Defensive back, Georgia Southern, 2018–⁠22

NaJee Thompson

Number: No. 6
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 205 lb
Class (2022): Fifth-year
Hometown: Boiling Springs, SC
Born: Jul 7, 2000

NaJee Thompson played defensive back at Georgia Southern (2018–⁠22).

Defense

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

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
2018	Georgia Southern	5	3	0	0	0
2019	Georgia Southern	10	10	0	0	0
2020	Georgia Southern	7	7	1	0	0
2021	Georgia Southern	25	21	0	1	1
2022	Georgia Southern	34	25	1	1	9
Career		81	66	2	2	10

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	PR	Yds	TD
2018	Georgia Southern	1	18	1	22	0
2020	Georgia Southern	1	24	–	–	–
2021	Georgia Southern	6	108	–	–	–
Career		8	150	1	22	0

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
2018	Georgia Southern	1	22	22.0	22
2019	Georgia Southern	6	67	11.2	24
2020	Georgia Southern	4	67	16.8	35
Career		11	156	14.2	35

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
2018	Georgia Southern	6	DB	Fr.
2019	Georgia Southern	6	DB	So.
2020	Georgia Southern	6	DB	Jr.
2021	Georgia Southern	6	DB	Sr.
2022	Georgia Southern	6	DB	5th	5′11″	205

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

2022 Georgia Southern 12 games, 34 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Morgan State	W 59–⁠7	5	4	0	0	0
Sep 10	atNebraska	W 45–⁠42	1	1	0	0	0
Sep 17	atUAB	L 21–⁠35	2	1	0	0	0
Sep 24	vs.Ball State	W 34–⁠23	2	2	0	0	0
Oct 1	atCoastal Carolina	L 30–⁠34	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 8	atGeorgia State	L 33–⁠41	3	1	1	0	2
Oct 15	vs.James Madison	W 45–⁠38	4	2	0	0	2
Oct 22	atOld Dominion	W 28–⁠23	3	2	0	0	3
Nov 5	vs.South Alabama	L 31–⁠38	4	4	0	1	1
Nov 10	atLouisiana	L 17–⁠36	0	0	0	0	1
Nov 19	vs.Marshall	L 10–⁠23	7	5	0	0	0
Nov 26	vs.App State	W 51–⁠48	2	2	0	0	0

2021 Georgia Southern 9 games, 25 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	Int	PD
Sep 4	vs.Gardner-Webb	W 30–⁠25	2	1	0	0
Sep 11	atFlorida Atlantic	L 6–⁠38	1	1	0	0
Sep 18	atArkansas	L 10–⁠45	3	2	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Louisiana	L 20–⁠28	2	1	0	0
Oct 2	vs.Arkansas State	W 59–⁠33	4	4	1	0
Oct 9	atTroy	L 24–⁠27	3	2	0	0
Oct 14	atSouth Alabama	L 14–⁠41	2	2	0	1
Oct 30	vs.Georgia State	L 14–⁠21	4	4	0	0
Nov 6	vs.Coastal Carolina	L 8–⁠28	4	4	0	0

2020 Georgia Southern 7 games, 7 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 12	vs.Campbell	W 27–⁠26	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 24	atCoastal Carolina	L 14–⁠28	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 7	vs.Troy	W 20–⁠13	2	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 14	vs.Texas State	W 40–⁠38	1	1	1	0	0	0
Nov 28	atGeorgia State	L 24–⁠30	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dec 12	vs.App State	L 26–⁠34	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dec 23 ✦	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 38–⁠3	3	3	0	0	0	0

2019 Georgia Southern 9 games, 10 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 31	atLSU	L 3–⁠55	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 28	vs.Louisiana	L 24–⁠37	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 3	atSouth Alabama	W 20–⁠17	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 31	atApp State	W 24–⁠21	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 9	atTroy	L 28–⁠49	3	3	0	0	0	0
Nov 16	vs.UL Monroe	W 51–⁠29	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 23	atArkansas State	L 33–⁠38	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 30	vs.Georgia State	W 38–⁠10	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 21 ✦	vs.Liberty	L 16–⁠23	2	2	0	0	0	0

2018 Georgia Southern 7 games, 5 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 29	vs.Arkansas State	W 28–⁠21	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 11	atTexas State	W 15–⁠13	1	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 20	atNew Mexico State	W 48–⁠31	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 3	atUL Monroe	L 25–⁠44	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 10	vs.Troy	L 21–⁠35	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 17	atCoastal Carolina	W 41–⁠17	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 24	atGeorgia State	W 35–⁠14	1	1	0	0	0	0

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

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2023
Height	5′10⅜″
Weight	200 lb
Arm length	32¾″
Hand size	9⅛″
40-yard dash	4.60 s
10-yard split	1.63 s
Vertical jump	32″
Broad jump	9′8″
Bench press	13 reps
3-cone drill	7.40 s
20-yard shuttle	4.56 s

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

In the NFL

1 season, 7 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2023	Minnesota Vikings	7	7	0	0

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

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