Tristan Thomas

9 Tristan Thomas

Height:

5-9
Weight:

170
Hometown:

Akron, Ohio
Position:

WR
Year:

So.
High School:

East
Previous College:

Notre Dame College

gp

10
yds

134
yds/g

13.4
td

0

Bio

Sophomore (2024)

Led the team in rushing at 442 yards, yards per rush at 5.1 and five rushing touchdowns
Also caught 14 passes for 134 yards
741 all-purpose yards topped the program
Delivered DC's best rushing performance of the year in the season finale at Bluffton with 230 yards and two touchdowns
Recorded the longest rush in program history with a 98-yard touchdown against Bluffton on Nov. 16, which gave the Yellow Jackets the lead in a narrow two-point win
Recipient of Male Individual Performance of the Year at the 2025 Swarm Awards for his record-breaking play against Bluffton

Personal

Majoring in sport management
2023 graduate of East CLC in Akron
Played football, basketball, and track with four letters in each sport
Three-time First Team All-City and two-time All-District performer and honor roll student
Transferred from Notre Dame College in Ohio
Son of Renee Gaines and Terry Thomas

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Receptions	14	-
Yards	134	-
Yards per game	13.4	-
Yards per catch	9.6	-
Touchdowns	0	-

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 12	at #20 Saint Xavier (IL)	L, 45-14
Oct 19	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)	L, 29-25
Oct 26	Madonna	W, 55-27
Nov 2	at Taylor (IN)	L, 63-12
Nov 9	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 31-7
Nov 16	at Bluffton	W, 23-21

Game Log - Defense
Date	Opponent	Score	comp	att	pct	yds	y/a	td	int	sac	yds
Sep 7	at #RV Concordia (MI)	L, 34-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 14	at Saint Francis (IN)	L, 64-36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 21	Judson (IL)	W, 38-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	Siena Heights	L, 52-7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 5	Manchester (Ind.)	W, 35-3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 12	at #20 Saint Xavier (IL)	L, 45-14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 19	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)	L, 29-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 26	Madonna	W, 55-27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 2	at Taylor (IN)	L, 63-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 9	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 31-7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 16	at Bluffton	W, 23-21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Defense
Date	Opponent	Score	rush	yds	y/a	lng	td	fum	lost
Sep 7	at #RV Concordia (MI)	L, 34-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 14	at Saint Francis (IN)	L, 64-36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 21	Judson (IL)	W, 38-20	1	11	11.0	11	0	-	-
Sep 28	Siena Heights	L, 52-7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 5	Manchester (Ind.)	W, 35-3	2	13	6.5	8	1	-	-
Oct 12	at #20 Saint Xavier (IL)	L, 45-14	2	8	4.0	5	0	-	-
Oct 19	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)	L, 29-25	14	71	5.1	26	1	-	-
Oct 26	Madonna	W, 55-27	13	50	3.8	13	1	2	0
Nov 2	at Taylor (IN)	L, 63-12	9	27	3.0	12	0	-	-
Nov 9	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 31-7	10	32	3.2	10	0	-	-
Nov 16	at Bluffton	W, 23-21	35	230	6.6	98	2	1	0

Game Log - Defense
Date	Opponent	Score	rec	yds	y/r	lng	td	fum	lost
Sep 7	at #RV Concordia (MI)	L, 34-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 14	at Saint Francis (IN)	L, 64-36	2	33	16.5	21	0	-	-
Sep 21	Judson (IL)	W, 38-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	Siena Heights	L, 52-7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 5	Manchester (Ind.)	W, 35-3	1	17	17.0	17	0	-	-
Oct 12	at #20 Saint Xavier (IL)	L, 45-14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 19	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)	L, 29-25	1	14	14.0	14	0	-	-
Oct 26	Madonna	W, 55-27	1	16	16.0	16	0	2	0
Nov 2	at Taylor (IN)	L, 63-12	3	28	9.3	16	0	-	-
Nov 9	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 31-7	4	13	3.3	5	0	-	-
Nov 16	at Bluffton	W, 23-21	2	13	6.5	8	0	1	0

