Last confirmed: Mississippi State, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 250 lb · Florence, AL
Erroll Thompson: LB · Mississippi State · #40.
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Erroll Thompson
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Erroll Thompson has been at Mississippi State through three head coaches in four seasons. A game that shows it: 13 tackles against Arkansas — Week 5, 2020.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
86 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 2.5 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.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Mississippi State | 95 | 35 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 84 | 38 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 87 | 31 | 9.0 | 3.5 | -- | 2 |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 46 | 21 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 312 | 125 | 22.0 | 9.5 | 4 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 44-34@ No. 6 LSU | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-21vs Arkansas | 13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 2-24@ Kentucky | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-28vs No. 11 Texas A&M | 11 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-41@ No. 2 Alabama | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-17vs Vanderbilt | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-31@ No. 13 Georgia | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31@ Ole Miss | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 10-24vs Auburn | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | W 51-32vs Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 86 | 30 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
Week 4 · 2020
W 44-34
at LSU
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 10 tackles
Edged out LSU on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
95tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFLSack rate
3%3 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups95 tackles · 4 for loss · 3 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 8.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 8.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 9.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Leach
Pass share
73.9%
555 pass / 196 run
Plays / game
75.1
10 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
601 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
95 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 312 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dan Mullen, Joe Moorhead, and Mike Leach. Multi-era developmental context.
