Player Dossier

2023-2025

Mississippi State

Cam Thompson

WR • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Youngstown, OH, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Cam Thompson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Northern Illinois

23242425

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Northern Illinois • Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Player Story

Cam Thompson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 12, spending time with Mississippi State and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Cam Thompson's...

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Cam Thompson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Northern Illinois. Cam Thompson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
398
Receptions
29
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Cam Thompson quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
398
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Northern Illinois
Top game
Ball State
Latest roster
No. 12 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois2210039.7
2024 PostseasonNorthern Illinois11-0070.1
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1127388570.1
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State0-00-

Related Context

Cam Thompson played WR for Northern Illinois and Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cam Thompson recorded 398 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Northern Illinois paired 388 primary output with 79.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 33.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, Mississippi State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

2

Receiving Yards / G

5

Efficiency

33.4

Usage

8.9

Consistency

93.3

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 4. Kent State: 6

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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins6 · Games = 1 · +2 vs Losses
Losses4 · Games = 1 · -2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

40 vs Kent State

Result
Sat 11/25@ Kent StateW 37-27166606
Wed 11/8vs Ball StateL 17-20144404

Player Story

Cam Thompson story

Cam Thompson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 12, spending time with Mississippi State and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Cam Thompson's career was his receiving role: 29 catches, 398 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 291 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State and Northern Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Cam 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

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

  1. 1

    Northern Illinois

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Mississippi State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1033.48.9
2024 PostseasonNorthern Illinois38879.915.6378
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois38879.915.60
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State0-388

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ball State

Week 9 · L 23-25 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

125

Receiving Yards

99.1 takeover

125 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Toledo

Week 8 · L 6-13 · Conference game

80

Receiving Yards

79.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Buffalo

Week 4 · L 20-23 · Conference game

49

Receiving Yards

60.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

49 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Kent State

Week 13 · W 37-27 · Conference game

6

Receiving Yards

59 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

6 receiving yards with a 40 efficiency score.

#5

@ Bowling Green

Week 7 · W 17-7 · Conference game

35

Receiving Yards

57.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

35 receiving yards with a 77.8 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Northern Illinois

388 primary output · 79.9 efficiency · 15.6 usage

70.1

#2

2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

70.1

388 primary · 79.9 efficiency · 15.6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

39.7

10 primary · 33.4 efficiency · 8.9 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games