Player Dossier

2018-2022

UTEP

Blake Thompson

DT • 6'0" • 289 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Blake Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

9

Developing production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UTEP

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

Blake Thompson built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Houston, TX wearing No. 48, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Blake Thompson's career was his defensive...

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Blake Thompson, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UTEP. Blake Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
40
TFL
3.5
Sacks
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Blake Thompson quick answers

Latest team and position
UTEP · DT
Career Tackles
40
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · UTEP
Top game
UAB
Latest roster
No. 48 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
20 tackles · DT 71st (top 35%) · Conference USA 161st (top 33%) · National 1,857th (top 32%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonUTEP34-0--038
2021 Regular SeasonUTEP91631-2050.4
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP7200.50-1018.1

Related Context

Blake Thompson played DT for UTEP. Across 5 tracked seasons, Blake Thompson recorded 40 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UTEP.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

UTEP paired 6 primary output with 14.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 5.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · UTEP

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

5.6

Usage

1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Charlotte: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Texas

Result
Sat 10/24@ CharlotteL 28-3811000
Sat 10/10@ Louisiana TechL 17-2110000
Sun 9/13@ TexasL 3-5920000

Player Story

Blake Thompson story

Blake Thompson built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Houston, TX wearing No. 48, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Blake Thompson's career was his defensive production: 40 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Blake 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

20182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP0
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP00
2020 Regular SeasonUTEP05.610
2021 Regular SeasonUTEP614.14.36
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP1.514.12.9-4.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UAB

Week 13 · L 25-42 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#2

vs New Mexico State

Week 2 · W 20-13

1

Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

#3

@ North Texas

Week 11 · L 17-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

54.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Florida International

Week 12 · W 40-6 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

39.4 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 39.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Southern Miss

Week 6 · W 26-13 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

34.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · UTEP

6 primary output · 14.1 efficiency · 4.3 usage

50.4

#2

2020 Regular Season · UTEP

38

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · UTEP

18.1

1.5 primary · 14.1 efficiency · 2.9 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games