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2024 Football Roster

Ray Soldano

90 E.J. Thomas

  • Position Defensive Tackle
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 310
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Prichard, Ala.
  • Prev School Contra Costa CC
  • Highschool Vigor
  • Twitter @251_EJ

Biography

NIL OPPORTUNITIES
- Enrolled in January 2023
- Junior college All-American from Contra Costa (Calif.) Community College.
- Two years of eligibility remaining

2024 (Senior)
- 11 games played in a reserve role...12 tackles with 1.5 sacks.
- High of three tackles came at Georgia State and at Austin Peay.
- Full sack forced a fumble at GSU...half sack came against teh Governors.

2023 (Junior)
- Saw action in 10 games beginning week 4 at Samford...10 tackles with 1.5 for loss including 0.5 sacks.
- High of three tackles came in his second appearance (at Wofford) and again at home against Furman.
 
Prior to Chattanooga
- All-America defensive lineman for Otis Yelverton at Contra Costa Community College in San Pablo, Calif....61 tackles with 13.0 tackles for loss including 5.0 sacks, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble in 10 games
- Dominant performance in a 22-14 win at Reedley recording 3.5 sacks.
- Prepped at Vigor High School in Alabama…played in AHSAA North-South All-Star Football Classic…all-region at Vigor as a senior and all-metro as a junior at Carver in Birmingham.
- Honor Roll student…also lettered in wrestling and bowling.

Personal
- Born Dec. 9, 2000…son of Meegan Turner and Eric Thomas…two siblings, Nadia and Taryn Turner.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2022-23Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 290 lbs
    23
  • 90

    2023Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 280 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2024Senior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'3" 310 lbs
    90