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+ | |name = Jack Thompson |
| + | |image = Jack Thompson in 2019.jpg |
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| + | |caption = Thompson at Mike Leach's Insurgent Warfare and Football Strategy Class |
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| + | |number = 14 |
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| + | |position = [[Quarterback]] |
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| + | |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|19}} |
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| + | |birth_place = Tutuila, [[American Samoa]] |
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| − | |birth_date={{birth date and age|1956|5|19}} |
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| + | |high_school = [[Evergreen High School (King County, Washington)|Seattle (WA) Evergreen]] |
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| − | |birth_place=Tutuila, [[American Samoa]] |
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| + | |weight_lbs = 217 |
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| − | |highschool=[[Evergreen High School (Seattle, Washington)|Evergreen]] [[Washington (U.S. state)|(WA)]] |
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| + | |college = [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] |
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| + | * [[Cincinnati Bengals]] ({{NFL Year|1979}}–{{NFL Year|1982}}) |
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| + | * [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|1983}}–{{NFL Year|1984}}) |
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| + | * 2× First-team All-[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-8/Pac-10]] ([[1976 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team|1976]], [[1978 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team|1978]]) |
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| + | * Second-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-8]] ([[1977 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team|1977]]) |
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| + | |statlabel5 = Passing yards |
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| + | |statvalue5 = 5,315 |
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| − | |debutyear=[[1979 Cincinnati Bengals season|1979]] |
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| + | |statlabel6 = [[Passer rating]] |
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| + | |statvalue6 = 63.4 |
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| − | |finalyear=[[1984 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|1984]] |
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| − | * [[Cincinnati Bengals]] ({{NFL Year|1979}}-{{NFL Year|1982}}) |
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| − | * [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|1983}}-{{NFL Year|1984}}) |
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| − | '''Jack Thompson''' (born May 18, 1956) is |
+ | '''Jack Thompson''' (born May 18, 1956) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player, a [[quarterback]] in the [[National Football League]] for six seasons. He was known as "the Throwin' Samoan," a nickname bestowed on him by ''[[The Spokesman-Review|Spokesman-Review]]'' columnist Harry Missildine during Thompson's breakout sophomore season at [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State University]] in [[1976 Washington State Cougars football team|1976]]. |
| + | ==College career== |
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| − | Thompson went to college at Washington State University, where he set numerous school, [[Pacific-12 Conference|Pac-10]] and [[NCAA]] records. He finished ninth in the voting for the [[Heisman Trophy]] in 1978. His prowess led the Bengals to make him the third overall pick in the [[1979 NFL Draft]]. |
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| + | As a collegian at Washington State in [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]], Thompson set numerous school, [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]] and [[NCAA]] records. In the second game of [[1976 Washington State Cougars football team|1976]], he took over on offense after senior starter John Hopkins was injured making a tackle in the second quarter at [[1976 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]].<ref name=gwcgs>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uCBOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6533%2C1584334 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |last=Missildine |first=Harry |title=Gophers whips Cougs |date=September 19, 1976 |page=D1}}</ref> |
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| + | As a senior in [[1978 NCAA Division I-A football season|1978]], he finished ninth in the [[1978 NCAA Division I-A football season#Heisman Trophy|voting]] for the [[Heisman Trophy]],<ref name=oshwnr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VuAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lDIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6513%2C3154430 |work=Lodi News-Sentinel |location=(California)|agency=UPI |title=Oklahoma's Sims Heisman winner |date=November 29, 1978 |page=18 }}</ref><ref name=billsims>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pEpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=De4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6337%2C6415692 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |last=Word |first=Ron |title=Billy Sims |date=November 29, 1978 |page=49}}</ref> and concluded his college career as the most prolific passer in NCAA history with 7,818 passing yards.<ref name=beefupbf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AOkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6902%2C1670873 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Ohio State linebacker goes to beef up Buffalo |date=May 4, 1979 |page=49}}</ref> Thompson set Pac-10 records for attempts, completions, and TD passes. He was all-conference three times and either first-team, second-team, or honorable mention [[All-American]] three times. |
