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#8 Jakobe Thomas

Exp  RookieAge  23Ht / Wt  6'1" · 211 lbCollege  Miami; Tennessee; Middle Tennessee State

Depth-chart placement

Current role

SS2

Placement

Backup

Room

Safety

Experience

ROOKIE R3

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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S room context

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Jakobe Thomas holds the SS · Backup spot in Minnesota Vikings’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

SS · StarterJoshua MetellusStarter

FS · StarterJay WardStarter

SS · BackupJakobe ThomasBackup

FS · BackupTheo JacksonBackup

Background & career

Jakobe Thomas is a safety from Miami who measures 6'2" and weighs 211 pounds. The Minnesota Vikings selected him 98th overall in the 2025 draft. Thomas wears number 8 for the Vikings and is in his first year of professional football.

College

Miami; Tennessee; Middle Tennessee StateDraftRound 3 · No. 98 overall · MINHometownTullahoma, TN