Chris Thompson with the Washington Redskins, 2015
With the Washington Redskins, 2015. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Florida State, 2009–⁠12

Chris Thompson

Number
No. 4
Height
5′8″
Hometown
Greenville, FL
Born
Oct 20, 1990, in Greenville, Florida

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Chris Thompson played running back at Florida State (2009–⁠12). The Washington Redskins took Thompson in round 5, No. 154 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
846
Rushing yards, 2010 (Florida State, 10–⁠4)
Best game
197 yards
Vs. Wake Forest, week 3, 2012: No. 2 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 154
Round 5, 2013 NFL Draft (Washington Redskins)

Career highs

197rushing yards, career highvs. Wake Forest, 20122rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Clemson, 20128catches, career highvs. Clemson, 2012

Honors

Team titles: ACC champions, 2012

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2009Florida State231205.2249
2010Florida State1338466.4690
2011Florida State29832.9119
2012Florida State916877.5580
Career2761,7366.31490

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2009Florida State2105.009
2010Florida State191558.2120
2011Florida State3175.709
2012Florida State2124811.8032
Career454309.6132

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2009Florida State61500–––
2010Florida State2330140
Career81830140

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Florida State4RB
2010Florida State4RB
2011Florida State4RB
2012Florida State4RB5′8″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 Florida State 8 games, 687 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 1vs.Murray StateW 69–⁠36320–––
Sep 8vs.Savannah StateW 55–⁠032511190
Sep 15vs.Wake ForestW 52–⁠0919722230
Sep 22vs.ClemsonW 49–⁠371510328790
Sep 29atSouth FloridaW 30–⁠17167402240
Oct 6atNC StateL 16–⁠172514102290
Oct 13vs.Boston CollegeW 51–⁠7106804270
Oct 20atMiamiW 33–⁠2074702470
2011 Florida State 5 games, 83 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 3vs.UL MonroeW 34–⁠06330–––
Sep 10vs.Charleston SouthernW 62–⁠106211–––
Sep 17vs.OklahomaL 13–⁠235−903170
Sep 24atClemsonL 30–⁠3511360–––
Oct 8atWake ForestL 30–⁠35120–––
2010 Florida State 14 games, 846 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 4vs.SamfordW 59–⁠631714540
Sep 11atOklahomaL 17–⁠4751002190
Sep 18vs.BYUW 34–⁠1091231–––
Sep 25vs.Wake ForestW 31–⁠06370130
Oct 2atVirginiaW 34–⁠1410761–––
Oct 9atMiamiW 45–⁠17141581–––
Oct 16vs.Boston CollegeW 24–⁠1910250–––
Oct 28atNC StateL 24–⁠286390–––
Nov 6vs.North CarolinaL 35–⁠379490–––
Nov 13vs.ClemsonW 16–⁠133160–––
Nov 20atMarylandW 30–⁠1689513250
Nov 27vs.FloridaW 31–⁠7174202120
Dec 4vs.Virginia TechL 33–⁠4481205251
Dec 31 ✦vs.South CarolinaW 26–⁠172514712170
2009 Florida State 9 games, 120 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 12vs.Jacksonville StateW 19–⁠9570–––
Sep 19atBYUW 54–⁠28150–––
Sep 26vs.South FloridaL 7–⁠171−30–––
Oct 3atBoston CollegeL 21–⁠28120110
Oct 10vs.Georgia TechL 44–⁠491490–––
Oct 22atNorth CarolinaW 30–⁠276180–––
Oct 31vs.NC StateW 45–⁠425192–––
Nov 7atClemsonL 24–⁠40130–––
Jan 1 ✦vs.West VirginiaW 33–⁠212200190

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2013Combine or pro day 2013
Height5′7⅛″
Weight192 lb
Arm length30¼″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.42 s
Vertical jump35″
Bench press21 reps

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 72 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2013Washington Redskins400000
2014Washington Redskins23120627
2015Washington Redskins1335216035240
2016Washington Redskins1668356349349
2017Washington Redskins1064294239510
2018Washington Redskins1043178041268
2019Washington Redskins1137138042378
2020Jacksonville Jaguars6720020146
NFL career722571,21452321,918

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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