Illustration of Josh Thompson wearing the Northwestern Wildcats uniform

Josh Thompson

Northwestern
OL
Position
#56
Number
6'5"
Height
315 lbs
Weight
2025
12
Games
12
Starts
Career
43
Games
33
Starts
Games
  1. L 13-17

    Starts

    1

  2. W 13-10

    Starts

    1

  3. W 23-22

    Starts

    1

  4. L 9-20

    Starts

    1

  5. L 25-49

    Starts

    1

Summary

Josh Thompson played 4 seasons for Northwestern and LSU. He appeared in 43 games.

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

273

Chiles

Aidan Chiles

RUSH

87

Himon

Joseph Himon II

REC

104

Wilde

Griffin Wilde
Team Rankings

PPG

34.0

66th

OPP PPG

18.0

77th

RUSH YDS/G

224.0

43rd

PASS YDS/G

273.0

51st

2026 Big 10 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
8
Minnesota Minnesota
0-0
1-0
9
Nebraska Nebraska
0-0
1-0
10
Northwestern Northwestern
0-0
1-0
11
Ohio State Ohio State
0-0
1-0
12
Oregon Oregon
0-0
1-0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/19
COLO COLO
@
NW NW
7:30 PM
Fri
9/25
NW NW
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM
Sat
10/10
BALL BALL
@
NW NW
1:00 PM
Sat
10/17
NW NW
@
MSU MSU
1:00 PM
Last Game
SDST South Dakota State

0 - 1

18

Final

34

NW Northwestern

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

Darian Mensah

646

Browne

Ryan Browne

641

Boley

Cutter Boley
Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

Jaylin Carter

234

Mason

Keveun Mason

231

Kromah

Ousmane Kromah
Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

KJ Duff

330

Toney

Malachi Toney

326

Harris

Reed Harris
Pass TD Leaders

8

Boley

Cutter Boley

8

Mensah

Darian Mensah

8

Stockton

Gunner Stockton
Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

Jaylin Carter

4

Hawkins

Marcellous Hawkins Jr.

