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| Position: | Wide receiver / Return specialist | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2011 | ||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
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Brandon Thompkins (born October 9, 1987) is a former arena football wide receiver.
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 Playmaker 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
[edit]- ^ "Former BC Lion added". Spokane Shock. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ "WR Brandon Thompkins Joins Blaze". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Spokane Shock Team Transactions | ArenaFan.com". www.arenafan.com.
- ^ "2014 Philadelphia Soul Postseason Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ "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. August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 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
[edit]- Career Stats at arenafan.com
Media related to Brandon Thompkins at Wikimedia Commons
