Jay'shon Thomas
Northern Illinois Huskies
77
Solid

Jay'shon Thomas

Northern Illinois HuskiesRebuilding
RDEDefenseSolid
Projected Starter

Is Jay'shon Thomas starting?

Jay'shon Thomas is the projected starter at RDE for Northern Illinois Huskies.

Redshirt junior · #18 · 6'4", 246 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Northern Illinois Huskies

  1. 11877Jay'shon ThomasStarter
  2. 29763JT King
  3. 35657Joseph Nnamuchi

Northern Illinois Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Harris County, ranked #2,520 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 19 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 77 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,520 NatlTeam Share4%
Cataula, GA
Jersey
#18
Class
RS JR
Height
6'4"
Weight
246 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20251932

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
0.8006
National Rank
#2520
High School
Harris County
Hometown
Hamilton, GA

Why this rating?

On a 69-rated defense; 72th-percentile production (×0.76 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 77.

Team defense (SP+)
69
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 72% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.76)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 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

Sep 26LGASTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-14

Sep 20LARIZTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-17

Sep 12LILSTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-24

Sep 5LIOWATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 40-0

Jay'shon Thomas's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

The People's Ratings

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Team Role

19 tkl · 3 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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