Last confirmed: Mississippi State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 310 lb · Bessemer, AL · McAdory
Cory Thomas: DT · Mississippi State · #34.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Cory Thomas
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Cory Thomas has been at Mississippi State through two head coaches in four seasons. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Texas A&M — Week 9, 2018.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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 him by name this season.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 12 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 25 | 6 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 49 | 14 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 31-10@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-28@ Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-13vs Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 23-9vs No. 8 Auburn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-19@ No. 5 LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-13vs No. 16 Texas A&M | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-3@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
8%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries12 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
38.9%
323 pass / 507 run
Plays / game
63.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 49 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 25 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
