#16

Nate Thompson

Senior defensive back on Akron's 2023 roster.

DB · Akron · Sr. · #16

6′2″ · 215 lb · Sanford, NC

CFB Index 34 · #406 of 538 safetiesLow confidenceAkron 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 585 nationally · Signed with Duke

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Akron's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2018.
Transferred from Duke to Akron in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Akron, 191 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2018

Signed with Duke3-star out of Southern Lee

202211 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#585 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2020

Tom Arth

Akron

2021

Oscar Rodriguez

Akron

era →

2022–2023

Joe Moorhead

Akron

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Tom Arth, Oscar Rodriguez, and Joe Moorhead. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Duke5-7HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning

2020Duke2-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

34Below cohort / limited sample #406 of 538?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#574 / 2842 · 74th pct

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles#1074 / 2842 · 62nd pct

Tackles for loss#1231 / 2842 · 54th pct

2.5

Solo tackles#1319 / 2842 · 52nd pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road7g	3.6	0.4	0.1	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #406 of 538 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #406 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Akron	35	16	2.5	1.0	1	--	--
2022	Akron	72	37	2.0	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Duke	40	22	1.5	0.5	2	1	--
2020	Duke	42	34	1.0	0.0	--	1	--
2019	Duke	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		191	111	7.0	1.5	4	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24@ Temple	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 3-35@ Kentucky	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 27-29@ Indiana	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 5	L 10-13vs Buffalo	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 14-55vs Northern Illinois	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-17@ Central Michigan	6	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-41@ Bowling Green	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 31-27vs Kent State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 0-19@ Miami (OH)	5	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-30@ Eastern Michigan	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-25vs Ohio	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		35	16	2.5	1.0	—	1

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

Nate Thompson

2018

202211 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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