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| − | He concluded his college career in 1978 as the most prolific passer in NCAA history, throwing for 7,818 yards. He set Pac-10 records for attempts, completions and TD passes. He was all-conference three times and either first-team, second-team or honorable mention [[All-American]] three times. He is one of only two players in WSU history to have his number retired (the other is [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]r [[Mel Hein]]). Thompson wore No. 14 and graduated from [[Evergreen High School (Seattle, Washington)|Evergreen High School]] south of [[Seattle]]. |
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| + | ===College statistics=== |
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| − | *1976: 208/355 for 2,762 yards with 20 TD vs 14 INT. |
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| − | *1977: 192/329 for 2,372 yards with 13 TD vs 13 INT. |
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| − | *1978: 175/348 for 2,333 yards with 17 TD vs 20 INT. |
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| + | ! colspan="2"|Legend |
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| + | |- |
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| + | | style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| |
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| + | | Led the Pac-8/Pac-10 |
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| + | | style="background:#E0CEF2; width:3em"| |
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| + | | Pac-8/Pac-10 record |
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| + | | style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"| |
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| + | | Led the NCAA |
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| + | | NCAA Record |
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| + | | '''Bold''' |
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| + | | Career high |
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| + | |} |
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| + | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
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| + | |+College passing statistics* <ref name="Jack Thompson college statistics">{{cite web|title=Jack Thompson college statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jack-thompson-1.html|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=July 14, 2019}}</ref> |
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| + | {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Washington State Cougars|Season | School | Games | Cmp | Att | Yds | Pct | TD | INT | QBR }} |
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| + | | [[1975 NCAA Division I football season|1975]] || [[1975 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]] || '''11''' || 26 || 54 || 351 || 48.1% || 3 || '''2''' || 113.7 |
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| + | | [[1976 NCAA Division I football season|1976]] || [[1976 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]] || '''11''' || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''208''' || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''355''' || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''2,762''' || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''58.6%''' || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''20''' || 14 || style="background:#cfecec;"| '''134.7''' |
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| + | | [[1977 NCAA Division I football season|1977]] || [[1977 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]] || '''11''' || 192 || 329 || 2,372 || 58.4% || 13 || 13 || 124.1 |
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| + | | [[1978 NCAA Division I-A football season|1978]] || [[1978 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]] || '''11''' || 175 || 348 || 2,333 || 50.3% || 17 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 20 || 111.2 |
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| + | ! Career !! [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] !! 44 !! 601 !! 1,086 !! 7,818 !! 55.3% !! 53 !! 49 !! 122.9 |
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| + | |}<nowiki>*</nowiki> Includes bowl games. |
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| + | He is one of only two players in school history to have his number retired (with [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]r [[Mel Hein]]). Thompson wore No. 14 and graduated from [[Evergreen High School (King County, Washington)|Evergreen High School]] in 1974, south of [[Seattle]]. |
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| + | ==NFL career== |
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| + | Thompson was the first quarterback selected in the [[1979 NFL Draft]], taken third overall by the [[1979 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]],<ref name=beefupbf/><ref name=nottrbt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AOkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4154%2C1673111|work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Bergum |first=Steve |title=Cincinnati denies rumors; Thompson isn't trade bait |date=May 4, 1979 |page=49}}</ref> and played there for four years, which included the [[Super Bowl XVI|Super Bowl]] season in [[1981 Cincinnati Bengals season|1981]]. |
