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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | November 21, 1977||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | St. Augustine (New Orleans, Louisiana) | ||||||
College: | Tennessee | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2000 / round: 2 / pick: 41 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
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Raynoch Joseph Thompson (born November 21, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers and was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round (45th overall) of the 2000 NFL draft. [1] He spent 5 years for the Cardinals, until they released him at the end of the 2004 season. After his time with the Cardinals, he signed with the Green Bay Packers, but they cut him before the season. He was an All-American and a Butkus Award finalist in 1997 and 1998. He was an important part of the University of Tennessee national championship team that went undefeated in 1998. [2]
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2000 | ARI | 11 | 9 | 52 | 36 | 16 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | ARI | 14 | 14 | 83 | 62 | 21 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | ARI | 16 | 16 | 110 | 77 | 33 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | ARI | 12 | 12 | 63 | 54 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | ARI | 11 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
64 | 54 | 345 | 253 | 92 | 7.5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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