#23

Corey Thompson

Linebacker for LSU. 2017: 43 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

LB · LSU · #23

6′2″ · 222 lb · Missouri City, TX

LSU 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 257 nationally · Signed with LSU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for LSU. 2017: 43 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at LSU, 43 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with LSU4-star out of Elkins

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#257 national

CFB

College

LSU

2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017LSU9-4HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (96th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#87 / 2682 · 96th pct

6.0

QB hurries#294 / 2682 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#351 / 2682 · 86th pct

7.0

Tackles#857 / 2682 · 68th pct

Solo tackles#1090 / 2682 · 58th pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	0.9	0.7	0.0
Road4g	5.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	0.5	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	LSU	43	21	7.0	6.0	--	--	--
Career		43	21	7.0	6.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2017

W 27–23

vs Auburn

4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With D. Chark — 5 rec · 150 yds · Z. Von Rosenberg — 43 AVG · 49 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week