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| + | Considered by [[ESPN]] to be a bust of a draft pick (#26 worst – fellow WSU grad [[Ryan Leaf]] is considered #1),<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft08/news/story?id=3325687 ESPN.com: "Phillips couldn't outrun off-the-field troubles: From Ryan Leaf to Michael Westbrook, ESPN.com ranks the top 50 draft busts"] April 18, 2008.</ref> Thompson went to the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] in [[1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|1983]] and was the [[Starting lineup|starter]], but was replaced the [[1984 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|following year]] by [[Steve DeBerg]]. |
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| + | ==NFL career statistics== |
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| + | {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" |
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| + | ! colspan="2"|Legend |
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| + | | style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| |
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| + | | Led the league |
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| + | | style="background:#E0CEF2; width:3em"| |
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| + | |NFL record |
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| + | | [[List of Super Bowl champions|Won the Super Bowl]] |
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| + | | style="background:#ff0; width:3em;"| |
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| + | | AP [[National Football League Most Valuable Player Award|NFL MVP]] |
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| + | | style="background:#f4c842; width:3em;"| |
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| + | | [[Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award|Super Bowl MVP]] |
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| + | | '''Bold''' |
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| + | | Career high |
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| + | |} |
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| + | ===Regular season=== |
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| + | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
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| + | ! rowspan=2|Year |
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| + | ! rowspan=2|Team |
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| + | ! colspan=2|Games |
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| + | ! colspan=9|Passing |
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| + | ! colspan=4|Rushing |
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| + | ! colspan=2|Sacked |
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| + | ! colspan=2|Fumbles |
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| + | ! colspan=2|Record |
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| + | ! {{tooltip|G|Games played}} !! {{tooltip|GS|Games started}} !! {{tooltip|Cmp|Passes completed}} !! {{tooltip|Att|Passes attempted}} !! {{tooltip|Pct|Completion percentage}} !! {{tooltip|Yds|Passing yards}} !! {{tooltip|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} !! {{tooltip|Lng|Longest pass completion}} !! {{tooltip|TD|Passing touchdowns}} !! {{tooltip|Int|Interceptions}} !! {{tooltip|Rtg|Passer rating}}!! {{tooltip|Att|Rushing attempts}} !! {{tooltip|Yds|Rushing yards}} !! {{tooltip|Avg|Yards per rushing attempt}} !! {{tooltip|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} !! {{tooltip|Sck|Times sacked}} !! {{tooltip|Yds|Yards lost due to sacks}} !! {{tooltip|Fum|Fumbles}} !! {{tooltip|Lost|Fumbles lost}} !! {{tooltip|W–L|Win-loss record as a starter}} |
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| + | ! [[1979 NFL season|1979]] || [[1979 Cincinnati Bengals season|CIN]] |
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| + | | 9 || 1 || 39 || 87 || 44.8 || 481 || 5.5 || 50 || 1 || 5 || 42.4 || 21 || '''116''' || 5.5 || '''5''' || 16 || 178 || 3 || 1 || 0–1 |
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| + | ! [[1980 NFL season|1980]] || [[1980 Cincinnati Bengals season|CIN]] |
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| + | | '''14''' || 4 || 115 || 234 || 49.1 || 1,324 || 5.7 || 59 || 11 || 12 || 60.9 || 18 || 84 || 4.7 || 1 || 13 || 113 || 5 || 3 || 1-3 |
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| + | ! [[1981 NFL season|1981]] || [[1981 Cincinnati Bengals season|CIN]] |
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| + | | 8 || 0 || 21 || 49 || 42.9 || 267 || 5.4 || 21 || 1 || 2 || 50.3 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 7 || 61 || 0 || 0 || 0-0 |
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| + | ! [[1982 NFL season|1982]] || [[1982 Cincinnati Bengals season|CIN]] |
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| + | | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0-0 |
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| + | ! [[1983 NFL season|1983]] || [[1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|TB]] |
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| + | | '''14''' || '''13''' || '''249''' || '''423''' || '''58.9''' || '''2,906''' || '''6.9''' || '''80''' || '''18''' || 21 || '''73.3''' || '''26''' || 27 || 1.0 || 0 || '''39''' || '''289''' || '''10''' || '''5''' || 2-11 |
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| + | ! [[1984 NFL season|1984]] || [[1984 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|TB]] |
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| + | | 5 || 3 || 25 || 52 || 48.1 || 337 || 6.5 || 74 || 2 || 5 || 42.4 || 5 || 35 || '''7.0''' || 0 || 10 || 54 || 1 || 1 || '''1-2''' |
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| + | ! colspan="2"|Total !! 51 !! 21 !! 449 !! 845 !! 53.1 !! 5,315 !! 6.3 !! 80 !! 33 !! 45 !! 63.4 !! 70 !! 262 !! 3.7 !! 6 !! 85 !! 695 !! 19 !! 10 !! 4-17 |
