2022 Football Roster

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Ty Hundley / ULM Football Creative

91 Caleb Thomas

  • Position Defensive Tackle
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 299
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mansfield, Texas

Biography

Super senior enters his second season as ULM’s starting nose guard . . . preseason All-Sun Belt selection by Athlon Sports (second team) and Pro Football Focus (third team) . . . transferred to ULM from UConn following the 2020 season . . . started 21 of 23 career games at defensive tackle for the Huskies . . . has appeared in 35 career games (UConn and ULM combined), including 31 starting assignments . . . his career totals include 80 total tackles (27 solos, 53 assists), with 12 resulting in losses (42 yards) including 3.5 sacks (27 yards) . . . 2021 SEASON (JUNIOR): Earned All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention in 2021 . . . named Outstanding Defensive Tackle by the coaching staff . . . started all 12 games at nose guard and ranked second among ULM defensive linemen and 10th on the team overall with a career-high 37 tackles (12 solos, 25 assists) . . . finished second on the team in tackles for loss with 7.5 for 30 yards, including 2.5 sacks for 19 yards; his totals for tackles for loss and sacks also represented career highs . . . recorded at least a half tackle for loss in seven games . . . posted six stops (3 solos, 3 assists) in the season finale at the No. 23 Ragin’ Cajuns, including a career-best 3.0 tackles for loss (9 yards) . . . served as one of the game captains vs. Liberty . . . contributed five tackles each in back-to-back home games vs. Liberty (0 solos, 5 assists; half sack for 3 yards) and South Alabama (2 solos, 3 assists; career-best 1.5 sacks for 12 yards; quarterback hurry) . . . made a career-high seven tackles (3 solos, 4 assists) against Georgia State . . . UCONN HIGHLIGHTS | 2020 SEASON: Received COVID-19 season of competition waiver . . . 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19 . . . 2019 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Started 11 consecutive games at defensive tackle in 2019 (DNP vs. Wagner College in season opener) . . . recorded a career-best 23 total tackles (9 solos, 14 assists) . . . made three stops in the home finale vs. East Carolina, including a half tackle for loss . . .  matched his season-high with four tackles (2 solos, 2 assists) at Tulane . . . blocked an extra-point attempt vs. South Florida . . . posted four stops (1 solo, 3 assists) at No. 22 UCF . . . tallied three tackles (1 solo, 2 assists) and two quarterback hurries vs. Illinois in his first start of the season . . . 2018 SEASON (RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in all 12 games in 2018, including 10 starts at defensive tackle . . . credited with 20 total tackles (6 solos, 14 assists) . . . finished sixth on the team with four tackles for loss (12 yards), including an 8-yard sack . . . delivered at least a half tackle for loss in four of the last six games . . . made four stops in the season finale vs. Temple, including a half tackle for loss . . . produced a career-high five tackles at East Carolina . . . registered 1.5 tackles for loss (9 yards) vs. SMU, including his first career sack (8 yards) . . . contributed three stops vs. UMass, including one for a 1-yard loss . . . 2017 SEASON: Redshirted . . . made his only appearance of the 2017 season in Game 4 vs. East Carolina . . . HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year letterman at Mansfield (Texas) High School where he played his senior year for Coach Daniel Maberry and his first three seasons for Jeff Hulme; two-way starter at offensive guard and defensive tackle . . . earned All-District 4-6A First-Team honors as a defensive tackle as a senior in 2016 . . . finished fourth on the team in tackles with 54 (32 solos, 22 assists) as a senior . . . ranked second on the team in both tackles for loss (14) and sacks (5) . . . recorded multiple tackles for loss in four games . . . made six stops vs. Sam Houston, including three for losses . . . produced a season-high 10 tackles (6 solos, 4 assists) vs. Paschal, including two behind the line of scrimmage . . . totaled five tackles for loss vs. Lamar, including two sacks . . . born July 24, 1999 . . . son of Joseph and April Thomas . . . earned a bachelor’s in sociology from UConn in May 2021 . . . currently pursuing a second bachelor’s degree at ULM, in general studies.

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2022

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Historical Player Information

  • 91

    2021Junior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'0" 311 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2022Graduate Student

    Defensive Tackle
    6'1" 299 lbs
    91