Defensive back, Alabama, 2015–18
Deionte Thompson
- Number
- No. 14
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 196 lb
- Class (2018)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Orange, TX
- Born
- Feb 11, 1997, in Orange, Texas
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Deionte Thompson played defensive back at Alabama (2015–18). He was a consensus All‑American in 2018. The Arizona Cardinals took Thompson in round 5, No. 139 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
9tackles, career highat Arkansas, 2018Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2015 and 2017; SEC champions, 2015, 2016 and 2018
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Alabama | 14 | DB | RS | ||
| 2016 | Alabama | 14 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2017 | Alabama | 14 | DB | So. | ||
| 2018 | Alabama | 14 | DB | Jr. | 6′2″ | 196 |
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
2018 Alabama 14 games, 73 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Louisville | W 51–14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sep 8 | vs. Arkansas State | W 57–7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | at Ole Miss | W 62–7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Texas A&M | W 45–23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Louisiana | W 56–14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | at Arkansas | W 65–31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Missouri | W 39–10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | at Tennessee | W 58–21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | at LSU | W 29–0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs. The Citadel | W 50–17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Auburn | W 52–21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 1 | vs. Georgia | W 35–28 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma | W 45–34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 7 ✦ | vs. Clemson | L 16–44 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Alabama 9 games, 25 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | vs. Fresno State | W 41–10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Colorado State | W 41–23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | atTexas A&M | W 27–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs.Arkansas | W 41–9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs.Tennessee | W 45–7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Mercer | W 56–0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atAuburn | L 14–26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs.Clemson | W 24–6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 8 ✦ | vs.Georgia | W 26–23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2016 Alabama 6 games, 9 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1″ | |
| Weight | 195 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅞″ | |
| Wingspan | 76¾″W | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 23 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Arizona Cardinals | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Arizona Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Arizona Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 23 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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