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Solomon Thomas

Tennessee Titans
Pos IDL
Updated August 24, 2026

Model Score

72.2 MODEL
2018
69.6
2019
67.4
2021
76.4
2022
74.8
2023
73.9
2024
75.3
2025
72.2

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Season Stats · 16 games

0116th
Sacks
765th
Pressures
266th
QB Hits
377th
TFL
2788th
Tackles
030th
FF

Draft & College

Round 1, pick 3 · San Francisco 49ers · 2017
Stanford (Pac-12)
Taken
#3
where he actually went
Consensus board
2nd
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#306
among IDL in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2016 · 12 games · partial record
8.0 sacks, 14 TFL, 15 pressures, 61 tackles

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out
4.69s
40 yd
30 reps
Bench
35"
Vertical
126"
Broad
6.95s
3-cone
4.28s
Shuttle

Comps

Overall match
size, testing and production, same career stage
Plays like
on-field production only

STM Take

3rd overall draft slot plus 2024 tier 4 (#31) Jets bounce-back puts Thomas in the rare bust-with-late-career-spike journeyman class. The 49-spot regression from tier 4 (#31) in 2024 to tier 8 (#80) in 2025 confirms the structural ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent. The 2026 question is whether Thomas returns to tier 6-7 territory or whether the structural late-career decline closes the chapter.

Thomas came out of Stanford as the San Francisco 49ers' 1st-round pick (3rd overall) in 2017 and was widely considered a draft bust through five 49ers seasons. He has bounced through the 49ers, Raiders, Jets, and now Cowboys across nine NFL seasons. His STTM career runs tier 3 (#22) in 2021 with Las Vegas, tier 6 (#45) in 2022, tier 7 (#50) in 2023, tier 4 (#31) in 2024 with the Jets, and tier 8 (#80) in 2025 with Dallas.

Strengths

  • Stanford 3rd overall draft pedigree plus the 2024 tier 4 (#31) Jets bounce-back proves the structural ceiling is still reachable.
  • Nine years of NFL survival across four systems gives him real journeyman veteran value despite the 1st-round bust label.

Concerns

  • 49-spot regression from tier 4 (#31) in 2024 to tier 8 (#80) in 2025 confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit dependent.
  • Age 30 plus nine years of interior-line wear plus the multi-team journeyman pattern puts the late-career closure question on every 2026 projection.

What to watch: Whether Thomas returns to tier 7 or better in 2026 with Dallas or whether the structural late-career decline closes the chapter.

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