Miami safety Ja'Kobe Thomas was named the Pro Football Focus Coverage Defender of the Week and four of the top seven graded Hurricanes were defensive backs in the 28-22 win at Florida State on Saturday. Thomas was also named the Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week.
Thomas had five tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss, 1.0 sack, one interception, two pass breakups and a forced fumble. Only a quarterback hurry was missing for Thomas to fill up the official defensive stat categories completely. Thomas led Miami with a 92.0 PFF grade in the win at Florida State per David Lake of Inside the U.