Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Texas Tech
Donta Thompson
TE • 6'5" • 245 lbs • Ennis, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Donta Thompson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
Donta Thompson built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a tight end from Ennis, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Donta Thompson's career was his receiving role: 29...
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- Committed To
- Texas Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Donta Thompson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Donta Thompson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 352
- Receptions
- 29
Quick Answers
Donta Thompson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 352
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech
- Top game
- Kansas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Ennis · Texas Tech
- High school pipeline
- Ennis · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 311 receiving yards · TE 48th (top 14%) · Big 12 34th (top 21%) · National 426th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 32.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 47.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 11 | 26 | 311 | 0 | 65.4 |
Related Context
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Donta Thompson played TE for Texas Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donta Thompson recorded 352 receiving yards and 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Texas Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Texas Tech paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 74.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
28.3
Efficiency
74.8
Usage
9
Consistency
56.7
Best Game by takeover score
Kansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Montana State: 22. UTEP: 20. Arizona: 18. Oklahoma: 18. Oklahoma State: 46. Baylor: 24. Kansas: 51. West Virginia: 46. TCU: 17. Kansas State: 45. Texas: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Montana State: 2 by 73.3. UTEP: 3 by 44.4. Arizona: 2 by 60. Oklahoma: 1 by 100. Oklahoma State: 5 by 61.3. Baylor: 2 by 80. Kansas: 2 by 100. West Virginia: 4 by 76.7. TCU: 1 by 100. Kansas State: 3 by 100. Texas: 1 by 26.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins33.5 · Games = 4 · +8.2 vs Losses
Losses25.3 · Games = 7 · -8.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Kansas
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kansas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | @ Texas | L 24-49 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Kansas State | L 27-30 | — | 3 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs TCU | L 31-33 | — | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 11/9 | @ West Virginia | W 38-17 | — | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Kansas | L 34-37 | — | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 0 | 28 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Baylor | L 30-33 | — | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Oklahoma State | W 45-35 | — | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 9.20 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Oklahoma | L 16-55 | — | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Sun 9/15 | @ Arizona | L 14-28 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| Sun 9/8 | vs UTEP | W 38-3 | — | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 6.70 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Montana State | W 45-10 | — | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
Player Story
Donta Thompson story
Donta Thompson built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a tight end from Ennis, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Donta Thompson's career was his receiving role: 29 catches and 352 receiving yards across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Donta Thompson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Texas Tech
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 20 | 100 | 3.2 | 20 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 21 | 70 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 311 | 74.8 | 9 | 290 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kansas
Week 9 · L 34-37 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
51
Receiving Yards
76.3 takeover
51 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Kansas State
Week 13 · L 27-30 · Conference game
45
Receiving Yards
74.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ West Virginia
Week 11 · W 38-17 · Conference game
46
Receiving Yards
74.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
46 receiving yards with a 76.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs Oklahoma State
Week 6 · W 45-35 · Conference game
46
Receiving Yards
71.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
46 receiving yards with a 61.3 efficiency score.
#5
vs Eastern Washington
Week 1 · W 56-10
20
Receiving Yards
70.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
20 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2019 Regular Season · Texas Tech
65.4
311 primary · 74.8 efficiency · 9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Texas Tech
47.2
21 primary · 70 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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