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2024 Football Roster

12 Desmond Thompson

  • Class Senior
  • Position WR
  • Height 5-7
  • Weight 170
  • Hometown Merced, CA
  • High School Merced HS

Biography

2024
Played in 9 games… Ranked 2nd on the Kingsmen in receiving with 33 receptions for 266 yards… Scored 2 touchdowns… Longest reception was 35 yards… Posted season-high 69 receiving yards on 6 receptions vs. Redlands (Oct. 19)... Had 3 receptions for 62 yards and a touchdown vs. La Verne (Oct. 12)... Had 7 receptions for 38 yards and a touchdown vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Nov. 2)... Rushed for 14 yards on 3 attempts… Returned 20 kicks for 425 yards… Longest kick return was 40 yards… Ranked 2nd in the SCIAC with 128 punt return yards on 9 attempts… Blocked a punt vs. La Verne (Oct. 12). 

2023
Awarded Second Team All-SCIAC… Played in all 10 games… Led the SCIAC in punt return yards with 220… Ranked 2nd in the SCIAC with 482 kick return yards… Added 3 receptions for 45 receiving yards… Played in every game on defense, recording 5 tackles (2 solo, 3 assists). 

2022
Played in 5 games… Had 2 receptions totaling 15 yards… Scored 1 touchdown… Added 3 assisted tackles.

2021
Played in 4 games… Recorded 1 tackle.

2020
Was a member of the Kingsmen football program.

Merced HS ’20 
Played football, basketball, and baseball in the Central California Conference… MVP (football)... First Team All-Conference (football).

Personal
Hometown is Merced, California… Parents are Samantha and Herschel Thompson… Has one sibling, Alexis… Chose Cal Lutheran because "I loved the atmosphere on campus, and it felt like a home away from home."

Statistics

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    ATH
    5'6" 150 lbs
  • 27

    2021Sophomore

    DB
    5'6" 150 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2022Junior

    WR
    5'6" 150 lbs
    27
  • 12

    2023Senior

    WR
    5'6" 155 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2024Senior

    WR
    5'7" 170 lbs
    12