Senior defensive back for Houston. 2025: 1 interception, 18 tackles.
6′1″ · 195 lb · Missouri City, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
interception · 2025
18 tackles
Best game: 1 INT, 1 tackles, vs Colorado
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Houston. 2025: 1 interception, 18 tackles.
How he plays
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Solo tackles: 53rd percentile.
The full scouting readBlake Thompson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Blake Thompson has played for three head coaches across four seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Oregon State — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Willie Fritz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #472 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #38 of 42 Big 12 DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Houston | 18 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Louisiana Tech | 60 | 33 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Iowa State | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Iowa State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 90 | 55 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 31–28
vs Arizona
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.
With C. Weigman — 164 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.5 · 98 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Connors — 100 rush yds (20 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-0vs Stephen F. Austin | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-9@ Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-20vs Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24@ Oregon State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 11-35vs Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-28vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-27@ UCF | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-24@ Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
2026 Outlook
Houston
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Houston
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Houston · Last season: 10-3 (AP #25) · Talent rank #57 · 2026 recruiting class #38
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Arnold Azunna’s 2021 season.
Matches Arnold on
Differs from Arnold on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Alex Branch's senior season at Kent State (2024).
Matches Alex on
Player DNA