Cree Thomas
Colorado Buffaloes
76
Solid

Cree Thomas

Colorado BuffaloesAverage
LCBDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Notre Dame
Projected Starter

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Cree Thomas is the projected starter at LCB for Colorado Buffaloes.

Redshirt freshman · #20 · 6'1", 190 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Colorado Buffaloes

  1. 12076Cree ThomasStarter
  2. 21371Jason Stokes Jr.

Colorado Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Brophy College Preparatory, ranked #494 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 1 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 76 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #494 NatlTeam Share1%
Phoenix, AZ
Jersey
#20
Class
RS FR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
190 lbs
Transfer
Notre Dame

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—101

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8892
National Rank
#494
High School
Brophy College Preparatory
Hometown
Phoenix, AZ

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 34th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.99 for competition level) put them -7 vs unit starters → 76.

Team defense (SP+)
83
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 34% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 14% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.99)
Depth-chart adjustment
-7 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 3LTTUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-7

Sep 26LBAYTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 23-13

Sep 19LNUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-7

Sep 12WWEBTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 52-21

Sep 4WGTTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 14-13

Cree Thomas's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement7%
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