Trenton Thompson: S · San Diego State · #18.
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Trenton Thompson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches at San Diego State: Rocky Long and Brady Hoke. The first one came in 2021: All-Mountain West. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Utah State — Week 14, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 13 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 3.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-10vs New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-14@ Arizona | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-31vs Utah | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 48-21vs Towson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-7vs New Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-13@ San José State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14@ Air Force | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-30vs Fresno State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-10@ Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 23-21vs Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-20@ UNLV | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-16vs Boise State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-46vs Utah State | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 41 | 27 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 13 |
Week 3 · 2021
W 33-31
vs Utah
0.5 tackles for loss · 6 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
30%13 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%4 TFL43 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 13 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
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
Head Coach
Brady Hoke
Pass share
39.0%
358 pass / 560 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
371 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #440 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons at San Diego State, 187 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 51 games over six seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
