Jordan Thompson is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Rutgers.
Thompson wins the gap play after play. Fourth year in the Rutgers defensive front. On tape: 5 tackles against Penn State, Week 14, 2025.
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
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-31vs Ohio | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 60-10vs Norfolk State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-38vs Iowa | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-31@ Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-38@ Washington | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-56vs No. 8 Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ Purdue | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-35@ Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-20vs Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-42@ No. 1 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 36-40vs Penn State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 25 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%3 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries25 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Greg Schiano — 23-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Greg Schiano
Pass share
45.1%
378 pass / 460 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
445 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #156 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #33 of 69 Big Ten DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 41 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Greg Schiano.
