Guy Thomas

Senior linebacker for Colorado. 2022: 30 tackles, 6 tackles for loss.

LB · Colorado · Sr. · #1

6′4″ · 235 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 28 · #449 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceColorado 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 448 nationally · Signed with Nebraska

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Colorado. 2022: 30 tackles, 6 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nebraska in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Colorado, 74 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2017

Signed with Nebraska3-star out of Booker T. Washington

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#448 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018

Kurt Roper

Colorado

2020–2021

Karl Dorrell

Colorado

era →

2022

Mike Sanford Jr.

Colorado

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Kurt Roper, Karl Dorrell, and Mike Sanford Jr.. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Nebraska4-8HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

2020Colorado4-2HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Colorado1-11HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

28Below cohort / limited sample #449 of 548?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#400 / 2755 · 84th pct

6.0

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Tackles#1304 / 2755 · 52nd pct

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1494 / 2755 · 44th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.2
Road5g	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.2	0.9	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.4	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

28 · #449 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #449 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Colorado	30	14	6.0	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Colorado	30	19	4.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Colorado	10	4	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Nebraska	4	--	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		74	37	11.0	1.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 20–13

vs California

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

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

With T. Carrizosa — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 42 AVG · J. Tyson — 37 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 13-38vs TCU	2	0	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-41@ Air Force	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 7-49@ Minnesota	6	4	2.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 20-13vs California	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 9-42@ Oregon State	7	0	0.5	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 9	L 34-42vs Arizona State	3	2	1.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 10-49vs Oregon	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-55@ USC	2	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 7-54@ Washington	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 21-63vs Utah	2	2	0.0	—	0
Total		30	14	6.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Guy Thomas

2017

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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