Player Dossier

2018-2022

UTEP

Trent Thompson

TE • 6'1" • 248 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Trent Thompson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

32

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UTEP

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UTEP
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Player Story

Trent Thompson built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a tight end from Houston, TX wearing No. 45, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Trent Thompson's career was his receiving role: 23 catches,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7297

Cy Falls · Houston, TX

Committed To
UTEP
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Trent Thompson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UTEP. Trent Thompson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
425
Receptions
23
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Trent Thompson quick answers

Latest team and position
UTEP · TE
Career Receiving Yards
425
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 19 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · UTEP
Top game
Fresno State
Recruit profile
2-star · Cy Falls · UTEP
High school pipeline
Cy Falls · 27 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 45 · Senior
2022 Receiving yards rank
203 receiving yards · TE 102nd (top 23%) · Conference USA 55th (top 32%) · National 632nd (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP112034.1
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP2231036.2
2020 Regular SeasonUTEP4256048
2021 PostseasonUTEP5252258.7
2021 Regular SeasonUTEP5781258.7
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP79203268.1

Related Context

Trent Thompson played TE for UTEP. Across 5 tracked seasons, Trent Thompson recorded 13 rushing yards, 425 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UTEP.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

UTEP paired 203 primary output with 83.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 83.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 66.7th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · UTEP

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

29

Efficiency

83.3

Usage

9.7

Consistency

56.8

Best Game by takeover score

Rice

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. New Mexico State: 20. New Mexico: 0. Charlotte: 26. Louisiana Tech: 53. Middle Tennessee: 0. Rice: 48. UTSA: 56

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 1 by 100. Charlotte: 1 by 100. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 100. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 0. Rice: 2 by 100. UTSA: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins23 · Games = 2 · -8.4 vs Losses
Losses31.4 · Games = 5 · +8.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Rice

Best efficiency game

100 vs UTSA

Result
Sat 11/26@ UTSAL 31-341566956056
Thu 11/3@ RiceL 30-372482424036
Sun 10/30vs Middle TennesseeL 13-24200005
Sat 10/8@ Louisiana TechL 31-4125326.526.50144
Sat 10/1@ CharlotteW 41-351262626126
Sun 9/18@ New MexicoL 10-27
Sun 9/11vs New Mexico StateW 20-131202020020

Player Story

Trent Thompson story

Trent Thompson built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a tight end from Houston, TX wearing No. 45, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Trent Thompson's career was his receiving role: 23 catches, 425 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 13 rushing yards across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 13 rushing yards, 4 tackles, and 11 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Trent Thompson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UTEP

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP213.36.7
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP3156.75.629
2020 Regular SeasonUTEP561007.225
2021 PostseasonUTEP13370.710.477
2021 Regular SeasonUTEP13370.710.40
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP20383.39.770

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Fresno State

Week 1 · L 24-31 · Postseason

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

52

Receiving Yards

83.8 takeover

52 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Rice

Week 10 · L 30-37 · Conference game

48

Receiving Yards

76.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

48 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ UTSA

Week 13 · L 31-34 · Conference game

56

Receiving Yards

75.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

56 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ UL Monroe

Week 4 · W 31-6

36

Receiving Yards

75.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

36 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 6 · L 31-41 · Conference game

53

Receiving Yards

74.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · UTEP

203 primary output · 83.3 efficiency · 9.7 usage

68.1

#2

2021 Postseason · UTEP

58.7

133 primary · 70.7 efficiency · 10.4 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · UTEP

58.7

133 primary · 70.7 efficiency · 10.4 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games