#18

Trenton Thompson

Senior safety for San Diego State. 2021: 3 interceptions, 13 pass breakups, 43 tackles.

S · San Diego State · Sr. · #18

6′2″ · 200 lb · Palm Springs, CA

CFB Index 26 · #440 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamSan Diego State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1164 nationally · Signed with San Diego State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for San Diego State. 2021: 3 interceptions, 13 pass breakups, 43 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San Diego State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at San Diego State, 187 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20165 games

Signed with San Diego State3-star out of Palm Springs

202113 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1164 national

CFB

College

San Diego State

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

2 coaches

2016–2019

Rocky Long

San Diego State

2020–2021

Brady Hoke

San Diego State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016San Diego State11-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2017San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2018San Diego State7-6HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2019San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-leaning

2020San Diego State4-4HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

26Below cohort / limited sample #440 of 509?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Strength: interceptions (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#8 / 2743 · 100th pct

Interceptions#36 / 824 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#638 / 2743 · 76th pct

QB hurries#530 / 2743 · 75th pct

Tackles#813 / 2743 · 70th pct

Tackles for loss#914 / 2743 · 64th pct

3.5

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.6	0.3	0.0	1.0
Road5g	2.4	0.2	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.1	0.0	1.3
Weeks 8+7g	3.4	0.4	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #440 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #440 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	San Diego State	43	29	3.5	0.0	13	3	--
2020	San Diego State	35	24	4.5	0.0	3	--	--
2019	San Diego State	44	33	2.0	0.0	2	--	--
2018	San Diego State	56	31	2.0	1.0	2	1	--
2017	San Diego State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	San Diego State	8	5	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		187	123	12.0	1.0	21	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 33–31

vs Utah

1 QB HUR · 2 PD · 0 TFL

Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.

With M. Araiza — 1 SOLO · 2 TOT · 51 LONG · J. Byrd — 1 rec · 4 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 28-10vs New Mexico State	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 38-14@ Arizona	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 33-31vs Utah	6	3	0.5	—	2	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4	W 48-21vs Towson	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-7vs New Mexico	2	0	0.0	1	2
Wk 7	W 19-13@ San José State	0	0	0.0	1	3
Wk 8	W 20-14@ Air Force	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-30vs Fresno State	5	5	1.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 17-10@ Hawai'i	3	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	W 23-21vs Nevada	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 28-20@ UNLV	3	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 13	W 27-16vs Boise State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 13-46vs Utah State	6	1	1.0	—	2
Total		41	27	3.5	3	13

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

Trenton Thompson

20165 games

202113 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

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