2025 Football Roster
Roster
LeVar Thornton Jr.
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 182
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Fort Worth, Texas
- High School:
- Timber Creek HS
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started all 11 games played at corner … Missed the Oklahoma State game due to injury … Finished with 30 tackles, half a tackle for a loss, one interception and seven pass break-ups … According to PFF, totaled 522 defensive snaps and 239 in coverage … Graded as 70.2 by PFF in coverage … Targeted 43 times, allowing 20 catches for 340 yards with 121 yards after the catch … Whistled for three defensive pass interference calls … Opened the year with two tackles vs. Auburn, allowing only two catches for 32 yards … Had four tackles at No. 17 SMU … Made a tackle, broke up a pass and picked off a pass vs. Samford … Had two tackles vs. Arizona State and did not allow a catch in coverage … Made three stops with a PBU vs. KSU, with half a tackle for a loss, allowing two catches for 14 yards … Made three tackles with a PBU at TCU, allowing three catches for 44 yards … Had nine tackles with a PBUI at Cincinnati, not allowing a catch … Allowed two catches for nine yards vs. UCF with two tackles and a PBU … Broke up a pass vs. Utah and did not allow a catch … Had three tackles at Arizona … Allowed only a seven-yard catch vs. Houston and had a tackle.
2024 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 13 games as a key member of the cornerback rotation … Finished with eight tackles, one fumble recovery and intercepted a pass … Made single tackles vs. Tarleton, Utah and Texas Tech … Intercepted first career pass vs. OSU … Made two tackles at WVU and vs. LSU in the Texas Bowl … Had a tackle vs. Kansas … Had a 60.4 defensive grade and a 61.5 coverage grade according to PFF … Played 181 snaps via PFF, allowing four catches in eight targets.
2023 (Freshman): Played in four games to maintain his redshirt … Played in four of the final five games on the year … Had three tackles … Went for a tackle at No. 25 Kansas State and had two stops at TCU.
High School: A four-star prospect, according to 247Sports … Rated as the No. 47 cornerback in the nation and No. 73 overall player in Texas by 247Sports … Amassed a total of 68 tackles in prep career, with four TFL’s … Recorded six career interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns … Also made eight catches on offense for 108 receiving yards … In 2022, racked up 31 tackles, two for loss, and three interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown … Also made three receptions for 35 yards as a senior … Competed in basketball and track & field as well … State qualifier in the high jump, placing fourth in Texas 6A as a junior with a mark of 6-6 … Chose Baylor over offers from Air Force, Army, Boise State, Navy, Texas State and Vanderbilt, among others.
