Cameron Thomas: DL · San Diego State · #99.
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Cameron Thomas
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at San Diego State: Rocky Long and Brady Hoke. All-America (ESPN) in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against Nevada — Week 11, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
68 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 20.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | San Diego State | 71 | 30 | 20.5 | 11.5 | -- |
| 2020 | San Diego State | 34 | 21 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2019 | San Diego State | 49 | 20 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 1 |
| Career | 154 | 71 | 38.5 | 20.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-10vs New Mexico State | 6 | 4 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 38-14@ Arizona | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-31vs Utah | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-21vs Towson | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-7vs New Mexico | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-13@ San José State | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14@ Air Force | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-30vs Fresno State | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-10@ Hawai'i | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 23-21vs Nevada | 10 | 5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 28-20@ UNLV | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-16vs Boise State | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-46vs Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 68 | 30 | 20.5 | 11.5 | — | 0 |
Week 11 · 2021
W 23-21
vs Nevada
3 sacks · 3.5 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
A close one, won by 2 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
29%20 TFLSack rate
16%12 sacksHurry rate
13%9 hurries71 tackles · 20.5 for loss · 11.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 5.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brady Hoke
Pass share
39.0%
358 pass / 560 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
371 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
First team on a list outside the NCAA-recognized selectors.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #191 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2021
How it ended
Three seasons at San Diego State, 20 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #87 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
A stat line in 32 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2021)
named by 2 selectors
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 5th NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 5th NFL season
