Tyrae Thornton: DB · Rice · #18.
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Tyrae Thornton
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Arrived at North Texas from Rice. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Texas — Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-14@ Army | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-41vs Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-48vs No. 12 Texas | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 13-21vs Baylor | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-23vs Louisiana Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-35@ UAB | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-31@ UTSA | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-20vs Southern Miss | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-20vs Marshall | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-28@ Middle Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-14vs North Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-16@ UTEP | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 41 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL41 tackles · 1 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Mike Bloomgren, all run-leaning offenses — 5-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Bloomgren
Pass share
42.6%
319 pass / 430 run
Plays / game
62.4
12 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Rice, 64 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Bloomgren and Seth Littrell.