Game Log - Defense
Date	Opponent	Score	fgm	fga	lng	xpm	xpa	pts
Sep 7	at #RV Concordia (MI)	L, 34-10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 14	at Saint Francis (IN)	L, 64-36	-	-	-	-	-	0
Sep 21	Judson (IL)	W, 38-20	-	-	-	-	-	0
Sep 28	Siena Heights	L, 52-7	-	-	-	-	-	0
Oct 5	Manchester (Ind.)	W, 35-3	-	-	-	-	-	0
Oct 12	at #20 Saint Xavier (IL)	L, 45-14	-	-	-	-	-	0
Oct 19	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)	L, 29-25	-	-	-	-	-	0
Oct 26	Madonna	W, 55-27	-	-	-	0	0	0
Nov 2	at Taylor (IN)	L, 63-12	-	-	-	0	0	0
Nov 9	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 31-7	-	-	-	-	-	0
Nov 16	at Bluffton	W, 23-21	-	-	-	-	-	0

Game Log - Defense
Date	Opponent	Score	punt	yds	avg	long	in20	fc	tb	blk
Sep 7	at #RV Concordia (MI)	L, 34-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 14	at Saint Francis (IN)	L, 64-36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 21	Judson (IL)	W, 38-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	Siena Heights	L, 52-7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 5	Manchester (Ind.)	W, 35-3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 12	at #20 Saint Xavier (IL)	L, 45-14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 19	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)	L, 29-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 26	Madonna	W, 55-27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 2	at Taylor (IN)	L, 63-12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 9	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 31-7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 16	at Bluffton	W, 23-21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Defense
Date	Opponent	Score	kr	yds	avg	lng	td	pr	yds	avg	lng	td
Sep 7	at #RV Concordia (MI)	L, 34-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 14	at Saint Francis (IN)	L, 64-36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 21	Judson (IL)	W, 38-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	Siena Heights	L, 52-7	1	25	25.0	25	0	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 5	Manchester (Ind.)	W, 35-3	1	52	52.0	52	0	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 12	at #20 Saint Xavier (IL)	L, 45-14	4	49	12.3	17	0	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 19	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)	L, 29-25	1	13	13.0	13	0	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 26	Madonna	W, 55-27	2	11	5.5	11	0	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 2	at Taylor (IN)	L, 63-12	1	15	15.0	15	0	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 9	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 31-7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 16	at Bluffton	W, 23-21	1	0	0.0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

Game Log - Defense
Date	Opponent	Score	gp	rush	rcv	pr	kr	yds
Sep 7	at #RV Concordia (MI)	L, 34-10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 14	at Saint Francis (IN)	L, 64-36	1	-	33	-	-	33
Sep 21	Judson (IL)	W, 38-20	1	11	-	-	-	11
Sep 28	Siena Heights	L, 52-7	1	-	-	-	25	25
Oct 5	Manchester (Ind.)	W, 35-3	1	13	17	-	52	82
Oct 12	at #20 Saint Xavier (IL)	L, 45-14	1	8	-	-	49	57
Oct 19	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)	L, 29-25	1	71	14	-	13	98
Oct 26	Madonna	W, 55-27	1	50	16	-	11	77
Nov 2	at Taylor (IN)	L, 63-12	1	27	28	-	15	70
Nov 9	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 31-7	1	32	13	-	-	45
Nov 16	at Bluffton	W, 23-21	1	230	13	-	0	243

