Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Texas
Josh Thompson
DB • 6'0" • 194 lbs • Nacogdoches, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Josh Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
Josh Thompson built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Nacogdoches, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Josh Thompson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Josh Thompson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Texas. Josh Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 108
- TFL
- 5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Josh Thompson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · DB
- Career Tackles
- 108
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Texas
- Top game
- Iowa State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Nacogdoches · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Nacogdoches · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · DB 273rd (top 30%) · Big 12 88th (top 20%) · National 1,199th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Texas | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 12.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas | 5 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.4 |
| 2018 Postseason | Texas | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas | 10 | 21 | - | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22 |
| 2020 Postseason | Texas | 10 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 56.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Texas | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 56.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas | 9 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 31.8 |
Related Context
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Josh Thompson played DB for Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josh Thompson recorded 108 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Texas paired 9 primary output with 20.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Texas
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
21.3
Usage
4.3
Consistency
14.8
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 0. Arkansas: 1. Rice: 0. Texas Tech: 1. Oklahoma: 0. Oklahoma State: 1. Baylor: 0. Iowa State: 2. Kansas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 3 by 12.5. Arkansas: 6 by 35. Rice: 1 by 4.2. Texas Tech: 5 by 30.8. Oklahoma: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma State: 7 by 39.2. Baylor: 3 by 12.5. Iowa State: 3 by 32.5. Kansas: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Iowa State
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs Oklahoma State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/14 | vs Kansas | L 56-57 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Iowa StateSplash game | L 7-30 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Baylor | L 24-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Oklahoma State | L 24-32 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Oklahoma | L 48-55 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Texas Tech | W 70-35 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/19 | vs Rice | W 58-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Arkansas | L 21-40 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Louisiana | W 38-18 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Josh Thompson story
Josh Thompson built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Nacogdoches, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Josh Thompson's career was his defensive production: 108 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Josh Thompson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Texas
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172017201820182019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Texas | 1 | 12.8 | 2.3 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas | 1 | 12.8 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Texas | 3 | 12.2 | 3.8 | 2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas | 3 | 12.2 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Texas | 1 | 18.6 | 5.7 | -2 |
| 2020 Postseason | Texas | 9 | 20.7 | 5 | 8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Texas | 9 | 20.7 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas | 5 | 21.3 | 4.3 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Iowa State
Week 13 · L 20-23 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 1 · W 45-14
1
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Tulsa
Week 2 · W 28-21
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa State
Week 10 · L 7-30 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#5
vs West Virginia
Week 10 · L 41-42 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Texas
9 primary output · 20.7 efficiency · 5 usage
56.3
#2
2020 Regular Season · Texas
56.3
9 primary · 20.7 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Texas
31.8
5 primary · 21.3 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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