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Shaq Thompson with the Carolina Panthers, 2019
With the Carolina Panthers, 2019. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Washington, 2012–⁠14

Shaq Thompson

Number
No. 7
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Sacramento, CA
Born
Apr 21, 1994, in Sacramento, California

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Shaq Thompson played linebacker at Washington (2012–⁠14). He won the 2014 Paul Hornung Award. The Carolina Panthers took Thompson in the first round, No. 25 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Best season
2014
Paul Hornung Award and First-team All-Pac-12
Drafted
No. 25
Overall, 2015 NFL Draft (Carolina Panthers)

Honors

All-America: AP 2014; CBS Sports 2014; ESPN 2014; Scout.com 2014; Sports Illustrated 2014

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2012Washington3
2013Washington1
2014Washington1
Career5

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014Washington614567.5257

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUHur
2012134430748.52331
2013N1350287840.514–
On file945815212.52.547–

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
2012Washington7LB
2013Washington7LB
2014Washington7LB6′1″

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

2014 Washington 1 game with an interception on file, 456 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 13vs.IllinoisW 44–⁠191
2013 Washington 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 23atOregon StateW 69–⁠271
2012 Washington 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 6atOregonL 21–⁠521
Nov 2atCaliforniaW 21–⁠131
Nov 17atColoradoW 38–⁠31

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

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′0⅛″
Weight228 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan79″W
40-yard dash4.64 s
10-yard split1.69 sW
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump9′9″
3-cone drill6.99 s
20-yard shuttle4.08 s

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

In the NFL

11 seasons, 132 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015Carolina Panthers134510
2016Carolina Panthers125601
2017Carolina Panthers146120
2018Carolina Panthers14773.50
2019Carolina Panthers1410730
2020Carolina Panthers1611300
2021Carolina Panthers149722
2022Carolina Panthers171230.50
2023Carolina Panthers2700
2024Carolina Panthers43400
2025Buffalo Bills125610
NFL career132776133

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.

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