#78

Trenton Thompson

Defensive tackle on Georgia's 2017 roster.

DT · Georgia · #78

6′4″ · 295 lb · Albany, GA

Georgia 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

5★

DT recruit

No. 1 nationally · Signed with Georgia

Statement game8 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 3 sacksvs TCU (FBS) · W 31-23

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive tackle on Georgia's roster.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Georgia in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Georgia, 88 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2015

Signed with Georgia5-star out of Westover

2021

All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#1 national

CFB

College

Georgia

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Kirby Smart — 21-7 over that span.

2016Georgia8-5HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2017Georgia13-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#889 / 2682 · 65th pct

3.5

Tackles#1262 / 2682 · 52nd pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1386 / 2682 · 47th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.6	0.0	0.2
Road6g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Georgia	32	17	3.5	0.0	1	--	--
2016	Georgia	56	24	9.5	5.0	1	--	--
Career		88	41	13.0	5.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017

W 54–48

at Oklahoma

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.

With C. Nizialek — 48 AVG · 61 LONG · 6 NO · S. Michel — 181 rush yds (11 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week