#11

Donta Thompson

Senior tight end for Texas Tech. 2019: 26 catches, 311 receiving yards.

TE · Texas Tech · Sr. · #11

6′5″ · 245 lb · Ennis, TX

Texas Tech 2019 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Texas Tech. 2019: 26 catches, 311 receiving yards.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas Tech, 352 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Texas Tech

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2018

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

2019

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kliff Kingsbury → Matt Wells. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2017Texas Tech6-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019Texas Tech4-8HC: Matt Wells · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (7th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#48 / 128 · 62nd pct

311

Receptions#46 / 128 · 62nd pct

Yards / catch#60 / 128 · 52nd pct

12.0

Long catch#94 / 128 · 25th pct

Rec TDs#110 / 128 · 7th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.8	30.0	11.8	0.0
Road6g	2.0	26.8	13.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	24.7	11.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	32.6	14.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Texas Tech	26	311	12.0	0	--
2018	Texas Tech	2	21	10.5	0	--
2017	Texas Tech	1	20	20.0	0	--
2016	Texas Tech	--	--	--	--	--
Career		29	352	12.1	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2019

W 45–35

vs Oklahoma State

5 rec · 46 yds

Edged out Oklahoma State at home in a shootout.

With J. Duffey — 424 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.4 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · A. McNamara — 1 TOT · 33 AVG · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs Montana State	2	22	11.0	14
Wk 2	W 38-3vs UTEP	3	20	6.7	10
Wk 3	L 14-28@ Arizona	2	18	9.0	15
Wk 5	L 16-55@ Oklahoma	1	18	18.0	18
Wk 6	W 45-35vs Oklahoma State	5	46	9.2	13
Wk 7	L 30-33@ Baylor	2	24	12.0	19
Wk 9	L 34-37@ Kansas	2	51	25.5	28	Season-high 51 yds
Wk 11	W 38-17@ West Virginia	4	46	11.5	16
Wk 12	L 31-33vs TCU	1	17	17.0	17
Wk 13	L 27-30vs Kansas State	3	45	15.0	22
Wk 14	L 24-49@ Texas	1	4	4.0	4
Total		26	311	12.6	28

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