2024 USC Football Roster
Roster
Devan Thompkins
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Tracy, Calif.
- High School:
- Edison HS
CAREER: Through his 3-year career, Thompkins has recorded 25 tackles, including 2.5 for loss of 10 yards (with 1.5 sacks for minus 9 yards) and 3 PBUs through 16 games with 6 starts.
2025: Thompkins, who had a breakout season in 2024, looks to be a defensive leader as a redshirt junior defensive tackle in 2025.
2024: Thompkins appeared in 13 games with 6 starts on the defensive line as a redshirt sophomore in 2024. He recorded 24 tackles, including 2.5 for loss of 10 yards (with 1.5 sacks for minus 9 yards) and 3 PBUs.
He recorded 1 tackle, including 0.5 for loss of 3 yards (with 0.5 sacks for minus 3 yards), against Utah State. He had 1 tackle and 1 PBU versus Wisconsin and 2 tackles against Minnesota, including 1 for loss of 6 yards (with 1 sack for minus 6 yards). He recorded 2 tackles versus Penn State. He tallied 3 tackles and 1 PBU versus Maryland and 6 tackles against Rutgers. He collected 2 tackles, including 1 for loss of 1 yard, and 1 PBU against Washington. He had 1 tackle against Nebraska and 4 tackles versus Notre Dame. Thompkins tallied 2 tackles against Texas A&M in the Las Vegas Bowl.
2023: Thompkins saw action in 2 games (Nevada and Stanford) as a redshirt freshman in 2023. He recorded 1 tackle versus Stanford.
2022: Thompkins redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2022. He saw action in 1 game against Colorado and recorded no stats.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2021 PrepStar All-Western Region as he had 9 tackles, 2 deflections and a fumble recovery on defense and caught 3 passes for 24 yards (8.0 avg) on offense as a senior defensive end and tight end at Edison High in Stockton (Calif.).
He also played basketball at Edison.
He spent his first 3 years of high school at St. Mary’s High in Stockton, where he played basketball and averaged 13.2 points and 7.3 rebounds as a 2021 junior after averaging 7.9 points and 6.4 rebounds as a 2020 sophomore.
PERSONAL: He is majoring in American Popular Culture at USC.
Thompkins had not played football since the sixth grade, and instead concentrated on basketball. His uncle, Larry Grant, played linebacker at City College of San Francisco (he was the 2005 NJCAA Defensive Player of the Year), at Ohio State (2006-07) and in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers (2008, 2011-12), St. Louis Rams (2008-10), Chicago Bears (2013) and Cleveland Browns (2013), and now has been an assistant football coach in high school, junior college and college.