Game Log - Defense
Date	Opponent	Score	pts	rush	rec	kr	pr	int	fum	xpm	fgm	saf	misc	2pt
Sep 7	at #RV Concordia (MI)	L, 34-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 14	at Saint Francis (IN)	L, 64-36	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Sep 21	Judson (IL)	W, 38-20	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Sep 28	Siena Heights	L, 52-7	0	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Oct 5	Manchester (Ind.)	W, 35-3	6	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Oct 12	at #20 Saint Xavier (IL)	L, 45-14	0	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Oct 19	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)	L, 29-25	6	1	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	0
Oct 26	Madonna	W, 55-27	8	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	1
Nov 2	at Taylor (IN)	L, 63-12	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0
Nov 9	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 31-7	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Nov 16	at Bluffton	W, 23-21	12	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-

Game Log - Defense
Date	Opponent	Score	tack	ast	tot	sack	lost	tfl	yds	ff	fr	td	int	yds	td	brup	blk	saf
Sep 7	at #RV Concordia (MI)	L, 34-10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 14	at Saint Francis (IN)	L, 64-36	-	-	0.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 21	Judson (IL)	W, 38-20	0	1	1.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sep 28	Siena Heights	L, 52-7	-	-	0.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 5	Manchester (Ind.)	W, 35-3	-	-	0.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 12	at #20 Saint Xavier (IL)	L, 45-14	-	-	0.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oct 19	at Rose-Hulman (Ind.)	L, 29-25	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0
Oct 26	Madonna	W, 55-27	-	-	0.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 2	at Taylor (IN)	L, 63-12	-	-	0.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 9	Hanover (Ind.)	L, 31-7	-	-	0.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nov 16	at Bluffton	W, 23-21	-	-	0.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career Stats - Passing
Statistic	gp	comp	att	pct	yds	y/g	y/a	td	int	lg
2024-25	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-26	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career Stats - Rushing
Statistic	gp	rush	yds	y/g	avg	td	lg	fum	lost
2024-25	10	86	442	44.2	5.1	5	98	3	0
2025-26	8	99	592	74.0	6.0	8	51	-	-
Total	18	185	1034	57.4	5.6	13	98	3	0

Career Stats - Receiving
Statistic	gp	rec	rec/g	yds	y/g	avg	td	lg
2024-25	10	14	1.4	134	13.4	9.6	0	21
2025-26	8	10	1.3	196	24.5	19.6	1	64
Total	18	24	1.3	330	18.3	13.8	1	64

Career Stats - Kicking
Statistic	gp	fgm	fga	pct	lg	xpm	xpa	pct
2024-25	10	-	-	-	-	0	0	-
2025-26	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	18	-	-	-	-	0	0	-

Career Stats - Punting
Statistic	gp	punt	yds	avg	lg	in20	fc	tb	blk
2024-25	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-26	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career Stats - Returns
Statistic	kr	yds	avg	td	lg	pr	yds	avg	td	lg
2024-25	11	165	15.0	0	52	-	-	-	-	-
2025-26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	11	165	15.0	0	52	-	-	-	-	-

Career Stats - All-Purpose
Statistic	gp	rush	rcv	pr	kr	yds	ypg
2024-25	10	442	134	-	165	741	74.1
2025-26	8	592	196	-	-	788	98.5
Total	18	1034	330	-	165	1529	84.9

Career Stats - Scoring
Statistic	pts	pts/g	rush	rec	kr	pr	int	fum	xpm	fgm	2pt
2024-25	32	3.2	5	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	1
2025-26	54	6.8	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	86	4.8	13	1	0	-	-	0	0	-	1

Career Stats - Defense
Statistic	gp	tkl	ast	tot	tkl/g	sck	yds	yds	ff	fr	yds	int	yds	brup	blk
2024-25	10	0	1	1.0	.1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
2025-26	8	-	-	0.0	.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	18	0	1	1.0	.1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0

Split Stats - Passing
Statistic	gp	comp	att	pct	yds	y/g	y/a	td	int	lg	effic
Event
Total	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Conference	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Location
Home	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Away	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Result
Wins	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Losses	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Month
September	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
October	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
November	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0

