#55

Terry Thomas

Senior defensive end for Georgia State. 2019: 2 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

DE · Georgia State · Sr. · #55

6′3″ · 275 lb · Mcdonough, GA

Georgia State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Georgia State. 2019: 2 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia State in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 3706 nationally · Signed with Georgia State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia State, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20169 games

Signed with Georgia State2-star out of Luella

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3706 national

CFB

College

Georgia State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Trent Miles

Georgia State

2017–2019

Shawn Elliott

Georgia State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Trent Miles → Shawn Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Georgia State3-9HC: Trent Miles · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2017Georgia State7-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Balanced

2018Georgia State2-10HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning

2019Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#514 / 2688 · 77th pct

2.0

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Tackles for loss#638 / 2688 · 75th pct

5.0

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Tackles#1160 / 2688 · 56th pct

Solo tackles#1370 / 2688 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.1
Road5g	4.2	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.5	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Georgia State	35	17	5.0	2.0	2	--	--
2018	Georgia State	46	13	4.0	1.5	--	--	--
2017	Georgia State	26	6	2.0	1.5	--	--	--
2016	Georgia State	17	10	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		124	46	11.0	5.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019

W 48–42

vs Furman

1 PD · 2 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Furman at home in a shootout.

With D. Ellington — 362 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.3 · 86 rush yds (15 car) · B. Wright — 38 LONG · 100 PCT · 12 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 48-42vs Furman	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 10-57@ Western Michigan	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 34-37@ Texas State	6	0	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 6	W 52-38vs Arkansas State	2	2	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 31-21@ Coastal Carolina	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 28-21vs Army	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 52-33vs Troy	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 31-45@ UL Monroe	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-56vs App State	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 28-15vs South Alabama	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 10-38@ Georgia Southern	5	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 17-38vs Wyoming	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		35	17	5.0	2.0	—	2

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

20169 games

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays