Jay'shon Thomas

DE · #18 · Northern Illinois · JR · 6'4" · 246 · Cataula, GA

Projected RDE starter

20 2025 tackles

2 · 3 2025 sacks · TFL

0 2025 INT + PD

22 Career games (3 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Tackles	Sacks	TFL	INT	PD	FF
2025	Northern Illinois	12	3	20	2	3	0	0	0
2024	Northern Illinois	9	0
2023	Northern Illinois	1	0

Tackles per game 1.7 56

Havoc plays 7 70

INT + pass breakups 0 0

Forced fumbles 0 0

Explosive rate allowed 11.1% 54

Line yards per carry allowed 3.1 7

Sack rate 4.0% 10

Wk	Opponent	Tkl	Sacks	TFL
W6	M-OH	2		1
W9	BALL	3	2	2
W13	WMU	3

Weeks with a recorded defensive stat.

2023 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2023 board

#2520 Luke Bledsoe IOL · Inglewood

#2520 Anthony Albanez ATH · St. Bonaventure

#2520

Jay'shon Thomas TE · Harris County NIU

#2520 Gabriel Hardman LB · Miami Palmetto

#2526

Jackson Grier WR · St. Thomas Aquinas BSU

TEs in the class

#118 Aiden Valdez Bishop Amat

#119

#120

Jay'shon Thomas Harris County NIU

#121 Cade Clyde Connell

#122

James Falk The Haverford School RICE

2025 · 70th pctile of DEs

Recruit · 13th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.