A. Erdely — 189 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 23 rush yds (14 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week