Terrion Thompson: DL · Western Kentucky · #13.
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Terrion Thompson
Wins the gap play after play. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Western Kentucky. On tape: 5 tackles against Liberty, Week 13, 2024.
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
30 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Western Kentucky | 30 | 16 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Western Kentucky | 21 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 19 | 8 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 72 | 38 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-63@ No. 5 Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-0vs Eastern Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-21@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-21vs Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-21@ Boston College | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-17vs UTEP | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-14@ Sam Houston | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-14vs Kennesaw State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-28@ New Mexico State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-12vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-38@ Liberty | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 15 | L 12-52@ Jacksonville State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-27vs James Madison | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 16 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries30 tackles · 2 for loss · 2 sacks.
4 seasons under Tyson Helton — 34-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
52.2%
469 pass / 430 run
Plays / game
64.2
14 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Western Kentucky, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Tyson Helton.
