Junior defensive back on Tennessee's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 205 lb · Montgomery, AL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 855 nationally · Signed with Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on Tennessee's roster.
Jourdan Thomas
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent two seasons in the Tennessee secondary. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles against Missouri, Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Josh Heupel, all run-leaning offenses — 20-6 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #515 at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-13vs Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 16-29@ Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-14vs UTSA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-20vs South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-3vs UConn | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-36@ Missouri | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 10-38vs Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 35-0vs Iowa | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
2026 Outlook
Tennessee
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Tennessee
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Tennessee · Last season: 8-5 (AP #18) · Talent rank #13 · 2026 recruiting class #8
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Nate Ritchie’s 2023 season.
Matches Nate on
Differs from Nate on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tristan Driggers's sophomore season at UL Monroe (2023).
Matches Tristan on
Player DNA