Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Old Dominion
Mario Thompson
LB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mario Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Old Dominion
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Player Story
Mario Thompson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Richmond, VA, spending time with Old Dominion. The clearest part of Mario Thompson's career was his defensive production: 118...
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- Committed To
- Old Dominion
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Mario Thompson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion. Mario Thompson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 118
- TFL
- 15.5
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Mario Thompson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Old Dominion · LB
- Career Tackles
- 118
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
- Top game
- South Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Trinity Episcopal School · Old Dominion
- High school pipeline
- Trinity Episcopal School · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · LB 783rd (top 62%) · Sun Belt 335th (top 53%) · National 3,069th (top 50%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Old Dominion | 10 | 9 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 10 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 12 | 66 | 10 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 67.9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Old Dominion | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 5 | 7 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.2 |
Related Context
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Mario Thompson played LB for Old Dominion. Across 3 tracked seasons, Mario Thompson recorded 118 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Old Dominion.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Old Dominion paired 20.5 primary output with 40 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 11.5 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: Indiana
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Old Dominion
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
11.5
Usage
2.5
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 0. Indiana: 2. Coastal Carolina: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Georgia State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Florida: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 4 by 36.7. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Southern: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 4 · -2 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 1 · +2 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Indiana
Player Story
Mario Thompson story
Mario Thompson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Richmond, VA, spending time with Old Dominion. The clearest part of Mario Thompson's career was his defensive production: 118 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Mario Thompson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Old Dominion
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Old Dominion | 11.5 | 29.4 | 6.8 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 11.5 | 29.4 | 6.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 20.5 | 40 | 9.8 | 9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Old Dominion | 2 | 11.5 | 2.5 | -18.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 2 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ South Carolina
Week 1 · L 19-23
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Western Kentucky
Week 1 · L 35-38 · Postseason
3.5
Havoc Plays
90.8 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 10 · L 24-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Bowling Green
Week 5 · W 30-27
2.5
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Virginia Tech
Week 3 · L 17-37
2.5
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
20.5 primary output · 40 efficiency · 9.8 usage
67.9
#2
2023 Postseason · Old Dominion
47.8
11.5 primary · 29.4 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Old Dominion
47.8
11.5 primary · 29.4 efficiency · 6.8 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
10
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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