You’d be hard-pressed to find a high school football player this fall who had a better senior season than Millard South (Neb.) quarterback and Alabama signee Jett Thomalla. The 6-foot-3, 200-pounder carved opposing defense up, completing 193 of 266 (73 percent) passes for 3,484 yards and 61 touchdowns for his senior campaign. On a weekly […]
You’d be hard-pressed to find a high school football player this fall who had a better senior season than Millard South (Neb.) quarterback and Alabama signee Jett Thomalla.
The 6-foot-3, 200-pounder carved opposing defense up, completing 193 of 266 (73 percent) passes for 3,484 yards and 61 touchdowns for his senior campaign. On a weekly basis, Thomalla led his squad through a historic 2025 campaign, capping it with a dominating 49-0 victory in the NSAA Class A state championship game against Papillion-La Vista South.
After that epic performance, Thomalla has been rated as a five-star prospect in the final Rivals300 rankings for the 2026 cycle. He checks in as the nation’s No. 24 overall recruit and one of five passers to earn the five-star distinction in this cycle. In the previous rankings update in November, he sat at No. 90 nationally but made the move into five-star territory after the completion of his record-setting career.
He also finished his career as the state’s all-time leader in passing yards (10,253) and passing touchdowns (134).
Charles Power, Rivals’ Director of Scouting and Rankings, breaks down why they see Thomalla as a five-star-level prospect:
“The more and more we watched the quarterback group, outside of the top two being Jared Curtis and Keisean Henderson, we felt more and more that Jett Thomalla made a really strong case as the No. 3 quarterback in the cycle. Thomalla had a fantastic senior season, threw for 58 touchdowns, he’s the best QB prospect to come from Nebraska in recent memory. While he played on a loaded team that really didn’t play many close games in 2025, when you watch the arm talent and the ability to make difficult throws, I’m not sure that anyone besides Curtis and Henderson put better difficult throws on film than Thomalla. He has a loose arm, is willing to take chances with the football, he’ll challenge tight windows and most of the time he’ll deliver with accuracy.
…At his best, when he can sit back and challenge defenses, I thought he was very aggressive and willing to take those chances. That, combined with the arm talent and the projectable size at around 6-foot-4 and 200 pounds — he has a big frame and will continue filling out. He’s a quality athlete who plays high school basketball, too. There’s a lot of positives with Thomalla, it’s not every day you see a five-star QB come from Nebraska. When you really dive into the film, we felt like he put more on film than the majority of the other top quarterbacks in the cycle.”
Competing at the highest level is key for Thomalla
An early pledge to Iowa State back in April, Thomalla received an offer from the Crimson Tide in May, took official visits to Ames and Tuscaloosa, and eventually flipped his commitment on June 17 ahead of the Elite 11 Finals.
“I feel like I felt like Coach DeBoer, Coach Grubb and Coach Sheridan believed in me and believed I could do it at their level,” Thomalla told Rivals’ Steve Wiltfong at the time. “Just competing at the top level with top players on my team and guys that will go to the NFL.”
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