Defensive back, Florida State, 2022–⁠24

Azareye’h Thomas

Number: No. 8
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 198 lb
Class (2024): Junior
Hometown: Niceville, FL
Born: Jul 6, 2004

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Azareye’h Thomas played defensive back at Florida State (2022–⁠24). The New York Jets took Thomas in round 3, No. 73 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Best season: 51; Tackles, 2024 (Florida State, 2–⁠10)
Drafted: No. 73; Round 3, 2025 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

Team titles: ACC champions, 2023

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

10–⁠3AP 1113–⁠1AP 62–⁠10

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD	Hur
2022	Florida State	13	8	2	1	0	0
2023	Florida State	27	20	3	0	10	0
2024	Florida State	51	34	1.5	1	4	2
Career		91	62	6.5	2	14	2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2022	Florida State	8	DB	Fr.
2023	Florida State	8	DB	So.
2024	Florida State	8	DB	Jr.	6′2″	198

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2024 Florida State 11 games, 51 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Aug 24	vs.Georgia Tech	L 21–⁠24	5	4	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Memphis	L 12–⁠20	5	1	1	0	1
Sep 21	vs.California	W 14–⁠9	5	3	0	0	0
Sep 28	atSMU	L 16–⁠42	6	5	0	0	0
Oct 5	vs.Clemson	L 13–⁠29	4	3	0	0	0
Oct 18	atDuke	L 16–⁠23	4	1	0	0	1
Oct 26	atMiami	L 14–⁠36	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 2	vs.North Carolina	L 11–⁠35	6	5	0	0	0
Nov 9	atNotre Dame	L 3–⁠52	3	2	0	0	2
Nov 23	vs.Charleston Southern	W 41–⁠7	3	2	0.5	0	0
Nov 30	vs.Florida	L 11–⁠31	6	5	0	1	0

2023 Florida State 12 games, 27 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 3	vs.LSU	W 45–⁠24	4	2	0	2
Sep 16	atBoston College	W 31–⁠29	0	0	0	1
Sep 23	atClemson	W 31–⁠24	4	2	0	1
Oct 7	vs.Virginia Tech	W 39–⁠17	1	1	0	0
Oct 14	vs.Syracuse	W 41–⁠3	1	1	1	1
Oct 21	vs.Duke	W 38–⁠20	1	0	0	0
Nov 4	atPittsburgh	W 24–⁠7	1	1	0	0
Nov 11	vs.Miami	W 27–⁠20	2	2	0	2
Nov 18	vs.North Alabama	W 58–⁠13	2	2	1	1
Nov 25	atFlorida	W 24–⁠15	2	2	0	0
Dec 2	vs.Louisville	W 16–⁠6	4	3	1	1
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Georgia	L 3–⁠63	5	4	0	1

2022 Florida State 8 games, 13 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int
Aug 27	vs.Duquesne	W 47–⁠7	1	0	0	0
Sep 24	vs.Boston College	W 44–⁠14	2	2	2	0
Oct 1	vs.Wake Forest	L 21–⁠31	1	1	0	0
Oct 8	atNC State	L 17–⁠19	2	1	0	0
Oct 29	vs.Georgia Tech	W 41–⁠16	2	2	0	0
Nov 5	atMiami	W 45–⁠3	1	0	0	1
Nov 12	atSyracuse	W 38–⁠3	1	1	0	0
Nov 19	vs.Louisiana	W 49–⁠17	3	1	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2025 Senior Bowl (National team, lost 19–⁠22).

Drill	Combine 2025	Combine or pro day 2025
Height	6′1½″
Weight	197 lb
Arm length	32⅜″
Hand size	10″
Wingspan	78″
40-yard dash		4.58 s^W
10-yard split		1.55 s^W
Broad jump	10′2″
20-yard shuttle		4.21 s^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 13 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2025	New York Jets	8	22
2026 (so far)	New York Jets	5	20
NFL career		13	42

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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