Jaylen Thomas
Washington State Cougars
85
Great

Jaylen Thomas

Washington State CougarsRebuilding
SSDefenseGreatTRANSFER · San José State
Projected Starter

Is Jaylen Thomas starting?

Jaylen Thomas is the projected starter at SS for Washington State Cougars.

Redshirt sophomore · #3 · 6'0", 190 lbs

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Depth at SS · Washington State Cougars

  1. 1385Jaylen ThomasStarter
  2. 22562Jackquintin Bal
  3. 33153Trey Ridley

Washington State Starting Lineup

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The Story

The Tackling Machine

A 2-star recruit out of Los Gatos, ranked #3,079 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 59 tackles, 0 INT, 6 PBU. That's 10% of the team's production at his spot and 86th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit2★ · #3,079 NatlTeam Share10%Percentile86th
Los Gatos, CA
Jersey
#3
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
190 lbs
Transfer
San José State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—5906

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★☆☆☆2-star
Composite
0.7833
National Rank
#3079
High School
Los Gatos
Hometown
Los Gatos, CA

Why this rating?

On a 77-rated defense; 86th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.79 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
77
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 86% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 33% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.79)
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

Oct 10LUSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 17-16

Oct 4LFRESTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 26-6

Sep 26LARIZTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 34-24

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

Final W 48-7

Sep 12LKSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
2
PD
0

Final L 34-7

Sep 6LWASHTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-10

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

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Team Role

Tackling Machine
59 tkl · 6 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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