Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 31-7@ Central Michigan | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-14vs Rutgers | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 1 | 55 | Season-high 70 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 16-48@ Texas Tech | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 44 | |
| Total | 9 | 139 | 16.6 | 1 | 55 |
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Deron Thompson
Senior running back for Kansas. 2018: 139 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 catch.
5′9″ · 193 lb · Wichita, KS
Kansas 2018 alumnus
The story
4 running back for Kansas. 2018: 139 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 catch.
- Signed with Kansas in 2016.
Deron Thompson
Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Jim McElwain, Mike Bobo and David Beaty. The receipt: 70 rush yds, 5 rec yds against Rutgers — Week 3, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Kansas, 360 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2016
- Signed with Kansasout of Christian
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Weis → David Beaty. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2018 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2014Colorado State10-3HC: Jim McElwain · Balanced
2015Colorado State7-6HC: Mike Bobo · Run-leaning
2017Kansas1-11HC: David Beaty · Balanced
2018Kansas3-9HC: David Beaty · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (100th percentile). Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 70.0 | 23.3 | 1.0 |
| Road2g | 34.5 | 13.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 51.0 | 15.7 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 37.0 | 18.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2018
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kansas | 9 | 139 | 15.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Kansas | 28 | 86 | 3.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | Colorado State | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2014 | Colorado State | 23 | 86 | 3.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 67 | 360 | 5.4 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kansas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Kansas | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | Colorado State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Colorado State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | -- |
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology