Usage Score
5
Player Dossier
2020-2025Illinois
James Thompson Jr.
DL • 6'6" • 300 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Thompson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.
Efficiency
18.9
Consistency
13.9
Season Value
13.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 9
- Program Path
- Wisconsin • Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
James Thompson Jr., DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin. James Thompson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.
James Thompson Jr. played DL for Wisconsin and Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, James Thompson Jr. recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Wisconsin paired 0 primary output with 5.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 18.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wisconsin, Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Postseason · Illinois
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
18.9
Usage
5
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 1. Unknown: 1. Duke: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Indiana: 0. USC: 1. Purdue: 0. Ohio State: 0. Washington: 0. Rutgers: 1. Wisconsin: 2. Northwestern: 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. Tennessee: 7 by 39.2. Unknown: 2 by 18.3. Duke: 4 by 16.7. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. USC: 3 by 22.5. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 7 by 29.2. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 4 by 26.7. Wisconsin: 4 by 36.7. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Wins
First Half0.5 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 6 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/30 | vs Tennessee | W 30-28 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | vs Northwestern | W 20-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ Wisconsin | L 10-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Rutgers | W 35-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Washington | L 25-42 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Ohio State | L 16-34 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Purdue | W 43-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs USC | W 34-32 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Indiana | L 10-63 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Western Michigan | W 38-0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Duke | W 45-19 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Unknown | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Wisconsin
2020-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Illinois
2025
Final stop
Season Progression
202020212022202220232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Wisconsin | 8.5 | 15.7 | 13.5 | 8.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 8.5 | 15.7 | 13.5 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Wisconsin | 10.5 | 18.8 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 10.5 | 18.8 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 0 | — | — | -10.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 6 | 18.9 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 6 | 18.9 | 5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Oklahoma State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#2
Purdue
4
Primary metric
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
#3
Washington State
3.5
Primary metric
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.7 takeover score.
#4
Wisconsin
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.4 takeover score.
#5
Minnesota
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin
0 primary output · 5.8 efficiency · 1.2 usage
35.7
#2
2022 Postseason · Wisconsin
23.6
8.5 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 13.5 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin
23.6
8.5 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 13.5 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2020 · Rating 0.8467
Roger Bacon · Cincinnati, OH
- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Career Facts
2
Career teams
9
Seasons tracked
97
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 9 tracked seasons, 40 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.