4

Wilson

Will Wilson
Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

KJ Duff

5

Becker

Charlie Becker

4

Williams

Jamill Williams
QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

281.3

Baker

Blake Baker

271.7

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Sack Leaders

4.0

Lewis

Xavier Lewis

3.5

Kinsler

Elijah Kinsler

3.0

Harris

Cortez Harris

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Louisiana Tech

80.0

UCF

73.0

Georgia

66.5

Utah

66.0

Syracuse

66.0

Florida

66.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Kennesaw State

0.0

Air Force

0.0

South Carolina

0.0

Maryland

0.0

Iowa

0.0

Georgia Southern

0.0
Total Yards Rankings
Mississippi State

762.0

Miami

702.5

Ohio State

671.0

UConn

671.0

Pittsburgh

646.0

Maryland

646.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Navy

506.0

Rice

458.0

Air Force

431.0

Army

394.0

Maryland

365.0

Utah

364.0
Pass Yards Rankings
Pittsburgh

480.0

Delaware

435.0

Ohio State

434.0

SMU

430.0

Miami

427.0

Mississippi State

417.0
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

12.0

Old Dominion

9.0

Memphis

9.0

West Virginia

7.0

North Carolina

7.0

North Dakota State

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
2
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
1
0
1.000
3
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
0
1.000
4
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
0
1.000
5
Georgia State Georgia State
1
0
1.000
6
South Alabama South Alabama
1
0
1.000
7
James Madison James Madison
2
0
1.000
8
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
0
1.000
9
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
1
.500
10
Troy Troy
1
0
1.000
11
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
0
1
.000
12
Arkansas State Arkansas State
0
1
.000
13
Marshall Marshall
0
1
.000
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
1
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
Arizona Arizona
1
0
1.000
2
Arizona State Arizona State
1
1
.500
3
BYU BYU
1
0
1.000
4
Cincinnati Cincinnati
1
0
1.000
5
Colorado Colorado
1
0
1.000
6
Houston Houston
1
0
1.000
7
Iowa State Iowa State
1
0
1.000
8
Kansas State Kansas State
2
0
1.000
9
Texas Tech Texas Tech
1
0
1.000
10
UCF UCF
1
0
1.000
11
Utah Utah
1
0
1.000
12
West Virginia West Virginia
2
0
1.000
13
Kansas Kansas
1
1
.500
14
Baylor Baylor
0
1
.000
15
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
0
1
.000
16
TCU TCU
0
1
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Colorado State Colorado State
1
0
1.000
2
San Diego State San Diego State
1
0
1.000
3
Boise State Boise State
0
1
.000
4
Fresno State Fresno State
0
1
.000
5
Oregon State Oregon State
0
1
.000
6
Texas State Texas State
0
1
.000
7
Utah State Utah State
0
1
.000
8
Washington State Washington State
0
2
.000
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
1
.500
2
Buffalo Buffalo
1
0
1.000
3
UMass UMass
1
0
1.000
4
Akron Akron
0
1
.000
5
Ball State Ball State
0
1
.000
6
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
1
.000
7
Central Michigan Central Michigan
1
1
.500
8
Kent State Kent State
1
1
.500
9
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
1
.500
10
Ohio Ohio
0
1
.000
11
Toledo Toledo
0
1
.000
12
Western Michigan Western Michigan
0
1
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
1
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Memphis Memphis
2
0
1.000
2
Army Army
1
1
.500
3
Navy Navy
1
0
1.000
4
Rice Rice
1
0
1.000
5
South Florida South Florida
2
0
1.000
6
Temple Temple
1
1
.500
7
Tulane Tulane
0
1
.000
8
UTSA UTSA
1
0
1.000
9
Charlotte Charlotte
0
1
.000
10
East Carolina East Carolina
0
2
.000
11
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
0
1
.000
12
North Texas North Texas
0
1
.000
13
Tulsa Tulsa
1
0
1.000
14
UAB UAB
0
1
.000
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
2
0
1.000
2
Virginia Virginia
2
0
1.000
3
SMU SMU
1
0
1.000
4
Duke Duke
1
0
1.000
5
North Carolina North Carolina
2
0
1.000
6
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
1
0
1.000
7
Syracuse Syracuse
1
0
1.000
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
2
0
1.000
9
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
0
1.000
10
Boston College Boston College
1
1
.500
11
Louisville Louisville
1
1
.500
12
California California
0
1
.000
13
Clemson Clemson
0
1
.000
14
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
0
1
.000
15
Florida State Florida State
1
1
.500
16
Stanford Stanford
1
1
.500
17
NC State NC State
1
1
.500
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Missouri Missouri
2
0
1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
1
0
1.000
3
Arkansas Arkansas
1
0
1.000
4
Auburn Auburn
1
0
1.000
5
Florida Florida
1
0
1.000
6
Georgia Georgia
2
0
1.000
7
Kentucky Kentucky
1
0
1.000
8
LSU LSU
1
0
1.000
9
Mississippi State Mississippi State
1
0
1.000
10
Oklahoma Oklahoma
1
1
.500
11
Ole Miss Ole Miss
1
0
1.000
12
South Carolina South Carolina
1
0
1.000
13
Tennessee Tennessee
1
0
1.000
14
Texas Texas
1
0
1.000
15
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
0
1.000
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
1
0
1.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
UNLV UNLV
1
1
.500
2
North Dakota State North Dakota State
2
0
1.000
3
Air Force Air Force
1
0
1.000
4
Nevada Nevada
1
0
1.000
5
San Jose State San Jose State
1
1
.500
6
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
1
.000
7
New Mexico New Mexico
1
0
1.000
8
UTEP UTEP
0
1
.000
9
Wyoming Wyoming
0
1
.000
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
0
2
.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
1
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
1
0
1.000
Big 10WLPCT
1
USC USC
2
0
1.000
2
Illinois Illinois
1
0
1.000
3
Indiana Indiana
2
0
1.000
4
Iowa Iowa
1
0
1.000
5
Maryland Maryland
1
0
1.000
6
Michigan Michigan
2
0
1.000
7
Michigan State Michigan State
1
0
1.000
8
Minnesota Minnesota
1
0
1.000
9
Nebraska Nebraska
1
0
1.000
10
Northwestern Northwestern
1
0
1.000
11
Ohio State Ohio State
1
0
1.000
12
Oregon Oregon
1
0
1.000
13
Penn State Penn State
2
0
1.000
14
Purdue Purdue
1
1
.500
15
UCLA UCLA
1
0
1.000
16
Washington Washington
1
0
1.000
17
Wisconsin Wisconsin
0
1
.000
18
Rutgers Rutgers
0
2
.000
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Delaware Delaware
1
0
1.000
2
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
0
1.000
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
1
0
1.000
4
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
1
1
.500
5
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
1
.500
6
Florida International Florida International
0
1
.000
7
Liberty Liberty
1
1
.500
8
Missouri State Missouri State
0
1
.000
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
0
1
.000
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
2
.000

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
8/29
UNC UNC
@
TCU TCU
15-10
Sat
8/29
SJSU SJSU
@
USC USC
26-42
Sat
8/29
NCST NCST
@
UVA UVA
8-34
Sat
8/29
JVST JVST
@
NDSU NDSU
7-33
Sat
8/29
SAC SAC
@
EMU EMU
17-28

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/12
UCF UCF
@
PITT PITT
3:30 PM
Sat
9/12
CAMP CAMP
@
FLA FLA
5:30 PM
Sat
9/12
JVST JVST
@
OHIO OHIO
6:00 PM
Sat
9/12
BUFF BUFF
@
FIU FIU
6:00 PM
Sat
9/12
MEM MEM
@
BSU BSU
6:00 PM