Split Stats - Rushing
Statistic	gp	rush	yds	y/g	avg	td	lg	fum	lost
Event
Total	10	86	442	44.2	5.1	5	98	3	0
Conference	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	5	26	106	21.2	4.1	2	13	2	0
Away	5	60	336	67.2	5.6	3	98	1	0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	4	51	304	76.0	6.0	4	98	3	0
Losses	6	35	138	23.0	3.9	1	26	-	-
Month
September	3	1	11	3.7	11.0	0	11	-	-
October	4	31	142	35.5	4.6	3	26	2	0
November	3	54	289	96.3	5.4	2	98	1	0

Split Stats - Receiving
Statistic	gp	rec	rec/g	yds	y/g	avg	td	lg
Event
Total	10	14	1.4	134	13.4	9.6	0	21
Conference	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	5	6	1.2	46	9.2	7.7	0	17
Away	5	8	1.6	88	17.6	11.0	0	21
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	4	4	1.0	46	11.5	11.5	0	17
Losses	6	10	1.7	88	14.7	8.8	0	21
Month
September	3	2	0.7	33	11.0	16.5	0	21
October	4	3	0.8	47	11.8	15.7	0	17
November	3	9	3.0	54	18.0	6.0	0	16

Split Stats - Kicking
Statistic	gp	fgm	fga	pct	lg	xpm	xpa	pct	pts
Event
Total	10	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
Conference	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Location
Home	5	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
Away	5	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Result
Wins	4	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
Losses	6	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
Month
September	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
October	4	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0
November	3	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	0

Split Stats - Punting
Statistic	gp	punt	yds	avg	lg	in20	fc	tb	blk
Event
Total	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Conference	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Away	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Losses	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Month
September	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
October	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
November	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Split Stats - Returns
Statistic	kr	yds	avg	td	lg	pr	yds	avg	td	lg
Event
Total	11	165	15.0	0	52	-	-	-	-	-
Conference	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	4	88	22.0	0	52	-	-	-	-	-
Away	7	77	11.0	0	17	-	-	-	-	-
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	4	63	15.8	0	52	-	-	-	-	-
Losses	7	102	14.6	0	25	-	-	-	-	-
Month
September	1	25	25.0	0	25	-	-	-	-	-
October	8	125	15.6	0	52	-	-	-	-	-
November	2	15	7.5	0	15	-	-	-	-	-

Split Stats - All-Purpose
Statistic	gp	rush	rcv	pr	kr	yds	ypg
Event
Total	10	442	134	-	165	741	74.1
Conference	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Location
Home	5	106	46	-	88	240	48.0
Away	5	336	88	-	77	501	100.2
Neutral	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
Result
Wins	4	304	46	-	63	413	103.3
Losses	6	138	88	-	102	328	54.7
Month
September	3	11	33	-	25	69	23.0
October	4	142	47	-	125	314	78.5
November	3	289	54	-	15	358	119.3

Split Stats - Scoring
Statistic	pts	pts/g	rush	rec	kr	pr	int	fum	xpm	fgm	2pt	misc
Event
Total	32	3.2	5	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	1	0
Conference	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Exhibition	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Location
Home	14	2.8	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	-	1	0
Away	18	3.6	3	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	0	0
Neutral	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Result
Wins	26	6.5	4	0	0	-	-	-	0	-	1	0
Losses	6	1.0	1	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	0	0
Month
September	0	0.0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
October	20	5.0	3	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	1	0
November	12	4.0	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	-	0	0

Split Stats - Defense
Statistic	gp	tkl	ast	tot	tkl/g	sck	yds	tfl	yds	ff	fr	yds	int	yds	brup	blk
Event
Total	10	0	1	1.0	.1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Conference	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	5	0	1	1.0	.2	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Away	5	0	0	0.0	.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Neutral	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Result
Wins	4	0	1	1.0	.3	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Losses	6	0	0	0.0	.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Month
September	3	0	1	1.0	.3	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
October	4	0	0	0.0	.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
November	3	-	-	0.0	.0	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-