Ty Thompson (born February 2, 2003)[1] is an American football quarterback for the Tulane Green Wave.
| Tulane Green Wave – No. 13 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 2, 2003[1] |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| High school | Mesquite (Gilbert, Arizona) |
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High school career edit
Thompson attended Mesquite High School in Gilbert, Arizona.[2] As a senior in 2020, he passed for 3,431 yards and 34 touchdowns. He won numerous awards that season, including the All-American Bowl Offensive Player of the Year, Maxwell Football Club Offensive Player of the Year, Ed Doherty Award and was the Arizona Gatorade Football Player of the Year.[3][4][5] For his high school career, Thompson passed for 9,891 yards with 100 touchdowns and rushed for 1,145 yards with 20 touchdowns. A five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Thompson committed to the University of Oregon to play college football.[6][7] He was the highest rated quarterback recruit to sign with Oregon.[8]
College career edit
Oregon edit
Thompson competed with Anthony Brown for the starting job his true freshman year at Oregon in 2021.[9] Brown won the job, with Thompson appearing in three games as a backup and taking a redshirt. For the season, he completed seven of 15 passes for 87 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. In 2022 he competed with Bo Nix to be starter, with Nix winning the competition.[10][11] He appeared in seven games as a backup, completing 11 of 20 passes for 72 yards with two interceptions. Thompson returned to Oregon as Nix' backup in 2023. He entered the transfer portal on December 11, 2023. [12]
Tulane edit
On January 5, 2024, Thompson committed to play for Tulane.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b "Ty Thompson Quarterback Oregon". nfldraftbuzz.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ "Mesquite's Ty Thompson taking strides during pandemic". East Valley Tribune. September 2020.
- ^ "Ty Thompson, Oregon Ducks 5-star QB signee, named All-American Bowl offensive player of the year". The Oregonian. January 2021.
- ^ "Mesquite's Ty Thompson named 2020 Ed Doherty Award winner". East Valley Tribune. 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Mesquite QB Ty Thompson, now at Oregon, 2020 Gatorade Arizona Football Player of the Year". The Arizona Republic.
- ^ "'Calm, cool and collected': Mesquite QB Ty Thompson ready to start Oregon Ducks journey". The Arizona Republic.
- ^ "Ty Thompson named Oregon Ducks' first-ever 5-star quarterback commit by Rivals". The Oregonian. 24 August 2020.
- ^ "'A younger version of Aaron Rodgers': Opposing coaches on Oregon's top QB commit". The Athletic.
- ^ "Oregon names Anthony Brown starting QB over freshman Ty Thompson for opener vs. Fresno State". CBS Sports. 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Oregon quarterback battle heats up between Bo Nix and Ty Thompson". The Register Guard.
- ^ "Ty Thompson in perpetual competition since arriving at Oregon; will 2022 be his time to start for the Ducks?". The Oregonian. 23 August 2022.
- ^ "2024 College football Transfer Portal".
- ^ "Tulane lands QB transfer Thompson from Oregon". ESPN.com. 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-06.