Arthur Thompkins

Senior running back for UConn. 2019: 468 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 39 catches.

RB · UConn · Sr. · #1

5′8″ · 185 lb · Pittsburgh, PA

UConn 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1694 nationally · Signed with Toledo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for UConn. 2019: 468 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 39 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Toledo in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UConn, 1,884 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Toledo3-star out of Woodland Hills

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1694 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Bob Diaco

UConn

2017–2019

Randy Edsall

UConn

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bob Diaco → Randy Edsall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Toledo9-4HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2017Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2018Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2019UConn2-10HC: Randy Edsall · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (97th percentile). Strength: rec yards (93rd percentile). Concern: rush tds (19th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#9 / 314 · 97th pct

Rec yards#24 / 314 · 93rd pct

257

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 88th pct

Carries#176 / 326 · 46th pct

Rush yards#178 / 326 · 46th pct

468

Long run#184 / 326 · 43rd pct

Yards / carry#182 / 326 · 41st pct

4.8

Rush TDs#245 / 326 · 19th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	34.5	4.4	0.2
Road6g	43.5	4.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	32.3	3.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	45.7	5.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Candle

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	UConn	98	468	4.8	2	--
2018	Toledo	94	552	5.9	6	--
2017	Toledo	104	629	6.0	2	--
2016	Toledo	29	235	8.1	3	--
Career		325	1,884	5.8	13	--

Season	Team
2019	UConn	39	257	6.6	2	--
2018	Toledo	15	139	9.3	0	--
2017	Toledo	16	123	7.7	0	--
2016	Toledo	3	29	9.7	0	--
Career		73	548	7.5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 24–21

vs Wagner

91 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With L. Magliozzi — 48 AVG · 54 LONG · 4 NO · M. Beaudry — 158 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 57.6 · 1 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-21vs Wagner	17	91	5.4	1	21
Wk 2	L 23-31vs Illinois	8	14	1.8	0	11
Wk 4	L 3-38@ Indiana	7	20	2.9	0	9
Wk 5	L 21-56@ UCF	6	1	0.2	0	6
Wk 6	L 22-48vs South Florida	6	36	6.0	0	11
Wk 7	L 7-49@ Tulane	7	32	4.6	0	12
Wk 8	L 17-24vs Houston	16	46	2.9	0	21
Wk 9	W 56-35@ Massachusetts	13	135	10.4	1	42	Season-high 135 yds
Wk 10	L 10-56vs Navy	4	13	3.3	0	10
Wk 11	L 3-48@ Cincinnati	7	55	7.9	0	30
Wk 13	L 24-31vs East Carolina	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 14	L 17-49@ Temple	6	18	3.0	0	7
Total		98	468	4.6	2	42

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology