Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2024Pittsburgh
Keye Thompson
LB • 6'0" • 230 lbs • Barberton, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Keye Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
74
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Ohio
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- Ohio • Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Player Story
Keye Thompson built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a linebacker from Barberton, OH wearing No. 38, spending time with Ohio and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Keye Thompson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Ohio
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Keye Thompson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Ohio. Keye Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 280
- TFL
- 25
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 11
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Keye Thompson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · LB
- Career Tackles
- 280
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Ohio
- Top game
- Bowling Green
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Barberton · Ohio
- High school pipeline
- West Orange · 26 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 38 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · LB 476th (top 39%) · ACC 202nd (top 27%) · National 1,534th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Ohio | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2019 Postseason | Ohio | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio | 8 | 50 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 49.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio | 12 | 96 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio | 12 | 94 | 10 | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 73.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 10 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.8 |
Related Context
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Keye Thompson played LB for Ohio and Pittsburgh. Across 7 tracked seasons, Keye Thompson recorded 280 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Ohio.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Ohio paired 18.5 primary output with 46 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 46.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio, Pittsburgh.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Ohio
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
46.8
Usage
9.9
Consistency
28.8
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 0. Penn State: 0.5. Iowa State: 1. Fordham: 0. Kent State: 1. Akron: 3. Western Michigan: 0. Northern Illinois: 3.5. Buffalo: 4. Miami (OH): 0. Ball State: 0. Bowling Green: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida Atlantic: 6 by 25. Penn State: 5 by 25.8. Iowa State: 7 by 39.2. Fordham: 8 by 33.3. Kent State: 5 by 30.8. Akron: 11 by 75.8. Western Michigan: 8 by 33.3. Northern Illinois: 14 by 85. Buffalo: 11 by 85.8. Miami (OH): 5 by 20.8. Ball State: 5 by 20.8. Bowling Green: 11 by 85.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.6 · Games = 9 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
85.8 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/23 | vs Bowling Green10+ tackles · Splash game | W 38-14 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/16 | @ Ball State | W 32-18 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/9 | @ Miami (OH) | W 37-21 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 11/1 | vs Buffalo10+ tackles · Splash game | W 45-24 | 11 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Northern Illinois10+ tackles · Splash game | W 24-17 | 14 | 5 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Western Michigan | W 33-14 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Akron10+ tackles · Splash game | W 55-34 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Kent State | L 24-31 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Fordham | W 59-52 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Iowa State | L 10-43 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Penn State | L 10-46 | 5 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 41-38 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Keye Thompson story
Keye Thompson built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a linebacker from Barberton, OH wearing No. 38, spending time with Ohio and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Keye Thompson's career was his defensive production: 280 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Ohio. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Keye Thompson's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 25 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ohio and Pittsburgh.
The arc is straightforward: Keye Thompson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Ohio
2018-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Pittsburgh
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20182019201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Ohio | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Ohio | 8 | 36.1 | 8.6 | 8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio | 8 | 36.1 | 8.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio | 3 | 35.9 | 11.4 | -5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio | 17 | 46.8 | 9.9 | 17 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio | 18.5 | 46 | 11.2 | 1.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 4 | 15.7 | 3 | -14.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Bowling Green
Week 13 · W 38-14 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
95.3 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 95.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Buffalo
Week 10 · W 45-24 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
95.3 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 95.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Western Michigan
Week 12 · L 34-37 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Northern Illinois
Week 8 · W 24-17 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
90.8 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Buffalo
Week 11 · W 20-10 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Ohio
18.5 primary output · 46 efficiency · 11.2 usage
73.2
#2
2022 Regular Season · Ohio
62.4
17 primary · 46.8 efficiency · 9.9 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Ohio
52.1
8 primary · 36.1 efficiency · 8.6 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
11
Splash games
9
10+ tackle games
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