Background
Lyle grew up in the Onondaga Nation, New York, one of the five children of Doloris and Jerome Thompson.
Lyle grew up in the Onondaga Nation, New York, one of the five children of Doloris and Jerome Thompson.
Playing for coach Scott Marr at Albany, Lyle started at midfield in his freshman season in 2012, scoring 22 goals and 16 assists along with taking 32 face-off draws. That was his last collegiate season scoring less than 100 points. Moving to the attack position in his sophomore year, he scored 113 in 2013, 128 in 2014, and 121 in 2015.
Lyle (along with his brother Miles) is the first Native American player to win the Tewaaraton Trophy.
Tewaaraton is the Mohawk term for the precursor of modern lacrosse.
As a player for the Iroquois Nationals in the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship, Lyle helped the Nationals place third, their best-ever result in international competition.
He holds the record for the most career points in Division I with 400 and the most career assists with 225. He began playing lacrosse from a very early age as lacrosse carries spiritual and cultural significance with the Onondaga. Lyle Thompson had his rookie season in the MLL(Major League Lacrosse) in 2015.
Lyle"s first game was played against the Ohio Machine, and he played a total of eight games for the Launch during the 2015 season.
He was drafted as the top overall pick in the 2015 Collegiate Draft by the He had 22 goals, and 16 assists in his first season in the MLL. On September 28, 2015, Lyle was drafted first overall in the 2015 NLL Draft by the Georgia Swarm. In 2015, Lyle was selected to play for the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) in the WILC.