Jalen Thompson: S · Washington State · #34.
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Jalen Thompson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Third year in the Washington State secondary. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against California — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 3 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Washington State | 60 | 37 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Washington State | 68 | 44 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | -- |
| 2016 | Washington State | 51 | 35 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| Career | 179 | 116 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-19@ Wyoming | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-0vs San José State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-24vs Eastern Washington | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 36-39@ USC | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-24vs Utah | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 56-37@ Oregon State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-20vs No. 12 Oregon | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-38@ No. 24 Stanford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 19-13vs California | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 31-7@ Colorado | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 15-28vs No. 16 Washington | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 28-26vs No. 25 Iowa State | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Total | 60 | 37 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
60tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%3 TFL60 tackles · 3 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Mike Leach — 28-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Leach
Pass share
71.6%
677 pass / 268 run
Plays / game
72.7
13 games
Team sack rate
1.9%
697 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
60 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Washington State, 179 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Leach.
