Casey Thompson

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Casey Thompson
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Thompson with Nebraska in 2022
Oklahoma Sooners–No. 16
Position Quarterback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born: (1998-10-03) October 3, 1998 (age 25)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Southmoore
(Moore, Oklahoma)
Newcastle
(Newcastle, Oklahoma)

Casey Thompson (born October 3, 1998) is an American football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners. He previously played college football for Texas, Nebraska, and Florida Atlantic.

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High school career

Thompson played his first three years of high school football at Southmoore High School in Moore, Oklahoma. [1] Prior to his 2017 senior season, Thompson transferred to Newcastle High School in Newcastle, Oklahoma. [2] As a four star recruit, Thompson committed to The University of Texas on April 13, 2017. [3] [4]

College career

Texas

During Thompson's first two years at Texas, he served as the backup quarterback behind Sam Ehlinger. At the 2020 Alamo Bowl, Thompson entered the game after Ehlinger suffered an injury. During that game, Thompson went 8–10 with 170 yards and 4 touchdowns in the 55–23 blowout win over the Colorado Buffaloes. [5] His 4 TDs tied the Alamo Bowl record.

After Ehlinger left for the NFL, Thompson competed with Hudson Card for the starting quarterback position. Card initially won the starting job, but Thompson was promoted to starter for week 3. In his first collegiate career start, he went 15-for-18 on pass attempts, threw for 164 yards, 2 touchdowns, and an interception in a 58–0 shutout victory over the Rice Owls. Thompson was the starter in a 70–35 victory over Texas Tech, the first time the Longhorns scored 70 or more points in a game since 2005. [6] Thompson started 10 games for the Longhorns and posted a 4–6 record. He threw for 2,113 yards and 24 touchdowns against nine interceptions while also tacking on another four touchdowns with his legs.

At the conclusion of the 2021 season, Thompson entered himself into the transfer portal after Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers committed to transfer to Texas. [7] He would eventually transfer to Nebraska.

Nebraska

On January 7, 2022, Thompson announced his transfer to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to play for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team. [8] [9]

In 2022, Thompson started 10 games, going 4–6 for Nebraska, but missed two games with an injury.

Florida Atlantic

On May 10, 2023, Thompson transferred to Florida Atlantic. After starting the first three games of the year, Thompson suffered a torn ACL [10] [11] in Florida Atlantic's 48-14 loss to Clemson. [12]

On December 21, 2023, Thompson announced that he would be entering the transfer portal for the third time. [13]

Oklahoma

On January 11, 2024, Thompson announced his transfer to the University of Oklahoma for his final year of college eligibility. [14]

Statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Texas Longhorns
2018 Redshirt Redshirt.svg
2019 40–081266.7847.000125.510222.21
2020 30–0121770.622513.260298.28313.90
2021 124–616526163.22,1138.1249154.7551572.94
Nebraska Cornhuskers
2022 104–617327463.12,4078.81710150.156−21−0.45
Florida Atlantic Owls
2023 31–2507963.35096.455125.61020.20
Career 299−1440864363.55,3388.35224152.41391891.410

Personal life

Thompson is the son of former Oklahoma quarterback Charles Thompson. [15] He is the younger brother of former NFL wide receiver, Kendal Thompson. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Southmoore Star Casey Thompson Commits To Texas With Three Hats". kfor. 13 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Whelan Jr., Tim (May 30, 2017). "Texas four-star QB commit Casey Thompson leaving Southmoore (Oklahoma City)". USA Today.
  3. ↑ "'Casey Thompson'". 24/7 Sports.
  4. ↑ Olson, Max (April 13, 2017). "Casey Thompson, son of former Oklahoma QB, commits to Texas". ABC-11 . Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  5. ↑ Tijerina, Richard. "Texas 55, Colorado 23: Expanded Alamo Bowl box score". Hook’em.com.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Dave (30 August 2021). "Texas QB Hudson Card to start season opener, but Casey Thompson to also get playing time". espn.com.
  7. ↑ Sallee, Barrett (17 December 2021). "Casey Thompson enters transfer portal: Texas QB to explore options after starting 10 games this season". CBS Sports. ViacomCBS. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Davis, Brian (7 January 2022). "From burnt orange to Big Red: Former Texas QB Casey Thompson commits to Nebraska". USA Today. Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Jeyarajah, Shehan (7 January 2022). "Casey Thompson commits to Nebraska: Cornhuskers add former Texas starting QB amid offensive rebuild". CBS Sports.
  10. ↑ "Casey Thompson injury: FAU QB out for season after former Texas, Nebraska starter tears ACL, per report". CBSSports.com. 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  11. ↑ "Sources: FAU's Thompson (knee) out for season". ESPN.com. 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  12. ↑ "Florida Atlantic 14-48 Clemson (Sep 16, 2023) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  13. ↑ Bland, Evan (December 21, 2023). "Former Nebraska QB Casey Thompson to transfer from FAU". Husker Extra. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  14. ↑ "QB Casey Thompson commits to Oklahoma, 4th school in 7 years". ESPN. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  15. ↑ Townsend, Brad (5 October 2021). "Instead of following father's OU legacy, UT's Casey Thompson will write his own in storied rivalry". Dallas News.
  16. ↑ Piper, Matthew. "Utah football: QB Thompson vying for top billing — with team and family". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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