| Tulane Green Wave–No. 7 | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 2, 2003 [1] |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| High school | Mesquite (Gilbert, Arizona) |
Ty Thompson (born February 2, 2003) [1] is an American football quarterback for the Tulane Green Wave.
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]
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]
On January 5, 2024, Thompson committed to play for Tulane. [13]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Oregon Ducks | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0−0 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 87 | 5.8 | 2 | 1 | 126.1 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0−0 | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 72 | 3.6 | 0 | 2 | 65.2 | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0−0 | 24 | 31 | 77.4 | 297 | 9.6 | 4 | 1 | 194.0 | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Tulane Green Wave | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 0−0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 74 | 6.7 | 2 | 0 | 171.1 | 35 | 223 | 6.4 | 6 | |
| Career [14] | 27 | 0 | 0−0 | 48 | 77 | 62.3 | 530 | 6.9 | 8 | 4 | 144.1 | 50 | 279 | 5.6 | 6 | |
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