Jalen Thompson
Arizona State Sun Devils
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Jalen Thompson

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Projected Starter

Is Jalen Thompson starting?

Jalen Thompson is the projected starter at RDE for Arizona State Sun Devils.

Jalen Thompson is the projected starting RDE on a Solid Arizona State — 87 OVR.

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Depth at RDE · Arizona State Sun Devils

  1. 1987Jalen ThompsonStarter
  2. 21078Clayton Smith
  3. 3364Albert Smith III
  4. 49853Julian Hugo
  5. 59649Sinei Tengei

What's Next

Who do they play next?David Santiago — at Kansas · Sat, Sep 19Who's the backup?Clayton Smith — No. 2 at RDE for Arizona StateHow do they compare?Pick an opponent for Arizona State Sun Devils

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Cass Technical, ranked #230 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 29 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot and 86th-percentile production nationally — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #230 NatlTeam Share4%Percentile86th
Detroit, MI
Jersey
#9
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
265 lbs
Transfer
Michigan State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—295.52.5

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
0.9162
National Rank
#230
High School
Cass Technical
Hometown
Detroit, MI

Why this rating?

On a 81-rated defense; 86th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.87 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 87.

Team defense (SP+)
81
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 86% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 23% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 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

Sep 12LTA&MTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 48-20

Sep 6WMORGTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 70-7

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

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Team Role

29 tkl · 5.5 TFL · 2.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement80%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.