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51 Sam Thompson

  • Class Super Senior
  • Position OL
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 300
  • Hometown Spartanburg, S.C.
  • High School Dorman HS

Biography

Graduated in May 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in business management ... Received his MBA in December 2021.

Honors
2022 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society
2021 P
ro Football Focus (PFF) College Football Preseason All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
2021 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference Third Team
2021 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team
2020 Burlsworth Trophy Semifinalist
2020 Phil Steele SBC All-Conference Third Team
2020 All-Sun Belt Third Team
2020 Burlsworth Trophy Nominee
2020 Rimington Trophy Watch List



2021 (Super Senior)

  • Played in and started all 13 games on the season for the Chanticleers
  • Anchored the offensive line unit at center all season long
  • Totaled 17 knockdown blocks on the year
  • Was the highest-graded offensive lineman in the season-opening win over The Citadel (Sept. 2), playing 43 snaps on offense
  • Also the top-graded offensive lineman in the loss at Appalachian State (Oct. 20), registering two knockdowns over 55 snaps
  • Graded out at 92 percent over 37 offensive plays in the home win over UMass (Sept. 25) and in 53 plays with three pancake blocks in the win versus ULM (Oct. 1)
  • Graded out over 90 percent in each of the last three games of the season - 95 percent versus Texas State (Nov. 20), 93 percent at South Alabama (Nov. 26), and 95 percent versus Northern Illinois at the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl - while playing every offensive snap in each contest
  • Recorded a team-high four pancake blocks over 78 plays on offense in the home loss to Georgia State (Nov. 13)
  • Played 63 snaps and had one takedown on the offensive line in the home win over Kansas (Sept. 10)
  • Made all 62 snaps on offense and had one knockdown in the road win at Buffalo (Sept. 18)
  • Had two knockdowns in wins over Troy (Oct. 28) and Georgia Southern (Nov. 6)
  • Add one pancake block in the road win at Arkansas State (Oct. 7)
  • Earned a spot on the 2021 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference third team
  • Named to the 2021 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt fourth team
  • Named a 2021 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Football Preseason All-Sun Belt honorable mention
  • Was a member of the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2021 fall semester
  • Named to the 2022 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society


2020 (Redshirt Senior)

  • A 2020 Burlsworth Trophy Semifinalist
  • Named to the Phil Steele SBC All-Conference third team
  • Earned a spot on the 2020 All-Sun Belt third team
  • Played in and started all 12 games at center
  • Was a key member of the offensive line unit that was named a Joe Moore Award semifinalist, presented annually to the nation's top offensive line unit
  • Was the top-graded lineman in the win over Campbell (Sept. 18), playing 47 snaps and tallying three knockdowns
  • Recorded four knockdown blocks in the season-opening win at Kansas (Sept. 12) and in the win over No. 8 BYU (Dec. 5)
  • Also tied a team-high with three takedowns in the road win at nationally-ranked Louisiana (Oct. 14) and in the home win over South Alabama (Nov. 7)
  • Played every snap in wins over Kansas, Arkansas State (Oct. 3), Louisiana, Appalachian State (Nov. 21), BYU, and Troy (Dec. 12), and in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl versus No. 23 Liberty (Dec. 26)
  • Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2020 fall semester
  • A member of the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2021 spring semester


2019 (Redshirt Junior)

  • Saw action in 11 games, starting 10 contests
  • Lined up at center this season for the CCU offense which recorded over 400 yards of total offense five times, including a season-high 636 yards in the road win at UMass (Sept. 21)
  • Behind the offensive line unit, the Chants were 23-for-29 (79.3 percent) on fourth-down attempts which was the second-best percentage both nationally and in the Sun Belt
  • The 23 fourth-down conversions were tied for the third-most nationally behind only Army and Navy with 26
  • Graded out at 90 percent or higher in eight games on the year
  • Played all 95 offensive plays and totaled six knockdown blocks in the conference road game at Arkansas State (Nov. 16)
  • Snapped the ball for every 89 offensive plays and tallied six knockdown blocks in the home win over Troy (Nov. 2)
  • Played 76 snaps and recorded three takedown blocks in the season opener versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31)
  • Logged 75 offensive plays against Norfolk State (Sept. 14)
  • Totaled three knockdown blocks in the road win at UMass and three more versus Georgia State (Oct. 12) while playing every snap 
  • Also recorded two knockdowns at Appalachian State (Sept. 28)
  • Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2019 fall semester
  • Earned a spot on the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2020 spring term


2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)

  • Played in two games on the year, seeing the field at South Carolina (Sept. 1) and at Campbell (Sept. 12)
  • Recorded one knockdown block in the contest versus the Gamecocks
  • Also graded out at 91 percent and registered a knockdown block in the road win at Campbell
  • Earned a spot on the Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the fall 2018 term
  • Received Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List recognition for posting at least a 3.5 GPA for the 2018-19 academic year


2017 (Redshirt Freshman)

  • Did not see game action
  • Named Chant Squad Offensive MVP for the Georgia State week
  • Earned Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or higher) recognition in the spring of 2018
  • Received Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll recognition for posting at least a 3.0 GPA for the 2017-18 academic year


2016 (Freshman)

  • Redshirted
  • Attended Coastal in the fall of 2016, but did not participate on the football team
  • Joined the team in the spring of 2017 and made the team as a walk-on


High School

  • Played guard at powerhouse Dorman High School in Spartanburg, S.C.

 

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Redshirt Freshman

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    2018Sophomore

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    5'9" 255 lbs
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    2019Redshirt Junior

    OL
    5'9" 280 lbs
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    2020Redshirt Senior

    OL
    5'9" 290 lbs
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    2021Super Senior

    OL
    5'9" 300 lbs
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