Jonathan Thompson
Cincinnati Bearcats
79
Solid

Jonathan Thompson

Cincinnati BearcatsAverage
WLBDefenseSolid
Projected Starter

Is Jonathan Thompson starting?

Jonathan Thompson is the projected starter at WLB for Cincinnati Bearcats.

Redshirt senior · #22 · 6'2", 228 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Cincinnati Bearcats

  1. 12279Jonathan ThompsonStarter
  2. 23170Simeon Coleman
  3. 33651Evan Weinberg
  4. 44451Montay Weedon

Cincinnati Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of St. Francis de Sales, ranked #1,185 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 67 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 88th-percentile production nationally — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,185 Natl3-Yr Total147 tackles · 3 sacksTeam Share7%Percentile88th
Columbus, OH
Jersey
#22
Class
RS SR
Height
6'2"
Weight
228 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025678.51
20244952
20233140

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8530
National Rank
#1185
High School
St. Francis de Sales
Hometown
Columbus, OH

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 88th-percentile production (×0.91 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 79.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 88% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 4LARIZTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-7

Sep 26WKSUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-26

Sep 19WM-OHTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-31

Sep 12WWCUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 62-10

Sep 5WBCTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
3
SACK
1.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-15

Jonathan Thompson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

67 tkl · 8.5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement78%
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