Brandon Thompkins

American gridiron football player (born 1987)

American football player

Brandon Thompkins

No. 14

Position:

Wide receiver / Return specialist

Personal information

Born:

(1987-10-09) October 9, 1987 (age 36)
West Palm Beach, Florida

Height:

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Weight:

185 lb (84 kg)

Career information

High school:

Palm Beach Lakes Community High School

College:

Arkansas State

Undrafted:

2011

Career history

BC Lions (2011)*
Spokane Shock (2011–2013)
Utah Blaze (2013)
Spokane Shock (2014)
Philadelphia Soul (2014)*
Los Angeles KISS (2014)
Orlando Predators (2015–2016)
Cleveland Gladiators (2017)
Baltimore Brigade (2017–2019)

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career highlights and awards

2× First Team All-Arena (2016, 2018)
4× Second Team All-Arena (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Playmaker of the Year (2016)

Career Arena statistics

Receptions:	567
Receiving yards:	7,024
Receiving TDs:	140

Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Brandon Thompkins (born October 9, 1987) is a former arena football wide receiver.

After playing college football at Arkansas State University, Thompkins was signed as an undrafted free agent by the CFL's BC Lions, but cut after training camp.^[1] From there, he joined Spokane Shock. After two seasons, he was assigned to the Utah Blaze,^[2] only to go back to the Shock and be traded to the Philadelphia Soul on May 29, 2014 for future considerations.^[3] The Soul traded him to the Los Angeles Kiss on May 30, 2014, for future considerations.^[4]

On December 14, 2015, Thompkins was assigned to the Predators.^[5] With the Predators, he was named Playmaker of the Year in 2016.^[6] On February 1, 2017 he was assigned to the Cleveland Gladiators.^[7] On May 22, 2017, Thompkins was traded with Shane Boyd to the Baltimore Brigade for future considerations and claim order positioning. He earned Second Team All-Arena honors in 2017.^[8] On April 19, 2019, Thompson was assigned to the Brigade again.

References

^ "Former BC Lion added". Spokane Shock. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
^ "WR Brandon Thompkins Joins Blaze". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
^ "Spokane Shock Team Transactions | ArenaFan.com". www.arenafan.com.
^ "2014 Philadelphia Soul Postseason Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
^ "All-Arena WR Brandon Thompkins Returns to Predators". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
^ "Brandon Thompkins Named AFL Playmaker of the Year". Our Sports Central. August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
^ "Transactions". afldigital.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "AFL Announces All-Arena First and Second Teams". arenafootball.com. August 21, 2017. Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.