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Brett Thompson

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Auburn, WA

High School:
Auburn-Riverside

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 230

Position:
OLB

Age:
22

COLLEGE: Team co-captain … Started all 10 games last season … Verizon District VIII College Division and GNAC academic all-star … Credited with 56 tackles, including 8.5 tackles for losses of minus-34 yards, 2 fumble recoveries and 1 pass defensed … Had team-high 4.5 quarterback sacks for minus-29 yards … GNAC academic all-star in 2001 … Played in all 11 games, starting first three … Credited with 26 tackles, including 2 for losses of minus-5 yards, and 1 pass defensed … Columbia Football Association Academic all-star in 2000 … Played in all 10 games … Credited with 18 tackles, 1 for loss of minus-4 yards … Redshirt in 1999 … Named team's Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year … Three letters.

HIGH SCHOOL: First-team Washington Prep Football Report Class 4A all-State pick as senior at Auburn-Riverside High School … Listed among Seattle Times Top 100 (red chip) state high school seniors … First-team Seattle Times and South County Journal all-Area, second-team Tacoma Morning News Tribune all-Area and first-team all-South Puget Sound League choice … Named all-region in Prep Star, Super Prep and Blue Chip Illustrated publications … Played in East-West all-star game … Three times named SPSL scholar-athlete … Credited with 355 career tackles … Had team-leading (third straight year) 105 tackles, including 10 for losses, forced 3 fumbles and recovered 1 fumble … Also ran for 253 yards and 3 touchdowns as fullback … Team co-captain … Second-team all-Area and first-team all-league as junior … Credited with 135 tackles, including 10 for losses and blocked 3 kicks … Second-team all-league as sophomore … Started and lettered four years … Also earned four letters in baseball and two in basketball … Team captain in both sports.

PERSONAL: Completed bachelor’s degree last June and now working on master’s degree in secondary education/social studies.

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