6′4″ · 295 lb · Albany, GA · Westover
Trenton Thompson: DT · Georgia · #78.
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Trenton Thompson
Wins his gap play after play. He has spent two seasons in the Georgia defensive front. In 2021 he earned his first career honor: All-Mountain West. On tape: 6 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against App State, Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
Yahoo Sports Oct 22
247Sports Oct 17
ESPN Oct 11Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-10vs App State | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19@ No. 24 Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-14vs Samford | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-3vs No. 17 Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-0@ Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-7@ Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-13vs Kentucky | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-7@ Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-7@ No. 4 Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 54-48@ No. 2 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 23-26vs No. 4 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 17 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 1 · 2017
W 31-10
vs App State
2 tackles for loss · 6 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 21-point win at home against App State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries32 tackles · 3.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Kirby Smart — 21-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Pass share
31.8%
303 pass / 650 run
Plays / game
63.5
15 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
331 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia, 88 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Richt → Kirby Smart. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
