Nate Thompson

Position:
Safety
Height:
6-3
Weight:
200
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Sanford, N.C.
High School:
Southern Lee

DUKE CAREER: In 30 games (11 starts), compiled 85 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, two INTs, two PBUs and one fumble recovery ... carded 4+ tackles in 14 games, including a career-high eight tackles against Virginia in 2021 ... posted INTs against Florida State in 2020 and Kansas in 2021 ... lone fumble recovery came against Florida State in 2020 … on the field for 1,036 career snaps.

2021: Saw action in eight games, making six starts against Kansas, North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh, and Virginia Tech … ranked eighth on the team with 40 total tackles … posted 5+ tackles in five games, including a season-high eight against Virginia … posted lone INT in a contest with Kansas … had one PBU against Kansas and Wake Forest … on the field for 410 snaps.

2020: Played in all 11 games, making five starts against Syracuse, Charlotte, Georgia Tech, Miami and Florida State … ranked sixth on the team with 43 total tackles … posted 5+ tackles in six games … tallied a season-high seven tackles against Georgia Tech and Florida State … recovered one fumble and one INT versus the Seminoles … recorded first career TFL for a two-yard loss against Georgia Tech … on the field for 527 snaps.

2019: Played in 10 games ... did not see action against Georgia Tech and Syracuse ... tallied two tackles, both against North Carolina A&T ... on the field for 97 snaps.

2018: Played in one game against Miami ... on the field for two snaps.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Lettered four seasons at Southern Lee High School under coach Ken Neal ... four-star prospect according to Rivals.com ... three-star prospect according to ESPN.com and 247Sports.com ... consensus top-60 safety nationally by 247Sports.com (No. 31), Rivals.com (No. 35) and ESPN.com (No. 54) ... collected 58 tackles, 3.0 sacks, four INTs and two defensive TDs during senior season... recorded three INTs in a 28-20 victory against Triton on October 20, 2017, including a 65-yard return for a TD ... as a junior, booked 84 tackles, four INTs and seven PBUs to earn first team All-Cape Fear Valley 3-A honors ... also in 2016, helped the Cavaliers to an 8-4 record and bid to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 3A state playoffs ... finished with 35 tackles, one TFL and one INT as a sophomore ... named to the All-Cape Fear Valley 3-A second team as a sophomore ... during freshman year, credited with 28 tackles and one INT and earned second team All-Cape Fear Valley 3-A accolades ... also played basketball and earned Cape Fear Valley Conference Player of the Year accolades as a junior and, as a senior, helped Southern Lee to a 25-4 overall record and quarterfinal appearance in the NCHSAA Class 3A state playoffs.

PERSONAL: Born February 19, 2000 ... graduated from Duke in May 2022 with a sociology degree and a certificate in markets and management ... son of Treva Thompson ... aunt, Doris T. Fox, earned a master’s degree from Duke’s Divinity School.