#52

Tre Thomas

Senior linebacker for Colorado State. 2018: 101 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Colorado State · Sr. · #52

6′2″ · 223 lb · Denver, CO

Colorado State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2259 nationally · Signed with Colorado State

Statement game18 tackles · 1 TFLat Air Force (FBS) · L 19-27

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Colorado State. 2018: 101 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Colorado State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Colorado State, 180 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Colorado State2-star out of Overland

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2259 national

CFB

College

Colorado State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Mike Bobo

Colorado State

Played his entire career under Mike Bobo.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Bobo — 17-21 over that span.

2016Colorado State7-6HC: Mike Bobo · Run-leaning

2017Colorado State7-6HC: Mike Bobo · Balanced

2018Colorado State3-9HC: Mike Bobo · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (97th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#59 / 2662 · 98th pct

101

QB hurries#60 / 2662 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#250 / 2662 · 90th pct

Passes defended#374 / 2662 · 83rd pct

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#693 / 2662 · 72nd pct

4.5

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.6	0.1	0.0	0.4
Road5g	8.2	0.8	0.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.0	0.1	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	10.4	0.7	0.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Colorado State	101	42	4.5	2.0	4	--	--
2017	Colorado State	41	23	2.0	1.5	1	1	--
2016	Colorado State	38	22	7.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		180	87	13.5	4.5	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 34–27

vs Arkansas

9 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With K. Carta-Samuels — 389 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 3 rush yds (5 car) · R. Stonehouse — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 56 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week