.jpg) Thompson in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| No. 54 – Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born: | April 21, 1994 Sacramento, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Grant Union (Sacramento) | ||||||||||||||||
| College: | Washington (2012–2014) | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2015 / round: 1 / pick: 25 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Injured reserve | ||||||||||||||||
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Shaquille Green Thompson (born April 21, 1994) is an American professional football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies, earning first-team All-American honors in 2014. He also had a short stint playing baseball with the Boston Red Sox organization as part of their rookie team in the Gulf Coast League. Since being drafted he has played a hybrid safety and linebacker position for the Panthers, also known as "the Big Nickel".[2]
- ^ "Pac-12 announces Football All-Academic teams". Pac-12. December 1, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ^ Jourdan Rodridge (December 13, 2017). "Panthers big nickel Shaq Thompson is day to day with foot injury, so what's next step?". charlotteobserver.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2018.