Ty Thompson

Ty Thompson
Tulane Green Wave – No. 7
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Redshirt
Junior
Personal information
Born: (2003-02-02) February 2, 2003 (age 21)[1]
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolMesquite (Gilbert, Arizona)

Ty Thompson (born February 2, 2003)[1] is an American football quarterback for the Tulane Green Wave.

High school career

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

Oregon

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

On January 5, 2024, Thompson committed to play for Tulane.[13]

Statistics

Season Games Passing Rushing
GP GS Record Comp Att Pct Yards Avg TD Int Rate Att Yards Avg TD
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
Tulane Green Wave
2024 0 0 0−0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0
Career[14] 17 0 0−0 42 66 63.6 456 6.9 6 4 139.6 15 56 3.7 0

References

  1. ^ a b "Ty Thompson Quarterback Oregon". nfldraftbuzz.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "Mesquite's Ty Thompson taking strides during pandemic". East Valley Tribune. September 2020.
  3. ^ "Ty Thompson, Oregon Ducks 5-star QB signee, named All-American Bowl offensive player of the year". The Oregonian. January 2021.
  4. ^ "Mesquite's Ty Thompson named 2020 Ed Doherty Award winner". East Valley Tribune. January 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "Mesquite QB Ty Thompson, now at Oregon, 2020 Gatorade Arizona Football Player of the Year". The Arizona Republic.
  6. ^ "'Calm, cool and collected': Mesquite QB Ty Thompson ready to start Oregon Ducks journey". The Arizona Republic.
  7. ^ "Ty Thompson named Oregon Ducks' first-ever 5-star quarterback commit by Rivals". The Oregonian. August 24, 2020.
  8. ^ "'A younger version of Aaron Rodgers': Opposing coaches on Oregon's top QB commit". The Athletic.
  9. ^ "Oregon names Anthony Brown starting QB over freshman Ty Thompson for opener vs. Fresno State". CBS Sports. August 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "Oregon quarterback battle heats up between Bo Nix and Ty Thompson". The Register Guard.
  11. ^ "Ty Thompson in perpetual competition since arriving at Oregon; will 2022 be his time to start for the Ducks?". The Oregonian. August 23, 2022.
  12. ^ "2024 College football Transfer Portal".
  13. ^ "Tulane lands QB transfer Thompson from Oregon". ESPN.com. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  14. ^ "Ty Thompson College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.