McLeod Bethel-Thompson

McLeod Bethel-Thompson

Bethel-Thompson in 2007 with UCLA
No. -- Free agent
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1988-07-03) July 3, 1988 (age 28)
Place of birth:	San Francisco, California
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:	San Francisco (CA) Balboa
College:	Sacramento State
Undrafted:	2011
Career history
San Jose SaberCats (2011) San Francisco 49ers (2011)* Sacramento Mountain Lions (2011) Miami Dolphins (2011)* Minnesota Vikings (2012–2013) San Francisco 49ers (2013) New England Patriots (2014)* Minnesota Vikings (2014)* Miami Dolphins (2014)* San Francisco 49ers (2015)* Philadelphia Eagles (2016)* Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2016)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

McLeod John Baltazar Bethel-Thompson (born July 3, 1988) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at Sacramento State. He is the grandson of the 1948 Olympic shot put champion Wilbur 'Moose' Thompson.

Bethel-Thompson graduated from San Francisco's Balboa High School in 2006, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He was the City's Football Player of the Year in 2006 and its Back of the Year in 2005. In 2004 and 2005, he led his team to the Turkey Bowl, the City's annual championship, held on Thanksgiving Day in Kezar Stadium.

After a redshirt year at UCLA in 2006, Bethel-Thompson shared the Bruins' quarterback duties in 2007. He started in the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl where the Bruins lost to BYU. Bethel saw action in five games for UCLA in 2007, completing 23 of 55 passes for 293 yards, with one touchdown and five interceptions.

Bethel-Thompson played at California State University, Sacramento from 2008 to 2010. In three seasons at Sacramento State, Bethel-Thompson appeared in 12 games, completing 113 of 197 passes for 1,322 yards, with seven touchdowns and eight interceptions.

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After going undrafted in 2011, Bethel-Thompson joined the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League.

Bethel-Thompson played for the San Francisco 49ers for a short time, and was expected to be the third string quarterback for the 49ers after Josh McCown was cut, but was later cut himself.