Jordan Thompson: DL · Northwestern · #99.
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Jordan Thompson
Wins the gap play after play. Three seasons in the Northwestern defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Notre Dame — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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 | Northwestern | 30 | 12 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 3 |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 26 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 20 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 76 | 28 | 12.5 | 5.5 | 5 |
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 31-27@ Purdue | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-21vs Duke | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-39vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-20vs No. 14 Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31vs Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 18-15@ Rutgers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-17vs No. 20 Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 14-10@ Iowa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-14@ Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-16vs Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45vs No. 6 Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 12 | 6.0 | 3.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%6 TFLSack rate
10%3 sacksHurry rate
7%2 hurries30 tackles · 6 for loss · 3 sacks.
3 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 26-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
51.1%
524 pass / 502 run
Plays / game
73.3
14 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
578 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northwestern, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Fitzgerald.
