Last confirmed: Utah, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · 219 lb · Miami, FL · Miami Central
Donavan Thompson: LB · Utah · #3.
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Donavan Thompson
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the Utah linebacker corps. On tape: 8 tackles against Washington, Week 3, 2018.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-10vs Weber State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-6@ Northern Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-21vs No. 10 Washington | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 40-21@ No. 14 Stanford | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-10vs Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-28vs USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-10@ UCLA | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-7@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-31vs Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
30tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%3 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups30 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 25-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Pass share
42.2%
406 pass / 557 run
Plays / game
68.8
14 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
450 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Utah, 68 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 23 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.