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| + | |} |
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| + | ! colspan=4|Rushing |
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| + | ! colspan=2|Sacked |
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| + | ! colspan=2|Fumbles |
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| + | ! |Record |
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| + | ! {{tooltip|G|Games played}} !! {{tooltip|GS|Games started}} !! {{tooltip|Cmp|Passes completed}} !! {{tooltip|Att|Passes attempted}} !! {{tooltip|Pct|Completion percentage}} !! {{tooltip|Yds|Passing yards}} !! {{tooltip|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} !!{{tooltip|Lng|Longest pass completion}}!! {{tooltip|TD|Passing touchdowns}} !! {{tooltip|Int|Interceptions}} !! {{tooltip|Rtg|Passer rating}}!! {{tooltip|Att|Rushing attempts}} !! {{tooltip|Yds|Rushing yards}} !! {{tooltip|Avg|Yards per rushing attempt}} !! {{tooltip|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} !! {{tooltip|Sck|Times sacked}} !! {{tooltip|Yds|Yards lost due to sacks}} !! {{tooltip|Fum|Fumbles}} !! {{tooltip|Lost|Fumbles lost}} !! {{tooltip|W–L|Win/loss record}} |
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| + | ! [[1980–81 NFL playoffs|1981]] || [[1981 Cincinnati Bengals season|CIN]] |
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| + | | 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 100.0 || 14 || 14.0 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 118.7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0-0 |
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| + | ! colspan="2"|Total !! 2 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 100.0 !! 14 !! 14.0 !! 14 !! 0 !! 0 !! 118.7 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0.0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0-0 |
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| + | |} |
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| + | ==After football== |
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After his football career, Thompson settled in Seattle and became a [[mortgage bank]]er, as well as a volunteer quarterbacks coach at [[Ballard High School (Seattle)|Ballard High School]]. His son Tony, a [[tight end]], followed in his dad's footsteps in suiting up at Washington State, and a nephew, [[Tavita Pritchard]], was a quarterback at [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford University]]. |
After his football career, Thompson settled in Seattle and became a [[mortgage bank]]er, as well as a volunteer quarterbacks coach at [[Ballard High School (Seattle)|Ballard High School]]. His son Tony, a [[tight end]], followed in his dad's footsteps in suiting up at Washington State, and a nephew, [[Tavita Pritchard]], was a quarterback at [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford University]]. |
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| + | ==See also== |
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| + | * [[List of quarterbacks of non-white or non-black descent]] |
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| + | ==References== |
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| + | {{reflist|2}} |
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| + | *[https://evergreensuccess.org/portfolio/jack-thompson-74-the-throwin-samoan/ Friends of Evergreen] − Jack Thompson |
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| − | | NAME = Thompson, Jack |
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| − | | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
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| − | | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player |
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| − | | DATE OF BIRTH = May 18, 1956 |
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| − | | PLACE OF BIRTH = Tutuwila, American Samoa |
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Latest revision as of 22:57, 4 September 2019
For other people with the same name, see Jack Thompson (disambiguation).
| File:Jack Thompson in 2019.jpg Thompson at Mike Leach's Insurgent Warfare and Football Strategy Class | |
| No. 14 | |
| Quarterback | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: May 19, 1956 | |
| Place of birth: Tutuila, American Samoa | |
| Career information | |
| College: Washington State | |
| NFL Draft: 1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 | |
| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
| * Cincinnati Bengals ( 1979– 1982) | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| * 2× First-team All-Pac-8/Pac-10 (1976, 1978) | |
| Pass attempts | 845 |
| Pass completions | 449 |
| Percentage | 53.1 |
| TD-INT | 33-45 |
| Passing yards | 5,315 |
| Passer rating | 63.4 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
Jack Thompson (born May 18, 1956) is an American former professional football player, a quarterback in the National Football League for six seasons. He was known as "the Throwin' Samoan," a nickname bestowed on him by Spokesman-Review columnist Harry Missildine during Thompson's breakout sophomore season at Washington State University in 1976.
College career
As a collegian at Washington State in Pullman, Thompson set numerous school, Pac-10 and NCAA records. In the second game of 1976, he took over on offense after senior starter John Hopkins was injured making a tackle in the second quarter at Minnesota.[1]
As a senior in 1978, he finished ninth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy,[2][3] and concluded his college career as the most prolific passer in NCAA history with 7,818 passing yards.[4] Thompson set Pac-10 records for attempts, completions, and TD passes. He was all-conference three times and either first-team, second-team, or honorable mention All-American three times.
