Running back for UConn. 2017: 27 rushing yards, 2 catches.
5′7″ · 182 lb · Shelton, CT
The story
2017 running back for UConn. 2017: 27 rushing yards, 2 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJason Thompson
Jason Thompson has played for two head coaches in two seasons at UConn. One game to point at: 17 rush yds against Missouri — Week 9, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at UConn, 47 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bob Diaco → Randy Edsall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 6.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017
W 27–20
vs Holy Cross
-1 rush yds (1 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With B. Graham — 40 AVG · 44 LONG · 6 NO · D. Pindell — 154 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.1 · 33 rush yds (6 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-20vs Holy Cross | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 18-38@ Virginia | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-49@ SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-70vs Memphis | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14vs Tulsa | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-52vs Missouri | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 10 | Season-high 17 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 20-37vs South Florida | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 10 | 27 | 1.9 | 0 | 10 |