2017 Football Roster
Trenton Thompson
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Albany, Ga.
- High School:
- Westover
* 11 tackles at Nicholls in 2016
* 3 sacks vs. TCU in 2016
* 3 TFL vs. Nicholls in 2016
2017: Played in 13 games, with three starts, and had 38 total stops...3.5 of those tackles resulted in lost yardage...had two tackles (one solo) against Tennessee before leaving with an injury...made three tackles (two solo) vs. Mississippi State...had three solo tackles, including one for a loss of three yards vs. Samford...collected three total tackles (one solo) at Notre Dame...led the team with Roquan Smith against App State with six tackles (3 solo) and two TFLs for a loss of three yards...named to the pre-season Bednarik Award, Bronko Nagurski Award, Outland Trophy Award Watch Lists...named a member of the Preseason First-Team All-SEC and Coaches Preseason First-Team All-SEC...recipient of the Wayne McDuffie Football Scholarship.
2016: Played in 13 games, making seven starts...team's leading tackler among interior linemen, with 56 total stops, 9.5 TFLs, 5.0 QB sacks and seven QB pressures...named overall MVP and Defensive MVP of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs. TCU...three of his eight tackles in the bowl game were QB sacks...five tackles vs. Florida...had four stops, including one for loss, and a fourth-quarter pass deflection vs. Auburn...six stops in win over Louisiana...his lone stop vs. South Carolina was a fourth-quarter QB sack for an 11-yard loss...registered a TFL against North Carolina...had arguably the best game of his career against Nicholls with career bests of 11 tackles (5 solo, 6 assisted), a sack and 3 TFL...made three tackles at Missouri...recipient of the Dr. and Mrs. Howard Williams III Football Scholarship.
High School: Westover, coached by Octavia Jones … named the 2014 Maxwell Football Club’s National High School Player of the Year … selected to represent the East in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl … 2014 American Family Insurance USA Today ALL-USA First Team Defense … 2014 USA Today All-USA Defensive Player of the Year … Parade Magazine All-America Team… PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #2 player in the PrepStar Top 300 … ESPN.com five-star prospect, #3 player nationally, #2 DT nationally, #1 player in the state … 247Sports.com five-star prospect, #1 player nationally, #1 DT nationally, #1 in the state … Rivals.com five-star prospect, #7 player nationally, #2 DT nationally, #2 in the state … Scout.com five-star prospect, #2 overall player nationally, #1 DT nationally, #1 DT in the South … DawgPost #1 ranked player in Georgia Member of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution 2014 Super 11 … 2014 Atlanta-Journal Constitution Class AAAA Defensive Player of the Year and member of the All-State Class AAAA First Team Defense … during his senior season, tallied 84 tackles, including 36 tackles for loss and four sacks, one interception and one forced fumble … recorded 148 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 17 sacks, one interception and one forced fumble his sophomore and junior seasons … helped his team to the Georgia AAAA state playoffs his sophomore, junior and senior years.
Personal: TRENTON CHARLES THOMPSON…Major: Fashion Merchandising.
