Jalen Thompson: CB · South Alabama · #1.
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Jalen Thompson
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at South Alabama. One game to point at: 3 tackles against App State — Week 9, 2019.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | South Alabama | 19 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | South Alabama | 28 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 |
| 2016 | South Alabama | 28 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2015 | South Alabama | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 75 | 52 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 17 | 9 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-35@ No. 24 Nebraska | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-14vs Jackson State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-42vs Memphis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-35@ UAB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-30@ UL Monroe | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 17-20vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-37@ Troy | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-30vs No. 21 App State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-30@ Texas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-37vs Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Week 2 · 2019
W 37-14
1 interception · 2 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 23-point win at home against Jackson State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
19tackles this season19 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Campbell
Pass share
35.9%
282 pass / 504 run
Plays / game
65.5
12 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
320 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at South Alabama, 75 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Joey Jones → Steve Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
