Jack Thompson
Jack Byron Thompson "Throwin Samoan"
Born: May 19, 1956
Tutuwila, American Samoa
Position: QB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 217
College: Washington St.
High School: Evergreen (White Center, WA)
Career: 1979-1984
Drafted: 1979 in Round 1, #3 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals
Jack Thompson played from 1979 to 1984 during his career with the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Thompson threw for 5,315 yards in his career, completing 449 of 845 passes with 33 touchdowns and 45 interceptions. He also ran for 262 yards in 70 attempts with 6 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 87 | 39 | 44.8 | 481 | 5.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 5 | 5.7 | 50 | 16 | 178 | 42.4 |
1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 234 | 115 | 49.1 | 1324 | 5.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 12 | 5.1 | 59 | 13 | 113 | 60.9 |
1981 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 49 | 21 | 42.9 | 267 | 5.4 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 4.1 | 21 | 7 | 61 | 50.3 |
1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 423 | 249 | 58.9 | 2906 | 6.9 | 18 | 4.3 | 21 | 5.0 | 80 | 39 | 289 | 73.3 |
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 52 | 25 | 48.1 | 337 | 6.5 | 2 | 3.8 | 5 | 9.6 | 74 | 10 | 54 | 42.4 |
Totals | 845 | 449 | 53.1 | 5315 | 6.3 | 33 | 3.9 | 45 | 5.3 | 80 | 85 | 695 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 21 | 116 | 5.5 | 21 | 5 |
1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 18 | 84 | 4.7 | 15 | 1 |
1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 26 | 27 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 70 | 262 | 3.7 | 21 | 6 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 3 | -1 | 0 | |||
1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 9 | 1 |
1980 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 4 |
1981 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 8 | 0 |
1982 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 0 |
1983 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 14 | 13 |
1984 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 3 |