Keahnist Thompson
Michigan State Spartans
78
Solid

Keahnist Thompson

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LDEDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Weber State
Projected Starter

Is Keahnist Thompson starting?

Keahnist Thompson is the projected starter at LDE for Michigan State Spartans.

Redshirt senior · #9 · 6'3", 266 lbs

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Depth at LDE · Michigan State Spartans

  1. 1978Keahnist ThompsonStarter
  2. 21374Isaac Smith
  3. 39765Cal Thrush
  4. 44754Jaxson Wilson

Michigan State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Michigan State

Michigan State plays Michigan away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Lakeland, ranked #464 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 8 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #464 NatlTeam Share2%
Lakeland, FL
Jersey
#9
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
266 lbs
Transfer
Weber State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—81.51.5

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8859
National Rank
#464
High School
Lakeland
Hometown
Lakeland, FL

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated defense; 55th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them -2 vs unit starters → 78.

Team defense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 55% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 49% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
-2 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 24LUCLATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-10

Oct 17LNUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-21

Oct 10LILLTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-37 OT

Oct 3LWISTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-3

Sep 19LNDTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-10

Sep 12WEMUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-7

Sep 5WTOLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-20

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

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Team Role

8 tkl · 1.5 TFL · 1.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement22%
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