Isaiah Thomas

Position:
DL
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-5
Weight:
266
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.
High School:
Memorial HS

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	TOTAL	TFL	SACKS	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2017	REDSHIRTED
2018	9-0	2	2	4	0.0-0	0.0-0	0-0	0	0	1
2019	11-0	5	2	7	2.0-16	2.0-16	0-0	0	0	0
2020	11-11	20	12	32	13.0-74	8.5-60	0-0	1	2-0	2
2021	12-11	18	20	38	11.5-61	8.0-51	0-0	3	1-0	4
Career	43-22	45	36	81	26.5-151	18.5-127	0-0	4	3-0	7

2021
An All-Big 12 Second Team selection by league coaches ... played in 12 of 13 games and made 11 starts ... only game he played but did not start was season opener vs. Tulane (9/4) ... opted out of the Alamo Bowl ... totaled 38 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, team-high 8.0 sacks, four pass breakups, three QB hurries, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery ... registered at least three tackles and at least 0.5 TFL in nine games and at least 0.5 sack in eight contests ... notched three tackles and 2.0 sacks vs. Iowa State (11/20) ... tallied four tackles, a half-sack and a PBU at Baylor (11/13) ... recorded a sack, 1.5 TFLs, three total stops, a strip-sack (and recovery) and a career-high two PBUs vs. Texas Tech (10/30) ... made a career-high-tying six tackles (1.0 TFL) at Kansas (10/23) ... registered a sack, two TFLs and four total stops vs. Texas (10/9) ... had a sack, two TFLs and four total tackles at Kansas State (10/2) ... notched three tackles, a sack and a forced fumble vs. Western Carolina (9/11) ... recorded a sack, three stops and forced a fumble in season opener vs. Tulane.

2020
A second-team All-Big 12 selection by league coaches and media … an Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honoree … started all 11 games … played at both defensive end and defensive tackle … rated by PFF following season as nation's No. 74 overall player ... totaled 32 tackles (20 solo, 12 assists) with team highs of 8.5 sacks (for 60 yards) and 13.0 tackles for loss (totaling 74 yards) … also credited with two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, eight QB hurries and two pass breakups … 7.0 of his sacks and 8.5 of his TFLs came in the last six outings … notched a half sack in Cotton Bowl win over No. 10 Florida (12/30) ... made four stops (two solo; 1.0 for loss) in Big 12 Championship win vs. No. 8 Iowa State (12/19) … registered career highs of six tackles (four solo), 3.0 TFLs and 2.5 sacks vs. Baylor (12/5) … tallied three tackles (two solo), a sack, a pass breakup and a QB hurry vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State (11/21) … logged 1.5 sacks for 13 yards vs. Kansas (11/7) … recorded three tackles (two solo), 1.5 sacks and a fumble recovery at Texas Tech (10/31) … registered two solo tackles (1.0 TFL) at TCU (10/24) … registered two tackles, a half sack, a fumble recovery and three QB hurries vs. Texas (10/10) … tallied three stops (two solo and 1.0 sack) and forced a fumble at Iowa State (10/3) … recorded four tackles (three solo, 1.0 for loss), a pass breakup and a hurry vs. Kansas State (9/26) … finished with two solo stops, 1.0 TFL and a QB hurry in first career start in season opener vs. Missouri State (9/12).

2019
Played in 11 of 14 games … registered seven tackles and 2.0 sacks … logged two solo tackles vs. No. 1 LSU in CFP Semifinal at the Peach Bowl (12/28) ... registered a sack in Big 12 Championship win vs. No. 8 Baylor (12/7) … had two stops (1.0 sack) at UCLA (9/14) … recorded one tackle in each of the South Dakota (9/7) and Houston (9/1) games.

2018
Played in nine games ... made four total tackles ... saw action in each of last five outings against No. 1 Alabama in CFP Semifinal at the Orange Bowl (12/29), No. 9 Texas in Big 12 Championship (12/1), at No. 12 West Virginia (11/23), against Kansas (11/17), vs. Oklahoma State (11/10) ... made one solo stop against Baylor (9/29) ... recorded two tackles against UCLA (9/8) ... made one solo tackle against Florida Atlantic (9/1).

2017
Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL
A four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and Scout and a three-star prospect by ESPN ... rated by 247Sports as the No. 258 recruit in the country and No. 285 by Scout ... ranked as the No. 13 weakside defensive end by Rivals and No. 19 by 247Sports ... ranked as the No. 26 defensive end in the country by Scout and No. 42 by ESPN ... the top-ranked player in the state of Oklahoma according to Rivals, No. 6 according to 247Sports and No. 8 according to ESPN ... U.S. Army All-American ... named honorable mention all-state by The Oklahoman ... member of Tulsa Memorial’s 2017 Class 5A state-championship-winning basketball team ... chose Oklahoma over Alabama, Oklahoma State, Tennessee and others.

PERSONAL
Major is human relations.