Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Illinois
James Thompson Jr.
DL • 6'6" • 300 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA
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James Thompson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
99
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Wisconsin
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Wisconsin • Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
James Thompson Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 90, spending time with Illinois and Wisconsin. The clearest part of James Thompson Jr.'s...
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- Committed To
- Wisconsin
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
James Thompson Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Wisconsin. James Thompson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Quick Answers
James Thompson Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DL
- Career Tackles
- 97
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · Wisconsin
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Roger Bacon · Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Horn · 34 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 90 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 40 tackles · DL 57th (top 6%) · Big Ten 112th (top 15%) · National 925th (top 15%)
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.
Recognition
Honors
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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