2021 Football Roster
Roster
JT Thompson
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Mountain View
- Prev School:
- Southern Illinois
at Southern Illinois
2020 (SENIOR):Â Started all 10 games at cornerback ... recorded 32 tackles, including a season-high 9 stops vs. SE Louisiana ... four pass breakups on the season ... intercepted a pass in the playoff game at Weber State.
2019 (JUNIOR): Played in all 12 games and started the last four games ... recorded 39 tackles, including a season-high eight stops vs. North Dakota State ... had seven tackles vs. Youngstown State ... three pass breakups on the season.
2017-18 (HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE):Â NJCAA Second-Team Academic All-American as a sophomore ... played in seven games in 2018, registered 27 tackles, one interception, one forced fumble and two pass-breakups .. played in nine games in 2017 and had eight tackles, one interception and four pass-breakups.
HIGH SCHOOL: Led Gwinnett County in interceptions during his senior year ... three interceptions with 68 returns yards and two pass breakups in the team’s 56-0 win over Meadowcreek to win Gwinnett Daily Post Defensive Player of the Week honors.
PERSONAL: Son of Jonathan Thompson and and Tamika Johnson ... mother is a nurse ... the oldest of six siblings ... qualified for the Presidents List once and Dean’s List three times in high school.
