Najee Thompson

Senior defensive back for Georgia Southern. 2022: 1 interception, 9 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

DB · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #6

5′11″ · 205 lb · Boiling Springs, SC

CFB Index 54 · #145 of 322 cornersLow confidenceGeorgia Southern 2022 alumnus

The story

5 defensive back for Georgia Southern. 2022: 1 interception, 9 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia Southern in 2018.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 2475 nationally · Signed with Georgia Southern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Southern, 81 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20187 games

Signed with Georgia Southern2-star out of Boiling Springs

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2475 national

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018–2020

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

2021

Kevin Whitley

Georgia Southern

era →

2022

Clay Helton

Georgia Southern

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Georgia Southern10-3HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Georgia Southern7-6HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2020Georgia Southern8-5HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2021Georgia Southern3-9HC: Kevin Whitley · Run-heavy

2022Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

54Rotational starter #145 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#58 / 2755 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#747 / 2755 · 72nd pct

Tackles#1101 / 2755 · 59th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road6g	1.7	0.2	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.0	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #145 of 322 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #145 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Georgia Southern	34	25	1.0	9	1	--
2021	Georgia Southern	25	21	0.0	1	1	--
2020	Georgia Southern	7	7	1.0	--	--	1
2019	Georgia Southern	10	10	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Georgia Southern	5	3	0.0	--	--	--
Career		81	66	2.0	10	2	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 45–38

vs James Madison

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 PD

Edged out James Madison at home in a shootout.

With K. Vantrease — 578 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.3 · -2 rush yds (1 car) · A. Beck II — 45 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 59 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 59-7vs Morgan State	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 45-42@ Nebraska	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 21-35@ UAB	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 34-23vs Ball State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 30-34@ Coastal Carolina	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 33-41@ Georgia State	3	1	1.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 45-38vs James Madison	4	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	W 28-23@ Old Dominion	3	2	0.0	—	3
Wk 10	L 31-38vs South Alabama	4	4	0.0	1	1
Wk 11	L 17-36@ Louisiana	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 10-23vs Marshall	7	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 13	W 51-48vs App State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Total		34	25	1.0	1	9

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

Najee Thompson

20187 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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