Omar Thornton
Miami Hurricanes
85
Great

Omar Thornton

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NBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Boston College
2nd String / Backup

Is Omar Thornton starting?

Omar Thornton is listed 2nd string at NB for Miami Hurricanes.

Junior · #0 · 5'11", 201 lbs

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Depth at NB · Miami Hurricanes

  1. 1391Bryce FitzgeraldStarter
  2. 2085Omar ThorntonYou
  3. 32073Chris Ewald Jr.

Miami Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the ACC

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Up next for Miami

Miami plays Notre Dame away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of American Heritage, ranked #1,728 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 82 tackles, 1 INT, 1 PBU. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 86th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,728 NatlTeam Share7%Percentile86th
Carver Ranches, FL
Jersey
#0
Class
JR/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
201 lbs
Transfer
Boston College

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—8211

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8470
National Rank
#1728
High School
American Heritage
Hometown
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 86th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.82 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 86% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.82)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WUNCTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-35

Oct 24WPITTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-23

Oct 17WFSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 43-35 2OT

Oct 3WCLEMTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
6
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-13

Sep 26WCMUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-3

Sep 18WWAKETKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 33-20

Sep 11WFAMUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 77-7

Sep 5WSTANTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 45-6

Omar Thornton's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

82 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement88%
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