Player Dossier

2020-2025

Florida State

Stefon Thompson

LB • 6'1" • 240 lbs • Long Island, NY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Stefon Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

63

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

37

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

76

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Syracuse

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Syracuse • Nebraska • Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Player Story

Stefon Thompson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Long Island, NY wearing No. 7, spending time with Florida State, Nebraska, and Syracuse. The clearest part of Stefon Thompson's...

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Stefon Thompson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Syracuse. Stefon Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
229
TFL
22
Sacks
11.5
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Stefon Thompson quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida State · LB
Career Tackles
229
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 56 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Syracuse
Top game
Louisville
High school pipeline
Mount Carmel · 49 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
37 tackles · LB 410th (top 33%) · ACC 146th (top 19%) · National 1,056th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse10367.522-042.9
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse12776.54.55-069.2
2022 Regular SeasonSyracuse130.501-052.5
2023 PostseasonSyracuse134-0--033.4
2023 Regular SeasonSyracuse134541.53-033.4
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska1027-0-2012.6
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida State10373.53.51-033.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Nebraska to Florida StateP4 to P479.8Dec 14, 2024
2024Syracuse to NebraskaP4 to P480.5Dec 27, 2023

Stefon Thompson played LB for Syracuse, Nebraska, and Florida State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Stefon Thompson recorded 229 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Syracuse.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Syracuse paired 16 primary output with 40.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.4 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Syracuse, Nebraska, Florida State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2025 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

23.4

Usage

5.5

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 2. East Texas A&M: 0. Kent State: 0. Virginia: 0. Miami: 0. Pittsburgh: 1. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. NC State: 3. Florida: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 1 by 24.2. East Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 6 by 25. Pittsburgh: 1 by 14.2. Clemson: 3 by 12.5. Virginia Tech: 3 by 12.5. NC State: 9 by 67.5. Florida: 10 by 61.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

67.5 vs NC State

Result
Sat 11/29@ Florida10+ tackles · Splash gameL 21-401010.500.500
Sat 11/22@ NC StateSplash gameL 11-21951.501.500
Sun 11/16vs Virginia TechW 34-1432000
Sun 11/9@ ClemsonL 10-2430000
Sat 10/11vs PittsburghL 31-34100.500.500
Sat 10/4vs MiamiL 22-2863000
Fri 9/26@ VirginiaL 38-4610000
Sat 9/20vs Kent StateW 66-1010000
Sat 9/6vs East Texas A&MW 77-321000
Sat 8/30vs AlabamaSplash gameW 31-1711110

Player Story

Stefon Thompson story

Stefon Thompson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Long Island, NY wearing No. 7, spending time with Florida State, Nebraska, and Syracuse. The clearest part of Stefon Thompson's career was his defensive production: 229 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 56 career games in the available record. That gives Stefon Thompson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Syracuse

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Nebraska

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Florida State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse11.526.56.3
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse1640.110.34.5
2022 Regular SeasonSyracuse1.527.58.8-14.5
2023 PostseasonSyracuse8.522.25.57
2023 Regular SeasonSyracuse8.522.25.50
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska213.22.2-6.5
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida State823.45.56

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Louisville

Week 12 · L 0-30 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

89.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Boston College

Week 9 · W 21-6 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

89.7 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 55 NC State

Week 13 · L 11-21 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Boston College

Week 10 · L 10-17 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 63 Florida

Week 14 · L 21-40

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Syracuse

16 primary output · 40.1 efficiency · 10.3 usage

69.2

#2

2022 Regular Season · Syracuse

52.5

1.5 primary · 27.5 efficiency · 8.8 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Syracuse

42.9

11.5 primary · 26.5 efficiency · 6.3 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

15

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games