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Thomas Anderson

Senior cornerback for Missouri State. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

CB · Missouri State · Sr. · #14

6′1″ · 190 lb · Kansas City, KS

CFB Index 61 · #126 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Missouri State for 2026

How he plays

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

Solo tackles: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

5 PBU · 60 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 6 tackles, at Middle Tennessee

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Missouri State. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

1 interception in 2023. Then 1 in 2025.

His career, year by year

Thomas Anderson

CB · Missouri State · Sr · #14

Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Barry Odom and Nick Petrino. 2025 brought the first one: Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Liberty — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023UNLV9-5HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning

2025Missouri State7-6HC: Nick Petrino · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

61Quality starter #126 of 364?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (98th percentile). Strength: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#61 / 2975 · 98th pct

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Tackles#401 / 2975 · 86th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road7g	6.0	0.3	0.1	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.3	0.3	0.1	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Casey Woods

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #126 of 364 corners

Unranked recruit. Now #126 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #6 of 19 Conference USA CBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Missouri State	60	51	2.0	1.0	5	1	--
2023	UNLV	11	9	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		71	60	2.0	1.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 42–10

vs UT Martin

1 TOT

Dominant 32-point win at home against UT Martin.

With J. Clark — 271 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.5 · 22 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD · S. McDonald — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 13-73@ USC	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 21-20@ Marshall	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 10-28vs SMU	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 42-10vs UT Martin	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 22-27vs Western Kentucky	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 22-20@ Middle Tennessee	6	6	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 24-17@ New Mexico State	11	10	0.0	0.0	1	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 11	W 21-17@ Liberty	8	7	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 12	W 38-24vs UTEP	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 34-41@ Kennesaw State	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 30-42vs Louisiana Tech	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 28-34@ Arkansas State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		60	51	2.0	1.0	1	5