Player Dossier

2024-2025

Clemson

Champ Thompson

DT • 6'3" • 290 lbs • Gainesville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Champ Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Clemson
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Player Story

Champ Thompson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Gainesville, GA wearing No. 56, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Champ Thompson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.89

Meadowcreek · Norcross, GA

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Champ Thompson, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson. Champ Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
6
TFL
1
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Champ Thompson quick answers

Latest team and position
Clemson · DT
Career Tackles
6
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 6 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Clemson
Top game
Boston College
Recruit profile
3-star · Meadowcreek · Clemson
High school pipeline
Meadowcreek · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 56 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
3 tackles · DT 197th (top 85%) · ACC 514th (top 65%) · National 4,047th (top 66%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonClemson23-0--038.8
2025 PostseasonClemson40-0-1052
2025 Regular SeasonClemson43111-052

Related Context

Champ Thompson played DT for Clemson. Across 2 tracked seasons, Champ Thompson recorded 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Clemson.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Clemson paired 4 primary output with 13.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.2 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: Boston College

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Clemson

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

13.2

Usage

3.2

Consistency

68.1

Best Game by takeover score

Boston College

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 1. North Carolina: 0. Boston College: 2. Furman: 1

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. Penn State: 0 by 10. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 1 by 24.2. Furman: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boston College

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Boston College

Result
Sat 12/27vs Penn StateL 10-2200001
Sat 11/22vs FurmanW 45-1010000
Sat 10/11@ Boston CollegeSplash gameW 41-1011110
Sat 10/4@ North CarolinaW 38-1011000

Player Story

Champ Thompson story

Champ Thompson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Gainesville, GA wearing No. 56, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Champ Thompson's career was his defensive production: 6 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 6 career games in the available record. That gives Champ Thompson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Clemson

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonClemson06.31.2
2025 PostseasonClemson413.23.24
2025 Regular SeasonClemson413.23.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 97 Boston College

Week 7 · W 41-10 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

62.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Furman

Week 13 · W 45-10

1

Havoc Plays

33.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.1 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 15 Penn State

Week 1 · L 10-22 · Postseason · Ranked opponent

1

Havoc Plays

20 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.

#4

vs App State

Week 2 · W 66-20

0

Havoc Plays

7.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 91 North Carolina

Week 6 · W 38-10 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Clemson

4 primary output · 13.2 efficiency · 3.2 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Clemson

52

4 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 3.2 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Clemson

38.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games