Player Dossier

2016-2021

Northern Illinois

Anthony Thompson

QB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Anthony Thompson is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

1

Developing production for a quarterback

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

13

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

1617181921

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8033

Holy Family Catholic · Victoria, MN

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Anthony Thompson, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Anthony Thompson is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
5
Rushing yards
10

Quick Answers

Anthony Thompson quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · QB
Career Total Offense
5
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 5 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Northwestern
Recruit profile
3-star · Holy Family Catholic · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Holy Family Catholic · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00000-
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1101029.1
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois21-56027.6
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1303035.3
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1000082.8

Related Context

Anthony Thompson played QB for Northern Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Anthony Thompson recorded -5 passing yards and 10 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 128 primary output with 48.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 30 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Loss with 3 yards of offense and 30 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

1

Primary Metric / G

3

Efficiency

30

Usage

4

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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All Games3 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Central Michigan

Best efficiency game

30 vs Central Michigan

Result
Sat 11/2@ Central MichiganL 10-483013303

Career Arc

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    Northern Illinois

    2016-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201820192021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1102.51
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois148.450
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois33042
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois12848.5125

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northwestern

Week 2

Game with 128 yards of offense and 48.5 efficiency.

128

Total Offense

74.3 takeover

128 total offense with 48.5 efficiency.

#2

@ BYU

Week 9 · W 7-6

6

Total Offense

47 takeover

Win with 6 yards of offense and 30 efficiency.

6 total offense with 30 efficiency.

#3

@ Central Michigan

Week 10 · L 10-48 · Conference game

3

Total Offense

46.3 takeover

Loss with 3 yards of offense and 30 efficiency.

3 total offense with 30 efficiency.

#4

@ Central Michigan

Week 13 · L 24-31 · Conference game

1

Total Offense

38.5 takeover

Loss with 1 yards of offense and 10 efficiency.

1 total offense with 10 efficiency.

#5

vs Central Michigan

Week 3 · W 24-16 · Conference game

-5

Total Offense

33.4 takeover

Win with -5 yards of offense and 66.7 efficiency.

-5 total offense with 66.7 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

128 primary output · 48.5 efficiency · usage

82.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

35.3

3 primary · 30 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

29.1

1 primary · 10 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

0

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

0

3+ TD games

1

Above avg efficiency