Syd'Quan
Thompson.
Syd'Quan
Thompson.
California· 5'9"· 186 lb· 4.75s 40
Fangio's two-high safety system prioritizes versatility and ball-hawking ability from its defensive backs, often rotating safeties to disguise coverage.
Year 1 as a depth piece and special teamer, with a ceiling as a reliable backup or situational starter.
A traditional single-high safety scheme where he would be asked to cover deep zones consistently by himself.
A willing tackler and opportunistic ball-hawk who can provide depth in the secondary if not asked to play a primary coverage role. But 4.75 forty is bad enough to severely limit his ability to play a deep center-field safety role in the NFL. Some may prefer to convert him to cornerback due to his below-average frame for safety, but his short arms and lack of deep speed would make him a liability there. He's a man without a position. Special teams seem to be his primary path to a roster.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.75sp50
- Vertical
- 33inp50
- Broad jump
- 117inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.73sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.26sp50
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | California | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | California | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | California | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | California | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
