Player Dossier

2020-2022

South Alabama

CJ Thompson

S • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Tulsa, OK, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

CJ Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

18

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

42

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Player Story

CJ Thompson built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a safety from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 13, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of CJ Thompson's career was his defensive production: 26...

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CJ Thompson, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · South Alabama. CJ Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
26
TFL
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

CJ Thompson quick answers

Latest team and position
South Alabama · S
Career Tackles
26
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · South Alabama
Top game
Arkansas State
Latest roster
No. 13 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
14 tackles · S 284th (top 55%) · Sun Belt 259th (top 41%) · National 2,317th (top 40%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama612-0-1019.5
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama81410--034.2

Related Context

CJ Thompson played S for South Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, CJ Thompson recorded 26 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

South Alabama paired 2 primary output with 9.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.8 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: Arkansas State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · South Alabama

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

9.8

Usage

2.2

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Arkansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nicholls: 0. Central Michigan: 0. UCLA: 0. Louisiana Tech: 1. Arkansas State: 1. Georgia Southern: 0. Texas State: 0. Southern Miss: 0

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. Nicholls: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 14.2. Arkansas State: 2 by 18.3. Georgia Southern: 3 by 12.5. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. Southern Miss: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas State

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Arkansas State

Result
Sat 11/19@ Southern MissW 27-2020000
Sat 11/12vs Texas StateW 38-2110000
Sat 11/5@ Georgia SouthernW 38-3133000
Sat 10/29@ Arkansas StateW 31-322100
Sat 9/24vs Louisiana TechW 38-14100010
Sat 9/17@ UCLAL 31-3232000
Sat 9/10@ Central MichiganW 38-2411000
Sat 9/3vs NichollsW 48-711000

Player Story

CJ Thompson story

CJ Thompson built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a safety from Tulsa, OK wearing No. 13, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of CJ Thompson's career was his defensive production: 26 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives CJ Thompson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Alabama

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama0
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1101.51
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama29.82.21

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arkansas State

Week 9 · W 31-3 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 4 · W 38-14

1

Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Bowling Green

Week 2 · W 22-19

1

Havoc Plays

44.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Tennessee

Week 12 · L 14-60

0

Havoc Plays

12.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Georgia Southern

Week 10 · W 38-31 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

12.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · South Alabama

2 primary output · 9.8 efficiency · 2.2 usage

34.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · South Alabama

19.5

1 primary · 10 efficiency · 1.5 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · South Alabama

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games