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Player Dossier
2022-2025Cincinnati
Jonathan Thompson
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Columbus, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jonathan Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Cincinnati
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Cincinnati
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
Jonathan Thompson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Columbus, OH wearing No. 22, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Jonathan Thompson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Cincinnati
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Jonathan Thompson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Cincinnati. Jonathan Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 147
- TFL
- 17.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Jonathan Thompson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Cincinnati · LB
- Career Tackles
- 147
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Cincinnati
- Top game
- Kansas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Francis de Sales · Cincinnati
- High school pipeline
- St. Francis de Sales · 24 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 67 tackles · LB 185th (top 15%) · Big 12 38th (top 6%) · National 310th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 7 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 5 | - | 0 | 62 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 10 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 63.6 |
| 2025 Postseason | Cincinnati | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 12 | 59 | 7.5 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 73.5 |
Related Context
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Jonathan Thompson played LB for Cincinnati. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jonathan Thompson recorded 147 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Cincinnati.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Cincinnati paired 11.5 primary output with 32.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 32.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Cincinnati
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
32.8
Usage
13.4
Consistency
61
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Navy: 1. Nebraska: 2.5. Bowling Green: 2. Northwestern State: 0. Kansas: 1. Iowa State: 0. UCF: 1. Oklahoma State: 0. Baylor: 1. Utah: 1.5. Arizona: 1.5. TCU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Navy: 8 by 43.3. Nebraska: 9 by 62.5. Bowling Green: 6 by 45. Northwestern State: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 2 by 18.3. Iowa State: 4 by 16.7. UCF: 8 by 43.3. Oklahoma State: 5 by 20.8. Baylor: 6 by 35. Utah: 6 by 40. Arizona: 6 by 40. TCU: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 7 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/2 | vs Navy | L 13-35 | 8 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ TCU | L 23-45 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Arizona | L 24-30 | 6 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/2 | @ Utah | L 14-45 | 6 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Baylor | W 41-20 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ Oklahoma State | W 49-17 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs UCF | W 20-11 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Iowa State | W 38-30 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kansas | W 37-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Northwestern State | W 70-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Bowling GreenSplash game | W 34-20 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs NebraskaSplash game | L 17-20 | 9 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jonathan Thompson story
Jonathan Thompson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Columbus, OH wearing No. 22, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Jonathan Thompson's career was his defensive production: 147 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Jonathan Thompson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Cincinnati
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 9 | 31.3 | 11.8 | 9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 11 | 31.4 | 7.9 | 2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Cincinnati | 11.5 | 32.8 | 13.4 | 0.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 11.5 | 32.8 | 13.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kansas
Week 13 · L 16-49 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
92.5 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 46 Nebraska
Week 1 · L 17-20
2.5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Arizona State
Week 8 · W 24-14 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Kansas State
Week 13 · L 15-41 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Pittsburgh
Week 2 · L 27-28
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Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Cincinnati
11.5 primary output · 32.8 efficiency · 13.4 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati
73.5
11.5 primary · 32.8 efficiency · 13.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati
63.6
11 primary · 31.4 efficiency · 7.9 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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