Rob Thompson: S · Old Dominion · #20.
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Rob Thompson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the Old Dominion secondary. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Rice — Week 12, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Old Dominion | 45 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | Old Dominion | 28 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 73 | 41 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-17vs UAlbany | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-7@ Massachusetts | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-38@ No. 13 Virginia Tech | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-58vs Florida Atlantic | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 3-35@ Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 31-35vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 6-0vs Charlotte | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-30@ Florida International | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-21vs Rice | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-41@ Middle Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
45tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL45 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Bobby Wilder, all run-leaning offenses — 15-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bobby Wilder
Pass share
44.7%
375 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
380 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Old Dominion, 73 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bobby Wilder.
