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

Brandon Thompkins
No. 14
Position:Wide receiver / Return specialist
Personal information
Born: (1987-10-09) October 9, 1987 (age 37)
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
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career Arena League statistics
Receptions:567
Receiving yards:7,024
Receiving TDs:140
Stats at ArenaFan.com

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

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  1. ^ "Former BC Lion added". Spokane Shock. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "WR Brandon Thompkins Joins Blaze". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "Spokane Shock Team Transactions | ArenaFan.com". www.arenafan.com.
  4. ^ "2014 Philadelphia Soul Postseason Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  5. ^ "All-Arena WR Brandon Thompkins Returns to Predators". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  6. ^ "Brandon Thompkins Named AFL Playmaker of the Year". Our Sports Central. August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  7. ^ "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)
  8. ^ "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.
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