Player Dossier

2023-2025

Old 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.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8137

Trinity Episcopal School · Richmond, VA

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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonOld Dominion1091.51-1047.8
2023 Regular SeasonOld Dominion10344121047.8
2024 Regular SeasonOld Dominion1266104.551067.9
2025 PostseasonOld Dominion52-0--012.2
2025 Regular SeasonOld Dominion57-011012.2

Related Context

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

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. 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

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

Wins0 · Games = 4 · -2 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 1 · +2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Indiana

Result
Wed 12/17@ South FloridaW 24-1020000
Sat 11/29vs Georgia StateW 27-1011000
Sat 11/22@ Georgia SouthernW 45-1011000
Sat 10/4vs Coastal CarolinaW 47-711000
Sat 8/30@ IndianaSplash gameL 14-2741001

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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    Old Dominion

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonOld Dominion11.529.46.8
2023 Regular SeasonOld Dominion11.529.46.80
2024 Regular SeasonOld Dominion20.5409.89
2025 PostseasonOld Dominion211.52.5-18.5
2025 Regular SeasonOld Dominion211.52.50

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

3

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