Leonard Thompson
Leonard Irwin Thompson
Born: July 28, 1952
Oklahoma City, OK USA
Deceased: August 17, 2021
Position: WR-HB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 192
College: Oklahoma St.
High School: Pueblo (Tucson, AZ)
Career: 1975-1986
Drafted: 1975 in Round 8, #194 overall by the Detroit Lions
Leonard Thompson played from 1975 to 1986 during his career with the Detroit Lions. Thompson ran for 327 yards in his career on 64 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 277 passes for 4,682 yards and 35 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 31 | 91 | 2.9 | 16 | 1 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 30 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 21 | 1 |
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 40 | 1 |
| 1984 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 64 | 327 | 5.1 | 40 | 3 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 167 | 16.7 | 45 | 4 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 24 | 451 | 18.8 | 82 | 2 |
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 19 | 511 | 26.9 | 79 | 3 |
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 30 | 550 | 18.3 | 94 | 3 |
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 17 | 328 | 19.3 | 70 | 4 |
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 41 | 752 | 18.3 | 80 | 3 |
| 1984 | NFL Detroit Lions | 50 | 773 | 15.5 | 66 | 6 |
| 1985 | NFL Detroit Lions | 51 | 736 | 14.4 | 48 | 5 |
| 1986 | NFL Detroit Lions | 25 | 320 | 12.8 | 36 | 5 |
| Totals | 277 | 4682 | 16.9 | 94 | 35 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 136 | 11.3 | 31 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 271 | 22.6 | 33 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 32 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 24 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 207 | 25.9 | 31 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 799 | 22.2 | 33 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1984 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1985 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1986 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Totals | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 3 |
| 1978 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 15 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 12 |
| 1981 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 16 |
| 1982 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 7 |
| 1983 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 12 |
| 1984 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 15 |
| 1985 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 13 |
| 1986 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 1 |
