Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2013Louisiana
Ian Thompson
TE • 6'4" • Kernersville, NC, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Ian Thompson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Louisiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Louisiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Player Story
Ian Thompson built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a tight end from Kernersville, NC wearing No. 85, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Ian Thompson's career was his receiving role: 36...
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- Committed To
- Louisiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
Ian Thompson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Louisiana. Ian Thompson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 284
- Receptions
- 36
Quick Answers
Ian Thompson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisiana · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 284
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Louisiana
- Top game
- South Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · East Forsyth · Louisiana
- High school pipeline
- East Forsyth · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 85 · Class 2013
- 2013 Receiving yards rank
- 66 receiving yards · TE 171st (top 56%) · Sun Belt 69th (top 58%) · National 1,081st (top 59%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Louisiana | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2011 Postseason | Louisiana | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 62.4 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Louisiana | 6 | 9 | 88 | 0 | 62.4 |
| 2012 Postseason | Louisiana | 8 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 55 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Louisiana | 8 | 13 | 92 | 0 | 55 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisiana | 6 | 10 | 66 | 0 | 49.7 |
Related Context
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Ian Thompson played TE for Louisiana. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ian Thompson recorded 284 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Louisiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Louisiana paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 46.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · Louisiana
Games
6
Receiving Yards / G
11
Efficiency
46.7
Usage
11.7
Consistency
57.7
Best Game by takeover score
UL Monroe
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kansas State: 4. Texas State: 7. Western Kentucky: 9. Arkansas State: 8. New Mexico State: 17. UL Monroe: 21
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. Kansas State: 2 by 13.3. Texas State: 2 by 23.3. Western Kentucky: 1 by 60. Arkansas State: 2 by 26.7. New Mexico State: 2 by 56.7. UL Monroe: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins10.3 · Games = 4 · -2.3 vs Losses
Losses12.5 · Games = 2 · +2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
UL Monroe
Best efficiency game
100 vs UL Monroe
Player Story
Ian Thompson story
Ian Thompson built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a tight end from Kernersville, NC wearing No. 85, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Ian Thompson's career was his receiving role: 36 catches and 284 receiving yards across 21 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ian Thompson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Louisiana
2009-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020112011201220122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Louisiana | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2011 Postseason | Louisiana | 99 | 66.3 | 7.6 | 99 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Louisiana | 99 | 66.3 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | Louisiana | 119 | 43.3 | 10.3 | 20 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Louisiana | 119 | 43.3 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisiana | 66 | 46.7 | 11.7 | -53 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs South Alabama
Week 13 · W 52-30 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
39
Receiving Yards
86 takeover
39 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#2
vs UL Monroe
Week 14 · L 28-31 · Conference game
21
Receiving Yards
71.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Western Kentucky
Week 8 · L 23-42 · Conference game
23
Receiving Yards
70.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
23 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 9 · W 45-20 · Conference game
21
Receiving Yards
66.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.
#5
@ Oklahoma State
Week 1 · L 34-61
17
Receiving Yards
63.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
17 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Louisiana
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2011 Postseason · Louisiana
62.4
99 primary · 66.3 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · Louisiana
62.4
99 primary · 66.3 efficiency · 7.6 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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