Senior defensive back for Texas. 2021: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 34 tackles.
6′0″ · 194 lb · Nacogdoches, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 297 nationally · Signed with Texas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back for Texas. 2021: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 34 tackles.
Josh Thompson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Josh Thompson has been at Texas through two head coaches in five seasons. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Oklahoma State — Week 7, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas, 108 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Steve Sarkisian. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #220 at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-18vs Louisiana | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-40@ Arkansas | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 58-0vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-35vs Texas Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 48-55vs Oklahoma | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-32vs Oklahoma State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 24-31@ Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-30@ Iowa State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 56-57vs Kansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Shi'heem Watkins’s 2021 season.
Matches Shi'heem on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Shi'heem Watkins's senior season at Coastal Carolina (2021).
Matches Shi'heem on
Player DNA