2014 UCF Football Yearbook

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-Worked with the scout team

-Started 10 of 13 games played -Racked up 13 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown -At Louisville 10/18: Made four catches for 24 yards -USF 11/29: Hauled in two passes for 13 yards and a touchdown -Also had catches vs. Akron, South Carolina, UConn and Temple

High School

2012 - Sophomore

Thompson Cont... 2011 - True Freshman

-Coached by Josh Shapiro at Everglades -Everglades advanced to the 2010 Class 6A state playoffs during his senior year a er qualifying through Region 3 District 11 -Team was 2009 district champions -Team captain as a junior and a senior -Rushed for 800 yards on 155 carries for 16 touchdowns as a senior -Had 485 yards on 100 carries and seven touchdowns as a junior -As a sophomore, rushed for 385 yards on 55 carries and three touchdowns -Rated with two stars from ESPN and Scout -ESPN listed him at No. 156 na onally at his posi on, while Scout had him at No. 168 -Received All-Broward County recogni on by the South Florida Sun-SenƟnel -Miami Herald had him at No. 20 in Broward County prior to his senior year -Earned four varsity le ers in football -Also le ered three years in track, focusing on the 110 and 300-meter hurdles -Posted personal-best mes of 14.94 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles and 39.36 seconds in the 300-meter hurdles -Chose UCF over offers from Kansas State, FAU, Illinois, Western Illinois and Southern Illinois

Personal -Parents are Will and Lavora Thompson -Brother, Courtney, was a defensive back at Kansas State -Majoring in interpersonal/organiza onal communica on

-Received All-C-USA Honorable Men on status -Started 10 games and appeared in 13 overall -Totaled 10 recep ons for 107 yards and two touchdowns -At Ohio State 9/8: Caught first-career touchdown pass -At Memphis 10/20: Caught one pass for six yards and a touchdown -SMU 11/3: Brought in two passes for 30 yards with a long of 17 -At C-USA Championship 12/1: Hauled in two passes for 25 yards -Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl 12/21: Caught one pass for 14 yards in the win over Ball State -Also had a recep on against Southern Miss and UTEP

2011 - True Freshman -Appeared in five games with one start at ght end (vs. Boston College), and caught two passes for 18 yards against Memphis

High School -Originally signed with UCF in 2010 -Coached by Sco Ward at Worth County -Was selected to play in the Georgia vs. Florida Border War All-Star Game -An all-region and all-metro honoree as a senior -Had 16 catches as a senior for 198 yards with three touchdowns -Also blocked a punt and made 14 tackles -Named to the all-region team as a sophomore and a junior as well -Caught a total of 22 passes as a sophomore and a junior combined for six touchdowns while also recording a total of 24 pancake blocks -Received three stars from Rivals, while Scout listed him with two stars and the No. 78 ght end na onally -Chose UCF over scholarship offers from Louisville, UAB, Georgia State and Jacksonville State

Personal 2013 - Redshirt Freshman -Named the Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week for the FIU and Temple games -Came off the bench in the FIU game

2012 - True Freshman -Selected as the Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week for the Marshall game

-Son of Earnes ne Barney -Majoring in interpersonal/organiza onal communica on

Career Statistics Year 2011 2012 2013 Totals

G/GS 5/1 13/10 13/10 31/21

REC 2 10 13 25

YDS 18 107 116 241

AVG 9.0 10.7 8.9 9.6

TD 0 2 1 3

LG 13 23 13 23

AVG/G 3.6 8.2 8.9 7.8

High School -Played for coach Ma Hedrick at Bishop Moore High School -Rushed for 1,022 yards and averaged 10.1 yards per a empt during his senior campaign -Also racked up 14 touchdowns that season -On defense, posted more than 50 solo tackles as an outside linebacker

Personal -Parents are Tim and Lisa Tiralosi -Major is undeclared

2013 - True Freshman -Selected as an Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week for the UConn game

High School -Played for coach Price Harris at Frostproof High School

Personal -Parents are Charlie and Pamela Warren -Major is interdisciplinary studies

2013 - Junior -Named to the College Football TUKES’ HONORS Performance Awards Tight End •All-C-USA Honorable MenƟon - 12 Trophy Watch List 62

2014 UCF Football Yearbook


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