Brenen Thompson
Brenen Thompson
Beats you over the top. Across four seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Steve Sarkisian, Brent Venables and Jeff Lebby. One game to point at: 155 rec yds, 7 receptions against Florida — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 1,557 receiving yards — drafted at #105 overall by Los Angeles.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Greg Knox, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Los Angeles2026 NFL rookie season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 57 | 1,054 | 18.5 | 6 | -- |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | 19 | 230 | 12.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | 7 | 241 | 34.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Texas | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 84 | 1,557 | 18.5 | 10 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 4 | 14 | -- | 44 | -- |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Texas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 | 14 | -- | 44 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025
W 38–35
at Arkansas
6 rec · 107 yds
Edged out Arkansas on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kris Thornton’s 2022 season.
Matches Kris on
Differs from Kris on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kahtero Summers’s path through Rhode Island.
Kahtero Summers
Javon McKinley
Will Vereen
Matches Kahtero on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Mario Williams's senior season at Tulane (2024).
Matches Mario on
Differs from Mario on
Player DNA
Players who play like Brenen Thompson
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #225
Peaked at #225 this season.
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2022–2025+3194%
Up 3194% from first season to most-recent.