Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2012San José State
Ben Thompson
RB • 6'2" • Temecula, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ben Thompson leans balanced backfield option traits and 12.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
2
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
1
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
12
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · San José State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- San José State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
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- Committed To
- San José State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
Ben Thompson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · San José State. Ben Thompson leans balanced backfield option traits and 12.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 17
- Rushing yards
- 17
Quick Answers
Ben Thompson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- San José State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 17
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · San José State
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Temecula Valley · San José State
- High school pipeline
- Temecula Valley · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 3 scrimmage yards · RB 485th (top 98%) · Western Athletic 118th (top 99%) · National 2,161st (top 97%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | San José State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | San José State | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 2012 Regular Season | San José State | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 |
Related Context
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Ben Thompson played RB for San José State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ben Thompson recorded 17 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2011 with San José State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
San José State paired 14 primary output with 25.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 25.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Win with 8 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · San José State
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
3.5
Efficiency
25.4
Usage
3.6
Consistency
48.1
Best Game by takeover score
Hawai'i
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 1. Colorado State: 5. BYU: 0. Hawai'i: 8
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. Nevada: 2 by 5.2. Colorado State: 4 by 13. BYU: 1 by 0. Hawai'i: 1 by 83.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins6.5 · Games = 2 · +6 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Hawai'i
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Hawai'i
Career Arc
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San José State
2010-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | San José State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | San José State | 14 | 25.4 | 3.6 | 14 |
| 2012 Regular Season | San José State | 3 | 12.2 | 3.8 | -11 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Hawai'i
Week 7 · W 28-27 · Conference game
Win with 8 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
8
Scrimmage Yards
62.5 takeover
8 scrimmage yards and 1.5 usage.
#2
vs UC Davis
Week 2 · W 45-13
2
Scrimmage Yards
41.7 takeover
Win with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
2 scrimmage yards and 1.5 usage.
#3
@ Colorado State
Week 5 · W 38-31
5
Scrimmage Yards
31.2 takeover
Win with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
5 scrimmage yards and 6.3 usage.
#4
@ New Mexico State
Week 11 · W 47-7 · Conference game
1
Scrimmage Yards
23.6 takeover
Win with 1 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
1 scrimmage yards and 6.1 usage.
#5
vs Nevada
Week 3 · L 14-17 · Conference game
1
Scrimmage Yards
10.4 takeover
Loss with 1 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
1 scrimmage yards and 4.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · San José State
14 primary output · 25.4 efficiency · 3.6 usage
46
#2
2012 Regular Season · San José State
29.2
3 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 3.8 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · San José State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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