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Bryan Thomas Jr.

  • position EDGE
  • height 6-2
  • weight 247
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Windermere, Fla.
  • High school Foundation Academy
  • position EDGE
  • height 6-2
  • weight 247
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Windermere, Fla.
  • High school Foundation Academy

Bryan Thomas Jr. Bio

Fourth-year Edge rusher… figures to challenge for a starting role as a senior in 2025… consistent and durable performer… very quick and uses his leverage well… has an arsenal of pass rush moves… has appeared in 34 games over the past three seasons with seven starts… owns 51 career tackles with 8.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks.

2024 (Junior)
Third-year Edge rusher… appeared in 12 games making one start… did not appear in the season opener, then saw action in each of the next 12 contests, starting the Citrus Bowl in place of Kyle Kennard who had opted out of the game… credited with 23 tackles including 6.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks… also recorded a pair of quarterback hurries and forced a fumble… had at least one tackle in every appearance… registered a career-high six tackles including the Gamecocks’ only sack in the Citrus Bowl against Illinois… notched 2.0 TFLs with a sack against Wofford and 1.5 TFLs with a sack and QB hurry at Vanderbilt… also had a solo sack at Oklahoma and a half-sack at Kentucky.

2023 (Sophomore)
Second-year player who saw action in all 12 games, making six starts at the EDGE position… credited with 22 tackles including a pair of tackles for loss and a sack… logged three quarterback hurries and forced a fumble… earned starts against North Carolina, Furman, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas A&M and Jacksonville State… credited with a career-high four tackles against North Carolina and Georgia… logged a sack and forced his first career fumble at Texas A&M.

2022 (Freshman)
True freshman EDGE rusher who saw action in 10 contests… did not appear in the first three games of the season, then saw action in each of the final 10 regular season contests… credited with six tackles and two quarterback hurries… notched three tackles each against South Carolina State and Florida.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Foundation Academy in Winter Garden, Fla. in 2022… the Lions went 7-4 in his senior season of 2021… logged 70 tackles with 25 tackles for loss and 11.0 sacks as a senior… forced three fumbles and recovered one… also carried the ball 23 times for 188 yards and two TDs… coached by Andre Walker… considered the 128th-best player in Florida, the 57th-best EDGE rusher in the country and No. 964 overall in the 247Sports Composite.

PERSONAL
Bryan Tyjuan Thomas Jr. was born June 28, 2004… is a public health major… father, Bryan Thomas, was a first-round NFL Draft pick in 2002… spent 10 seasons with the New York Jets totaling 442 tackles and 33.5 sacks and was an assistant coach on the staff at Foundation.