Anthony Thompson (American football)
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | April 8, 1967 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Terre Haute, Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Terre Haute (IN) North Vigo | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1990 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 831 |
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| Rushing average: | 3.3 |
| Rushing TDs: | 6 |
| Receptions: | 14 |
| Receiving yards: | 74 |
| Receiving TDs: | 0 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Anthony Q. Thompson (born April 8, 1967) is a former professional American football running back and a current pastor at the Lighthouse Community Church in Bloomington, Indiana.
Thompson played college football with the Indiana University Hoosiers football program where he won the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award in 1989. He also won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football twice, becoming only the third person to do so at the time (the previous two-time award winners being Paul Giel of Univ of Minnesota 1952 & 1953 and Archie Griffin of Ohio State Univ in 1973 & 1974, with Braxton Miller of Ohio State Univ later becoming the fourth two-time winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football in 2012 & 2013). Thompson finished second in Heisman Trophy voting for the 1989 season. In 1989 he broke the record for career touchdowns in college with 65 touchdowns. The record stood until 1998 when it was broken by Ricky Williams. Thompson finished his college career with 5,299 rushing yards. Thompson was a three-year starter (1983–1985) for Terre Haute North Vigo High School, where he was a Parade All-American under coach Wayne Staley. On May 9, 2007 Thompson was announced as one of the specially selected inductees of the 2007 class at the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Thompson was selected by the Phoenix Cardinals in the second round of the 1990 NFL Draft. During his NFL career, which ended in 1992 with the Los Angeles Rams, he played in 37 games and scored six touchdowns.
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