Justin Bridges-Thompson

Linebacker for Charlotte. 2016: 22 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Charlotte · #4

6′1″ · Gaffney, SC

Charlotte 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 linebacker for Charlotte. 2016: 22 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Charlotte, 22 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Charlotte

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Charlotte4-8HC: Brad Lambert · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#1097 / 2668 · 48th pct

Tackles#1783 / 2668 · 32nd pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#2101 / 2668 · 19th pct

Tackles for loss#2084 / 2668 · 19th pct

0.5

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

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road4g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tim Albin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Charlotte	22	9	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		22	9	0.5	0.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2016

W 47–14

vs Elon

1 SOLO · 0 TFL · 5 TOT

Dominant 33-point win at home against Elon.

With A. Hart — 43 AVG · 61 LONG · 7 NO · A. Duke — 25 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-70@ Louisville	5	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	W 47-14vs Elon	5	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 3	L 19-37vs Eastern Michigan	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 20-48@ Temple	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-52vs Old Dominion	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 38-27@ Southern Miss	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-22vs Rice	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 31-38vs Middle Tennessee	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-33@ UTSA	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		22	9	0.5	—	1

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