5′8″ · Orange, TX · West Orange-Stark
Justin Thomas: DB · Utah · #12.
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Justin Thomas
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his second year in the same secondary at Utah. On tape: 5 tackles against Oregon State, Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-0vs Southern Utah | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19vs BYU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-17@ San José State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-27vs USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-28@ California | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 36-23vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-14@ Oregon State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 52-45@ UCLA | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-31vs No. 4 Washington | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-26@ Arizona State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-30vs Oregon | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-27@ No. 9 Colorado | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 26-24vs Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 28 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
35tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%4 TFL35 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 4 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 19-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Pass share
40.1%
398 pass / 594 run
Plays / game
76.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
440 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Utah, 35 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.
