Western Carolina University

2022 (Senior): Played in all 11 games as the squad’s primary long snapper on special teams including placekicks and punts … Credited with one tackle on the season, making an assisted stop in the home win over The Citadel (Oct. 22) … Named second-team All-Southern Conference by the league’s head coaches.

2021 (Junior): Saw action in all 11 games as the long-snapper on special teams ... Credited with one tackle with a solo stop against Samford (Sept. 18). 

2020-21 (Sophomore): Played in three games on special teams at long-snapper … Did not record any official statistics.

2019 (Freshman): Played in eight of the team’s 12 games on the season, each coming in succession from the season’s mid-point through the finale … Credited with two solo tackles on special teams ... Made a touchdown-saving tackle on Alabama's Jaylen Waddle on a punt return, stopping him at the 3-yard line just before halftime -- WCU's defense forced a fumble on the ensuing play, recovering it in the end zone for a touchback in keeping the Crimson Tide off of the scoreboard ... Earned third-team Freshman All-America honors at long-snapper from Phil Steele … Named to the 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Joins the Catamount football team as a preferred walk-on … Three-year varsity letter winner … Attended the Rubio Long Snapping Camp Summer Tour in 2018 … Two-sport athlete as a prep, playing football and baseball ... High school coach was James Martin.

Personal: Is the son of Mary and Charles Thompson ... Father, Charles, played football at Western Carolina (1970-71).