#56 Josh Thompson Season 2026
CAREER
Transferred to LSU in the spring of 2025 after 4 seasons at Northwestern … Started all 12 regular-season games at right guard for the Tigers in 2025 … Only offensive lineman to start all 12 regular-season games in 2025 … Played a career-high 787 snaps in his one season at LSU, seeing action on every offensive snap in 11 of the 12 regular-season games … For career, appeared in 46 games with 33 starts … Saw action on a total of 2,216 offensive snaps (787 at LSU, 1,426 at Northwestern) … Started at both right tackle and right guard during his career at Northwestern … In 3 seasons as a starter, surrendered only 2 sacks … Did not give up a sack in his only season at LSU running his streak of consecutive games without allowing a sack to 30 (12 at LSU, last 18 at Northwestern) … Dad, Randall, played football at Central Michigan and his brother, Reid, played at Wayne State … Has 8 siblings … Graduated from Northwestern in the spring of 2025 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education and social policy.
SENIOR SEASON (2025 at LSU)
Starter at right guard in all 12 regular-season games … Played every offensive snap in 11 of LSU’s 12 regular-season games … Did not play in the Texas Bowl against Houston … Only game in which he didn’t play every offensive snap came in 56-10 win over Southeastern Louisiana … Played 787 offensive snaps and didn’t allow a sack from his right guard position, running streak of games without allowing a sack to 30 straight (12 at LSU, 18 at Northwestern) … Allowed only 1 quarterback hit and just 7 quarterback hurries all season … Whistled for only 1 penalty (at Alabama) all year … Played season-high 83 snaps in win over Louisiana Tech … On the field for 82 snaps in win over Western Kentucky.
JUNIOR SEASON (2024 at Northwestern)
Started all 10 games in which he appeared in 2024 … Missed back-to-back games against Wisconsin and Iowa before returning to the lineup against Purdue … Played a total of 646 offensive snaps … Did not allow a sack on 402 passing blocking opportunities … Played season-high 94 offensive snaps in season-finale against Illinois … Earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors from both the Big Ten Coaches and the media …
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023 at Northwestern)
Appeared in all 13 games with 11 starts … Started at right tackle for the final 8 games of the season … Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors … Allowed only 2 sacks all season, both coming against Penn State on Sept. 30 … Did not allow a sack in the 8 games he started at right tackle … Logged a total of 761 snaps … First career start came against Duke on Sept. 16.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2022 at Northwestern)
Appeared in 11 games, seeing most of his action on special teams … Logged a total of 76 special teams snaps and another 22 on the offensive line … Saw action on offensive line against Wisconsin (6 snaps), Minnesota (5 snaps), Purdue (4 snaps) and Illinois (7 snaps).
FRESHMAN SEASON (2021 at Northwestern)
Redshirted as a true freshman in 2021.
HIGH SCHOOL
Rated as one of the nation’s top offensive guards for the class of 2020 … Listed as the No. 35 offensive guard and the No. 20 overall recruit in the state of Michigan by 247sports … Four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at Fenton High School, leading his team to a 34-9 mark … Didn’t allow a sack playing three positions (RG, RT, LT) in high school … Team Captain … Three-time first-team all-area selection … As a junior, earned first-team All-State honors from the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News and Associated Press.
Josh Thompson Career Highs
Offensive Snaps: 94 vs. Illinois, 2024