Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025North Carolina
Tyler Thompson
LB • 6'4" • 225 lbs • Cary, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tyler Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
40
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · North Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- North Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Tyler Thompson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Cary, NC wearing No. 40, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Tyler Thompson's career was his defensive...
Read the storyTyler Thompson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · North Carolina. Tyler Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 34
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 7
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Tyler Thompson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 34
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · North Carolina
- Top game
- Stanford
- High school pipeline
- Panther Creek · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · LB 523rd (top 41%) · ACC 228th (top 29%) · National 1,670th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 10 |
| 2024 Postseason | North Carolina | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 31.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | North Carolina | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 31.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | North Carolina | 10 | 26 | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55.1 |
Related Context
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Tyler Thompson played LB for North Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Tyler Thompson recorded 34 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with North Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
North Carolina paired 16.5 primary output with 25.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · North Carolina
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
25.3
Usage
8.6
Consistency
23.4
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. TCU: 0. Charlotte: 0. Clemson: 1. California: 4. Virginia: 2.5. Syracuse: 2. Stanford: 7. Wake Forest: 0. Duke: 0. NC State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. TCU: 1 by 4.2. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 2 by 18.3. California: 3 by 52.5. Virginia: 5 by 45.8. Syracuse: 3 by 32.5. Stanford: 3 by 62.5. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5. Duke: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins3 · Games = 3 · +1.9 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 7 · -1.9 vs Wins
Game Log
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10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Stanford
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ NC State | L 19-42 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Duke | L 25-32 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Wake Forest | L 12-28 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Stanford2+ sacks · Splash game | W 20-15 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 10/31 | @ SyracuseSplash game | W 27-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs VirginiaSplash game | L 16-17 | 5 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ California2+ sacks · Splash game | L 18-21 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Clemson | L 10-38 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Charlotte | W 20-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 9/2 | vs TCU | L 14-48 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tyler Thompson story
Tyler Thompson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Cary, NC wearing No. 40, spending time with North Carolina. The clearest part of Tyler Thompson's career was his defensive production: 34 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with North Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tyler Thompson's production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Tyler Thompson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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North Carolina
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | North Carolina | 1 | 7.5 | 1.8 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | North Carolina | 2 | 13.6 | 4.4 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | North Carolina | 2 | 13.6 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | North Carolina | 16.5 | 25.3 | 8.6 | 14.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 112 Stanford
Week 11 · W 20-15 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 80 California
Week 8 · L 18-21 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
69.9 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 69.9 takeover score.
#3
vs North Carolina Central
Week 3 · W 45-10
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Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 31 Virginia
Week 9 · L 16-17 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
#5
vs UConn
Week 1 · L 14-27 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · North Carolina
16.5 primary output · 25.3 efficiency · 8.6 usage
55.1
#2
2024 Postseason · North Carolina
31.9
2 primary · 13.6 efficiency · 4.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · North Carolina
31.9
2 primary · 13.6 efficiency · 4.4 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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