College statistics
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Led the Pac-8/Pac-10 | |
| Pac-8/Pac-10 record | |
| Led the NCAA | |
| NCAA Record | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Season | School | Games | Cmp | Att | Yds | Pct | TD | INT | QBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Washington State | 11 | 26 | 54 | 351 | 48.1% | 3 | 2 | 113.7 |
| 1976 | Washington State | 11 | 208 | 355 | 2,762 | 58.6% | 20 | 14 | 134.7 |
| 1977 | Washington State | 11 | 192 | 329 | 2,372 | 58.4% | 13 | 13 | 124.1 |
| 1978 | Washington State | 11 | 175 | 348 | 2,333 | 50.3% | 17 | 20 | 111.2 |
| Career | Washington State | 44 | 601 | 1,086 | 7,818 | 55.3% | 53 | 49 | 122.9 |
* Includes bowl games.
He is one of only two players in school history to have his number retired (with Pro Football Hall of Famer Mel Hein). Thompson wore No. 14 and graduated from Evergreen High School in 1974, south of Seattle.
NFL career
Thompson was the first quarterback selected in the 1979 NFL Draft, taken third overall by the Cincinnati Bengals,[4][6] and played there for four years, which included the Super Bowl season in 1981.
Considered by ESPN to be a bust of a draft pick (#26 worst – fellow WSU grad Ryan Leaf is considered #1),[7] Thompson went to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1983 and was the starter, but was replaced the following year by Steve DeBerg.
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Led the league | |
| NFL record | |
| Won the Super Bowl | |
| AP NFL MVP | |
| Super Bowl MVP | |
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacked | Fumbles | Record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Sck | Yds | Fum | Lost | W–L | |||
| 1979 | CIN | 9 | 1 | 39 | 87 | 44.8 | 481 | 5.5 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 42.4 | 21 | 116 | 5.5 | 5 | 16 | 178 | 3 | 1 | 0–1 | |
| 1980 | CIN | 14 | 4 | 115 | 234 | 49.1 | 1,324 | 5.7 | 59 | 11 | 12 | 60.9 | 18 | 84 | 4.7 | 1 | 13 | 113 | 5 | 3 | 1-3 | |
| 1981 | CIN | 8 | 0 | 21 | 49 | 42.9 | 267 | 5.4 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 50.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| 1982 | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| 1983 | TB | 14 | 13 | 249 | 423 | 58.9 | 2,906 | 6.9 | 80 | 18 | 21 | 73.3 | 26 | 27 | 1.0 | 0 | 39 | 289 | 10 | 5 | 2-11 | |
| 1984 | TB | 5 | 3 | 25 | 52 | 48.1 | 337 | 6.5 | 74 | 2 | 5 | 42.4 | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | |
| Total | 51 | 21 | 449 | 845 | 53.1 | 5,315 | 6.3 | 80 | 33 | 45 | 63.4 | 70 | 262 | 3.7 | 6 | 85 | 695 | 19 | 10 | 4-17 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacked | Fumbles | Record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Sck | Yds | Fum | Lost | W–L | ||
| 1981 | CIN | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
After football
After his football career, Thompson settled in Seattle and became a mortgage banker, as well as a volunteer quarterbacks coach at Ballard High School. His son Tony, a tight end, followed in his dad's footsteps in suiting up at Washington State, and a nephew, Tavita Pritchard, was a quarterback at Stanford University.
See also
- List of quarterbacks of non-white or non-black descent
References
- ↑ Missildine, Harry (September 19, 1976). "Gophers whips Cougs". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press ((Spokane, Washington)): p. D1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uCBOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6533%2C1584334.
- ↑ "Oklahoma's Sims Heisman winner". Lodi News-Sentinel. UPI ((California)): p. 18. November 29, 1978. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VuAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lDIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6513%2C3154430.
- ↑ Word, Ron (November 29, 1978). "Billy Sims". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press ((Spokane, Washington)): p. 49. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pEpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=De4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6337%2C6415692.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ohio State linebacker goes to beef up Buffalo". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press ((Spokane, Washington)): p. 49. May 4, 1979. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AOkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6902%2C1670873.
- ↑ "Jack Thompson college statistics". https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jack-thompson-1.html. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- ↑ Bergum, Steve (May 4, 1979). "Cincinnati denies rumors; Thompson isn't trade bait". Spokesman-Review ((Spokane, Washington)): p. 49. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AOkRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4154%2C1673111.
- ↑ ESPN.com: "Phillips couldn't outrun off-the-field troubles: From Ryan Leaf to Michael Westbrook, ESPN.com ranks the top 50 draft busts" April 18, 2008.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • Pro-Football-Reference • Databasefootball.com
- Friends of Evergreen − Jack Thompson
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