Player Dossier

2022-2025

Hawai'i

Matagi Thompson

DB • 6'2" • 190 lbs • Honolulu, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Matagi Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

54%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

33

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Hawai'i
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Player Story

Matagi Thompson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Honolulu, HI wearing No. 25, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of Matagi Thompson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.7933

Punahou · Honolulu, HI

Committed To
Hawai'i
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Matagi Thompson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i. Matagi Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
48
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Matagi Thompson quick answers

Latest team and position
Hawai'i · DB
Career Tackles
48
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i
Top game
Air Force
Recruit profile
2-star · Punahou · Hawai'i
High school pipeline
Punahou · 52 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
16 tackles · DB 492nd (top 51%) · Mountain West 199th (top 38%) · National 2,374th (top 39%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonHawai'i414-0--047.9
2023 Regular SeasonHawai'i11-0--036.7
2024 Regular SeasonHawai'i817-0-1013.5
2025 PostseasonHawai'i81-0-1045.6
2025 Regular SeasonHawai'i815-0-2045.6

Related Context

Matagi Thompson played DB for Hawai'i. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matagi Thompson recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Hawai'i.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Hawai'i paired 0 primary output with 14.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.3 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: Air Force

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Hawai'i

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

13.3

Usage

2.3

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Air Force

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. California: 1. Stanford: 0. Portland State: 1. Fresno State: 0. Air Force: 1. Colorado State: 0. UNLV: 0. Wyoming: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 1 by 14.2. Stanford: 3 by 12.5. Portland State: 1 by 14.2. Fresno State: 3 by 12.5. Air Force: 4 by 26.7. Colorado State: 2 by 8.3. UNLV: 2 by 8.3. Wyoming: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Air Force

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Air Force

Result
Thu 12/25vs CaliforniaW 35-3111001
Sun 11/30vs WyomingW 27-700001
Sat 11/22@ UNLVL 10-3820000
Sat 10/18@ Colorado StateW 31-1922000
Sat 9/27@ Air ForceW 44-35410010
Sun 9/21vs Fresno StateL 21-2333000
Sun 9/14vs Portland StateW 23-311001
Sat 8/23vs StanfordW 23-2033000

Player Story

Matagi Thompson story

Matagi Thompson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Honolulu, HI wearing No. 25, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of Matagi Thompson's career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 1 interception, and 4 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Matagi 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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    Hawai'i

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonHawai'i014.63.5
2023 Regular SeasonHawai'i04.20.70
2024 Regular SeasonHawai'i110.11.71
2025 PostseasonHawai'i413.32.33
2025 Regular SeasonHawai'i413.32.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 80 Air Force

Week 5 · W 44-35 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

67 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.

#2

vs Northern Iowa

Week 4 · W 36-7

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Havoc Plays

45 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

#3

vs Portland State

Week 3 · W 23-3

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Havoc Plays

40.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 80 California

Week 1 · W 35-31 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

40.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

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vs No. 110 Wyoming

Week 14 · W 27-7 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Hawai'i

0 primary output · 14.6 efficiency · 3.5 usage

47.9

#2

2025 Postseason · Hawai'i

45.6

4 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 2.3 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Hawai'i

45.6

4 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games