Darian Thompson in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Safety, Boise State, 2011–⁠15

Darian Thompson

Number
No. 4
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Lancaster, CA
Born
Sep 22, 1993, in Lancaster, California

Wikipedia readers: about 596 a month over the past year

Darian Thompson played safety at Boise State (2011–⁠15). The New York Giants took Thompson in round 3, No. 71 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

All-America: AP third team 2015

Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2012 and 2014

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2012Boise State3
2013Boise State4
2014Boise State7
2015Boise State5
Career19

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
2012122815430330
2013N133429631.5411
On file62441061.5741

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Boise State4S
2012Boise State4S
2013Boise State4S
2014Boise State4S
2015Boise State4S6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2015 Boise State 5 games with an interception on file, 5 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 4vs.WashingtonW 16–⁠131
Sep 25atVirginiaW 56–⁠141
Oct 3vs.Hawai’iW 55–⁠01
Oct 10atColorado StateW 41–⁠101
Oct 31atUNLVW 55–⁠271
2014 Boise State 6 games with an interception on file, 7 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Aug 28vs.Ole MissL 13–⁠351
Sep 6vs.Colorado StateW 37–⁠241
Oct 4atNevadaW 51–⁠462
Oct 24vs.BYUW 55–⁠301
Nov 22atWyomingW 63–⁠141
Nov 29vs.Utah StateW 50–⁠191
2013 Boise State 4 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 7vs.UT MartinW 63–⁠141
Sep 13vs.Air ForceW 42–⁠201
Sep 28vs.Southern MissW 60–⁠71
Nov 30vs.New MexicoW 45–⁠171
2012 Boise State 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 6atSouthern MissW 40–⁠141
Oct 20vs.UNLVW 32–⁠71
Nov 3vs.San Diego StateL 19–⁠211

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–⁠27).

DrillCombine 2016
Height6′1⅞″
Weight208 lb
Arm length30⅜″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.69 s
10-yard split1.66 sW
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill7.26 s
20-yard shuttle4.33 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 42 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016New York Giants2500
2017New York Giants155901
2019Dallas Cowboys11421.50
2020Dallas Cowboys124201
2021Dallas Cowboys2300
NFL career421511.52

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.