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Jakobe Thomas Minnesota Vikings · #8

Safety · 6' 1", 211 lbs · Tullahoma, TN · Age 23

Jakobe Thomas is a Safety for the Minnesota Vikings, drafted 98th overall, 2026.

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Minnesota Vikings · #8 · Safety
Jakobe Thomas
Season avg— · no seasons on record yet
Career avg— · career line pending
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Scouting report

Jakobe Thomas — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Safety · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Jakobe Thomas is a Safety for the Minnesota Vikings, drafted 98th overall, 2026.
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Below average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Below average late
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Athleticism
Below average tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Jakobe Thomas stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1653 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
0Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Jakobe Thomas — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
0.0 PPG
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Playmaking
0.0 APG
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Rebounding
0.0 RPG
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Shooting
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The engine

How the model sees Jakobe Thomas

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.
What moves the production line vs last season
Everything it reads
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0 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 23 — applied per stat
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: — → games & confidence
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Jakobe Thomas career stats, season by season

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Closest comps
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Context

Are the Minnesota Vikings built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

49–33proj record
#5conf seed
+3.1net rtg
115.6off rtg
112.5def rtg
89%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Aaron Jones Sr., Andrew Van Ginkel.
How his role moves
Projected 49–33, 5th in the conference. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Jakobe Thomas

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2003-06-30

The beginning

Jakobe Thomas is a Safety for the Minnesota Vikings.

Minnesota Vikings

Turning pro

Drafted 98th overall, 2026 as a Safety.

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Jakobe Thomas is a Minnesota Vikings safety, drafted 98th overall, 2026.

Chapter

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Where things stand

Where Thomas goes from here.

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Thomas's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 1"
Weight
211 lbs
Draft
98th overall, 2026
Born
Tullahoma, TN
Age
23
Jersey
#8
Background

Jakobe Thomas is from Tullahoma, TN and is 23 years old. He was drafted 98th overall, 2026 and plays safety at 6' 1", 211 lbs.

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Thomas is currently on the Minnesota Vikings roster.

The person

Jakobe Thomas is a depth and special-teams defensive back who has recorded 0 tackles with 0 interceptions and 0 passes defensed across his career.

Coverage production0 career interceptions and 0 passes defensed.
Tackling0 career tackles from the secondary.
Draft pedigree98th overall, 2026.
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FAQ

Jakobe Thomas — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jakobe Thomas, answered.

What position does Jakobe Thomas play?
Jakobe Thomas is a Safety for the Minnesota Vikings.
When was Jakobe Thomas drafted?
Jakobe Thomas was drafted 98th overall, 2026.
How many seasons has Jakobe Thomas played?
This is his first season on record.
What are Jakobe Thomas's career stats?
He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.
Jakobe Thomas career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
1
since 2026
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
0
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk1 · Illness

Home surface: sportturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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