Brandon Thompkins
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| Born: | October 9, 1987 West Palm Beach, Florida | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Palm Beach Lakes Community High School | ||||||||
| College: | Arkansas State | ||||||||
| Position: | Wide receiver / Return specialist | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2011 | ||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
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Brandon Thompkins (born October 9, 1987) is an arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent.
After playing college football at Arkansas State University, Thompkins was signed as an undrafted free agent by the CFL's BC Lions, but cut after training camp.[1] From there, he joined Spokane Shock. After two seasons, he was assigned to the Utah Blaze,[2] only to go back to the Shock and be traded to the Philadelphia Soul on May 29, 2014 for future considerations.[3] The Soul traded him to the Los Angeles Kiss on May 30, 2014, for future considerations.[4]
On December 14, 2015, Thompkins was assigned to the Predators.[5] With the Predators, he was named Placemaker of the Year in 2016.[6] On February 1, 2017 he was assigned to the Cleveland Gladiators.[7] On May 22, 2017, Thompkins was traded with Shane Boyd to the Baltimore Brigade for future considerations and claim order positioning. He earned Second Team All-Arena honors in 2017.[8] On April 19, 2019, Thompson was assigned to the Brigade again.
References
- ^ "Former BC Lion added". Spokane Shock. 2011-06-30. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ http://www.arenafootball.com/sports/a-footbl/spec-rel/111512aad.html
- ^ http://www.arenafan.com/teams/Spokane_Shock-149/transactions/
- ^ "2014 Philadelphia Soul Postseason Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
- ^ "All-Arena WR Brandon Thompkins Returns to Predators". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ^ "Brandon Thompkins Named AFL Playmaker of the Year". Our Sports Central. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Transactions". afldigital.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "AFL Announces All-Arena First and Second Teams". arenafootball.com. August 21, 2017. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
External links
- Career Stats at arenafan.com
Media related to Brandon Thompkins at Wikimedia Commons
- 1987 births
- American football wide receivers
- Arkansas State Red Wolves football players
- BC Lions players
- Living people
- Los Angeles Kiss players
- Philadelphia Soul players
- Spokane Shock players
- Sportspeople from West Palm Beach, Florida
- Utah Blaze players
- Orlando Predators players
- Cleveland Gladiators players
- Baltimore Brigade players