Dylan Thompson
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, South Carolina, 2010–⁠14

Dylan Thompson

Lettered 2011–⁠14 (school media guide)

Number
No. 17
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Boiling Springs, SC
Born
Oct 24, 1991, in Boiling Springs, South Carolina

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Dylan Thompson played quarterback at South Carolina (2010–⁠14).

Career highs

402passing yards, career highat Auburn, 20145touchdown passes, career highat Auburn, 2014

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2011South Carolina22100.0178.500
2012South Carolina6612752.01,0278.1102
2013South Carolina528958.47838.843
2014South Carolina27045159.93,5647.92611
Career39066958.35,3918.14016

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011South Carolina5163.218
2012South Carolina34230.7120
2013South Carolina16271.7312
2014South Carolina67−72−1.1420
Career122−6−0.0920

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010South Carolina17QB
2011South Carolina17QB
2012South Carolina17QB
2013South Carolina17QB
2014South Carolina17QB6′3″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. pass
2013South Carolina940.30––28.419%0.24
2014South Carolina5200.2967th (n=147)0.24149.754%0.51

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 South Carolina 13 games, 3,564 passing yards, 26 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 28vs.Texas A&ML 28–⁠52204036641−9
Sep 6vs.East CarolinaW 33–⁠2325382661119
Sep 13vs.GeorgiaW 38–⁠35213027131−1
Sep 20atVanderbiltW 48–⁠34223423730−7
Sep 27vs.MissouriL 20–⁠21213721910−31
Oct 4atKentuckyL 38–⁠4523372181333
Oct 18vs.FurmanW 41–⁠10142226220−23
Oct 25atAuburnL 35–⁠42295040253−2
Nov 1vs.TennesseeL 42–⁠45203234721−1
Nov 15atFloridaW 23–⁠20224120600−11
Nov 22vs.South AlabamaW 37–⁠121017237111
Nov 29atClemsonL 17–⁠35213924910−21
Dec 27 ✦vs.MiamiW 24–⁠21223428420−19
2013 South Carolina 8 games, 783 passing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 29vs.North CarolinaW 27–⁠10112910–
Sep 14vs.VanderbiltW 35–⁠2579750123
Sep 28atUCFW 28–⁠251532261010
Oct 5vs.KentuckyW 35–⁠28131300−5
Oct 12atArkansasW 52–⁠74538104
Oct 19atTennesseeL 21–⁠23115006
Oct 26atMissouriW 27–⁠241527222015
Nov 23vs.Coastal CarolinaW 70–⁠1081114020−6
2012 South Carolina 9 games, 1,027 passing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30atVanderbiltW 17–⁠1303000−4
Sep 8vs.East CarolinaW 48–⁠1021373303017
Sep 15vs.UABW 49–⁠651017720−3
Sep 22vs.MissouriW 31–⁠1012300–
Sep 29atKentuckyW 38–⁠1701000–
Oct 20atFloridaL 11–⁠448208301−13
Nov 10vs.ArkansasW 38–⁠2013700–
Nov 24atClemsonW 27–⁠1723413103138
Jan 1 ✦vs.MichiganW 33–⁠2871011720−12
2011 South Carolina 3 games, 17 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 24vs.VanderbiltW 21–⁠3–––––1
Oct 8vs.KentuckyW 54–⁠322170011
Nov 5atArkansasL 28–⁠44–––––4

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 East–West Shrine Game (West team, lost 3–⁠19).

DrillPro day 2015
Height6′1¾″
Weight223 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan77″W
40-yard dash4.83 s
10-yard split1.69 sW
Vertical jump35″
Broad jump9′5″
3-cone drill7.27 s
20-yard shuttle4.35 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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