Jamall Thompson

Senior defensive end for New Mexico State. 2025: 4 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 61 tackles.

DE · New Mexico State · Sr. · #6

6′3″ · 270 lb · Sarasota, FL

CFB Index 69 · #101 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to New Mexico State for 2026

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

Sacks: 93rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

8 TFL · 61 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 3 TFL, 9 tackles, vs Bryant

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for New Mexico State. 2025: 4 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 61 tackles.

His career, year by year

Jamall Thompson

DE · New Mexico State · Sr · #6

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. The receipt on tape: 10 tackles, 2 TFL against Louisiana Tech, Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025New Mexico State4-8HC: Tony Sanchez · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #101 of 420?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Sacks#169 / 2975 · 93rd pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#198 / 2975 · 93rd pct

8.0

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles#387 / 2975 · 87th pct

Solo tackles#559 / 2975 · 80th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	6.6	1.2	0.8	0.0
Road6g	4.7	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	7.2	1.5	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	4.6	0.3	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #101 of 420 edge rushers

Unranked recruit. Now #101 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #3 of 12 Conference USA DEs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	New Mexico State	61	29	8.0	4.0	--	2	--
Career		61	29	8.0	4.0	--	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 19–3

vs Bryant

3 TFL · 2 SACKS · 7 SOLO

With M. Dean — 46 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 54 LONG · L. Fife — 227 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 6.6 · 1 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 19-3vs Bryant	9	7	3.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 2	W 21-14vs Tulsa	3	2	1.0	0.0	1
Wk 3	L 14-49@ Louisiana Tech	10	4	2.0	0.0	—	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 5	L 20-38@ New Mexico	7	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 27-30@ Liberty	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 17-24vs Missouri State	8	4	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	L 16-35@ Western Kentucky	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 21-24vs Kennesaw State	6	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 9-42@ Tennessee	2	1	0.0	0.0	1
Wk 13	W 34-31@ UTEP	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 24-31vs Middle Tennessee	7	2	1.0	1.0	—
Total		61	29	8.0	4.0	2

How he plays

Play style

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

61Tackles

29Solo

8TFL

4Sacks

0Pass def.

2INT

61 tackles. 0 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 8 TFL.

Week 12 sacks
Week 21 INT
Week 91 sack
Week 121 INT
Week 141 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

New Mexico State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · New Mexico State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +1 net (25 in / 24 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

New Mexico State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #135 · 2026 recruiting class #134

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Elijah Davis’s 2025 season.

Elijah Davis

89%match

Troy · 2025

Trey Schuman

Rice · 2021

86%

Juwuan Jones

Western Kentucky · 2021

85%

Demitri Washington

Boise State · 2023

83%

Rashawn Yates

South Florida · 2021

82%

Matches Elijah on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Hurry rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Taurean Carter's junior season at Arkansas (2023).

Taurean Carter

92%match

Arkansas · 2023

Mikah Coleman

Cincinnati · 2025

86%

Michael Williams II

South Florida · 2025

85%

Micheal Mason

Coastal Carolina · 2023

84%

Shambre Jackson

Massachusetts · 2024

84%

Matches Taurean on

Class year

Height

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Jamall Thompson

Elijah Davis

Troy · 2025

89%

Tyreak Sapp

Florida · 2025

78%

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