Tyler Thompson
Louisville Cardinals
78
Solid

Tyler Thompson

Louisville CardinalsSolid
RDEDefenseSolidTRANSFER · North Carolina
3rd String

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Tyler Thompson is listed 3rd string at RDE for Louisville Cardinals.

Redshirt junior · #3 · 6'5", 245 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Louisville Cardinals

  1. 15088Clev LubinStarter
  2. 29982Jerod Smith II
  3. 3378Tyler ThompsonYou

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Panther Creek, ranked #290 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 26 tackles, 7.5 TFL, 7 sacks. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot and 96th-percentile production nationally — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit4★ · #290 NatlTeam Share8%Percentile96th
Cary, NC
Jersey
#3
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
245 lbs
Transfer
North Carolina

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—267.57

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9064
National Rank
#290
High School
Panther Creek
Hometown
Cary, NC

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 96th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.91 for competition level) put them +8 vs unit starters → 78.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 96% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 21% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
+8 for role; −12 depth penalty

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 9WFSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 44-20

Oct 3LNCSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-28

Sep 26LWAKETKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-27

Sep 19WSMUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-31

Sep 11WVILLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-13

Sep 6LMISSTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-38

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

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Team Role

26 tkl · 7.5 TFL · 7 sacks
Usage / Involvement67%
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