Education
Thompson attended Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville, Texas, where he was a two-sport star in both football and track.
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Career
He played college football at Oklahoma. He was drafted by the Vikings in the sixth round, 185th overall of the 2015 NFL Draft. He was regarded as a four-star recruit and was ranked as the Number.
18 offensive tackle in the nation by Scout.com, Rivals.com and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com.
Overall, he was considered the Number. 164 overall player by Rivals and Number.
133 by PrepStar. Also a standout in track & field, Thompson was one of the state"s top performers in the throwing events with personal-bests of 16.96 meters (55-625) in the shotput and 42.58 meters (139-7) in the discus.
Thompson attended Oklahoma from 2010 to 2014. Prior to the draft, Thompson was considered one of the top prospects in his position and was projected to go in the 4-5th round.
Thompson is the son of Raymond and Yolanda Thompson. He was born in Germany while his father was stationed abroad as a paratrooper in the United States. Army.
He chose his jersey number in honor of the year his mother was born.
He has two siblings Kaela Thompson and Breya Thompson.
