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Jersey Number 17
Taylor Thompson
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Tight End
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 235
- Hometown:
- Prattville, Ala.
- High School:
- Prattville
- Previous:
- Charlotte
- Major:
- Business Management
2024:
- Honorable Mention All-Sun Belt selection
- VaSID Second Team All-State
- JMU's Gary Clark Offensive MVP
- Played in all 13 games, making 11 starts at tight end
- JMU co-leader in receiving touchdowns (6)
- Had 33 receptions for 448 receiving yards and six touchdowns
- Averaged 13.6 yards per catch
- Also converted a pair of two-point conversions, rushing for once vs. Ball State (Sept. 28) and passing for another vs. Coastal Carolina (Oct. 10)
- Ranked tied for seventh in the Sun Belt in receiving touchdowns
- Career-high five catches for 91 yards and a touchdown in Ball State win
- Matched career high of five receptions for 59 yards at ULM (Oct. 5)
- Produced season-best 36-yard catch vs. Marshall (Nov. 30)
- Caught game-winning touchdown pass on 21-yard catch vs. Western Kentucky in Boca Raton Bowl (Dec. 18)
- Had three or more receptions in five games and had at least one grab in all 13 games
2023:
- Played in seven games
Prior to JMU:
- Transferred to JMU after spending three seasons at Charlotte (2020-22)
- 2020 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
- Played 25 career games with 13 starts at tight end
- Had 44 receptions for 580 yards and two touchdowns
- Played in all 12 games with three starts in 2022, making 14 catches for 263 yards
- Started six of first seven games in 2021 before an injury, tallying 18 receptions for 127 yards and a touchdown
- Registered 12 receptions for 190 yards and a score in 2020 while playing in six games with four starts
- Career-high 99 receiving yards vs. Louisiana Tech (2022)
- Charlotte career-high four receptions at Duke (2020) and vs. Louisiana Tech (2022)
- Career-long 41-yard reception at App State (2020)
- Dean’s List in four semesters and Chancellor’s List once
High School:
- 2019 Montgomery Quarterback Club Regional Public School Player of the Year
- 2019 Alabama 7A First Team All-State and Second Team in 2018
- Honor roll student
Personal:
- Son of James and Kellie Thompson
- Has a sister, Khloe
- Majoring in business management
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