Safety, Washington State, 2016–⁠18

Jalen Thompson

Number: No. 34
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 185 lb
Class (2018): Junior
Hometown: Downey, CA
Born: Jul 18, 1998

Jalen Thompson played safety at Washington State (2016–⁠18).

10tackles, career highvs. Colorado, 2017 2interceptions, career highvs. Nevada, 2017

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
2016	Washington State	51	35	3	0	7
2017	Washington State	68	44	5.5	4	2
2018	Washington State	60	37	3	2	6
Career		179	116	11.5	6	15

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
2016	Washington State	34	S	Fr.
2017	Washington State	34	S	So.
2018	Washington State	34	S	Jr.	6′0″	185

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 Washington State 12 games, 60 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 1	atWyoming	W 41–⁠19	3	2	0	0	0	1
Sep 8	vs.San José State	W 31–⁠0	4	4	1	0	0	1
Sep 15	vs.Eastern Washington	W 59–⁠24	6	5	0	0	1	0
Sep 21	atUSC	L 36–⁠39	6	1	0.5	0	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Utah	W 28–⁠24	7	3	0	0	0	1
Oct 6	atOregon State	W 56–⁠37	6	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 20	vs.Oregon	W 34–⁠20	7	3	0	0	0	3
Oct 27	atStanford	W 41–⁠38	2	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 3	vs.California	W 19–⁠13	8	5	0.5	0	0	0
Nov 10	atColorado	W 31–⁠7	4	4	1	0	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Washington	L 15–⁠28	7	6	0	0	0	0
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Iowa State	W 28–⁠26	–	–	–	–	1	–

2017 Washington State 13 games, 68 tackles, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 2	vs.Montana State	W 31–⁠0	7	6	0	0	1	0
Sep 9	vs.Boise State	W 47–⁠44	8	4	1	0	0	1
Sep 16	vs.Oregon State	W 52–⁠23	9	5	0.5	0	0	1
Sep 23	vs.Nevada	W 45–⁠7	1	0	0	0	2	0
Sep 29	vs.USC	W 30–⁠27	4	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 7	atOregon	W 33–⁠10	5	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 13	atCalifornia	L 3–⁠37	5	4	1.5	0	0	0
Oct 21	vs.Colorado	W 28–⁠0	10	7	0	0	0	0
Oct 28	atArizona	L 37–⁠58	3	3	1	0	0	0
Nov 4	vs.Stanford	W 24–⁠21	6	4	1.5	0	0	0
Nov 11	atUtah	W 33–⁠25	–	–	–	–	1	–
Nov 25	atWashington	L 14–⁠41	6	3	0	0	0	0
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Michigan State	L 17–⁠42	4	2	0	0	0	0

2016 Washington State 13 games, 51 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 3	vs.Eastern Washington	L 42–⁠45	2	2	0	0
Sep 10	atBoise State	L 28–⁠31	3	2	0	0
Sep 17	vs.Idaho	W 56–⁠6	1	1	0	2
Oct 1	vs.Oregon	W 51–⁠33	2	0	0	0
Oct 8	atStanford	W 42–⁠16	7	2	0	0
Oct 15	vs.UCLA	W 27–⁠21	3	3	0	0
Oct 22	atArizona State	W 37–⁠32	2	1	0	0
Oct 29	atOregon State	W 35–⁠31	4	2	0	2
Nov 5	vs.Arizona	W 69–⁠7	1	1	0	0
Nov 12	vs.California	W 56–⁠21	6	4	0	1
Nov 19	atColorado	L 24–⁠38	8	6	1	1
Nov 25	vs.Washington	L 17–⁠45	5	4	0	1
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Minnesota	L 12–⁠17	7	7	2	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2019
Height	5′11¼″
Weight	195 lb

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 99 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2019	Arizona Cardinals	12	57	0	1
2020	Arizona Cardinals	5	17	0	0
2021	Arizona Cardinals	17	112	0	3
2022	Arizona Cardinals	17	92	0	1
2023	Arizona Cardinals	15	71	1	4
2024	Arizona Cardinals	15	88	0	0
2025	Arizona Cardinals	15	94	1	0
2026 (so far)	Dallas Cowboys	3	17	0	0
NFL career		99	548	2	9

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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