Ty Thompson
{{Short description|American football player (born 2003)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
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|school=Tulane Green Wave
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|currentposition=Tight end
|class={{Redshirt}} Junior
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|highschool=Mesquite (Gilbert, Arizona)
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Ty Thompson (born February 2, 2003) is an American football tight end for the Tulane Green Wave. He previously played for the Oregon Ducks as a quarterback.
High school career
Thompson attended Mesquite High School in Gilbert, Arizona.{{cite web|url=https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/sports/mesquite-s-ty-thompson-taking-strides-during-pandemic/article_7d35f2bc-ec6f-11ea-86b8-0b7aeae63eeb.html|title=Mesquite's Ty Thompson taking strides during pandemic|date=September 2020 |publisher=East Valley Tribune}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/2021/01/ty-thompson-oregon-ducks-5-star-qb-signee-named-all-american-bowl-offensive-player-of-the-year.html|title=Ty Thompson, Oregon Ducks 5-star QB signee, named All-American Bowl offensive player of the year|date=January 2021 |publisher=The Oregonian}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/sports/mesquite-s-ty-thompson-named-2020-ed-doherty-award-winner/article_9f4e8ee6-52c1-11eb-a54b-3bed30627f02.html|title=Mesquite's Ty Thompson named 2020 Ed Doherty Award winner|date=9 January 2021 |publisher=East Valley Tribune}}{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/05/13/mesquite-qb-ty-thompson-named-arizona-gatorade-football-player-year/5073152001/|title=Mesquite QB Ty Thompson, now at Oregon, 2020 Gatorade Arizona Football Player of the Year|publisher=The Arizona Republic}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/high-school/2020/12/16/mesquite-qb-ty-thompson-ready-start-oregon-football-journey/3933437001/|title='Calm, cool and collected': Mesquite QB Ty Thompson ready to start Oregon Ducks journey|publisher=The Arizona Republic}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/2020/08/ty-thompson-named-oregon-ducks-first-ever-5-star-quarterback-commit-by-rivals.html|title=Ty Thompson named Oregon Ducks' first-ever 5-star quarterback commit by Rivals|date=24 August 2020 |publisher=The Oregonian}} He was the highest rated quarterback recruit to sign with Oregon.{{cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/2261145/2020/12/16/oregon-quarterback-recruit-ty-thompson/|title='A younger version of Aaron Rodgers': Opposing coaches on Oregon's top QB commit|publisher=The Athletic}}
College career
= Oregon =
Thompson competed with Anthony Brown for the starting job his true freshman year at Oregon in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/oregon-names-anthony-brown-starting-qb-over-freshman-ty-thompson-for-opener-vs-fresno-state/|title=Oregon names Anthony Brown starting QB over freshman Ty Thompson for opener vs. Fresno State|work=CBS Sports|date=27 August 2021 }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.registerguard.com/story/sports/college/football/2022/04/03/oregon-ducks-football-quarterback-battle-heats-up-between-bo-nix-and-ty-thompson-jay-butterfield/65347912007/|title=Oregon quarterback battle heats up between Bo Nix and Ty Thompson|publisher=The Register Guard}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2022/08/ty-thompson-in-perpetual-competition-since-arriving-at-oregon-will-2022-be-his-time-to-start-for-the-ducks.html|title=Ty Thompson in perpetual competition since arriving at Oregon; will 2022 be his time to start for the Ducks?|date=23 August 2022 |publisher=The Oregonian}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://247sports.com/season/2024-football/TransferPortal/?positionkey=57 | title=2024 College football Transfer Portal }}
= Tulane =
On January 5, 2024, Thompson committed to play for Tulane.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=Tulane lands QB transfer Thompson from Oregon |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39248082/tulane-lands-qb-transfer-ty-thompson-oregon |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} On January 7, 2025, after briefly entering the transfer portal, Thompson returned to Tulane and converted into a tight end.{{Cite web|title=Former top-10 QB prospect withdraws from transfer portal, expected to move to TE in search of playing time|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/former-top-10-qb-prospect-withdraws-from-transfer-portal-expected-to-move-to-te-in-search-of-playing-time/amp/|access-date=January 11, 2025|website=cbssports.com|language=en}}
=Statistics=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Season
! colspan="3"| Games ! colspan="8"| Passing ! colspan="5"| Rushing | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Oregon Ducks}}"| Oregon Ducks | |||||||||||||||
| 2021
| 3 || 0 || 0−0 || 7 || 15 || 46.7 || 87 || 5.8 || 2 || 1 || 126.1 || 3 || 10 || 3.3 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2022
| 7 || 0 || 0−0 || 11 || 20 || 55.0 || 72 || 3.6 || 0 || 2 || 65.2 || 4 || -2 || -0.5 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2023
| 7 || 0 || 0−0 || 24 || 31 || 77.4 || 297 || 9.6 || 4 || 1 || 194.0 || 8 || 48 || 6.0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Tulane Green Wave}}"| Tulane Green Wave | |||||||||||||||
| 2024
| 12 || 1 || 0−1 || 17 || 40 || 42.5 || 199 || 5.0 || 3 || 3 || 94.0 || 49 || 260 || 5.3 || 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Career{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/ty-thompson-2.html|title=Ty Thompson College Stats|website=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=July 28, 2024}} | 29 | 1 | 0−1 | 59 | 106 | 55.7 | 655 | 6.2 | 9 | 7 | 122.4 | 64 | 316 | 4.9 | 6 |
References
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External links
- [https://goducks.com/sports/football/roster/ty-thompson/16162 Oregon Ducks bio]
{{Tulane Green Wave quarterback navbox}}
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Category:Players of American football from Maricopa County, Arizona
Category:Sportspeople from Gilbert, Arizona
Category:American football quarterbacks