Trevian Thomas: S · Arkansas State · #9.
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Trevian Thomas
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches at Arkansas State: Blake Anderson and Butch Jones. The first one came in 2024: All-Sun Belt. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Iowa State — Week 4, 2024.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 4 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 1 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arkansas State | 79 | 46 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | Arkansas State | 91 | 58 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | Arkansas State | 71 | 41 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Arkansas State | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 256 | 157 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-31vs Central Arkansas | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-24vs Tulsa | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 18-28@ No. 17 Michigan | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 7-52@ No. 20 Iowa State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 18-16vs South Alabama | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-41@ Texas State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-28@ Southern Miss | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-31vs Troy | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-55@ Louisiana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-20@ Georgia State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-21vs UL Monroe | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 32-40vs Old Dominion | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-31vs Bowling Green | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 79 | 46 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL79 tackles · 1 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
48.1%
442 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
70.7
13 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
475 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Arkansas State, 256 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 48 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
