2024: Transfer safety from Texas … team captain … 65 tackles for season … enrolled in January … 241 career tackles, 176 at Texas … 2 solo stops vs. AAMU … 6 tackles, PBU against Cal … interception, team-high 6 tackles vs. New Mexico … team-high 8 tackles, TFL, sack, PBU against Arkansas … 2 solo tackles vs. Oklahoma … 5 tackles at Georgia … 6 tackles, PBU at Missouri … 4 tackles at Kentucky … 5 tackles, TFL against Vanderbilt … team-best 5 tackles vs. ULM … team-high 11 tackles with an interception against Texas A&M … 5 tackles, PBU at Alabama … Pop-Tarts Crazy Good play of week (New Mexico)

Before Auburn: Transfer defensive back from Texas … played in 49 games with 31 starts for the Longhorns during the 2020-23 seasons … honorable mention all-Big 12 … career totals: 176 tackles, 5 interceptions, 23 PBU … all-state and three-time all-district honoree for Coach Todd Quick at Lufkin High … district MVP and first team all-District 8-5A Division 1 in 2019 ... recorded 59 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 interceptions, 2 PBU, a forced fumble and a defensive touchdown as a senior ... returned an interception 77 yards for a TD against Nacogdoches ... helped Lufkin to a 9-2 overall record, including a 7-0 district mark and title, and the 5A Division 1 bi-district playoffs ... second team 2019 Super Team and Texas Top 300 by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football ... Austin American-Statesman Fab 55 ... honorable mention 5A all-state in 2018, when he was district defensive MVP and first team all-district, with 90 tackles, 4 TFL, 15 PBU, a forced fumble and an interception as a junior ... first team all-District 12-6A safety in 2017 ... also a basketball and track letterman … honor roll

Personal: Birthday is October 29 ... son of Tishannah Lynn and Joe Thompson ... has seven siblings: Jossim, Julian, Kierstan, Shayla, Cierra, Cyler and David ... studying in the College of Liberal Arts