Ty Thompson
| No. 13 – Tulane Green Wave | |
|---|---|
| Position | Tight end |
| Class |  |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 2, 2003[1] |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Mesquite (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| College | |
| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Ty Thompson (born February 2, 2003)[1] is an American college football tight end for the Tulane Green Wave. He previously played for the Oregon Ducks as a quarterback.
Early life
[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] On January 7, 2025, after briefly entering the transfer portal, Thompson returned to Tulane and converted into a tight end.[14]
Statistics
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |||
| 2021 | Oregon | 3 | 0 | 0−0 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 87 | 5.8 | 2 | 1 | 126.1 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Oregon | 7 | 0 | 0−0 | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 72 | 3.6 | 0 | 2 | 65.2 | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Oregon | 7 | 0 | 0−0 | 24 | 31 | 77.4 | 297 | 9.6 | 4 | 1 | 194.0 | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Tulane | 12 | 1 | 0−1 | 17 | 40 | 42.5 | 199 | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 94.0 | 49 | 260 | 5.3 | 6 | |
| Career[15] | 29 | 1 | 0−1 | 59 | 106 | 55.7 | 655 | 6.2 | 9 | 7 | 122.4 | 64 | 316 | 4.9 | 6 | ||
References
[edit]- 1 2 "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. January 9, 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. August 24, 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. August 27, 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. August 23, 2022.
- ↑ "2024 College football Transfer Portal".
- ↑ "Tulane lands QB transfer Thompson from Oregon". ESPN.com. January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ Cobb, David (January 7, 2025). "Former top-10 QB prospect withdraws from transfer portal, expected to move to TE in search of playing time". CBS Sports. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Ty Thompson College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.