2021 Football Roster
Josh Thompson
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 310
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- First-Year
- Hometown:
- Fenton, Mich.
- High School:
- Fenton
2024 Redshirt Junior:
Started 10 games at right guard ... Named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention and Academic All-Big Ten ... Rated as PFF’s highest-graded right guard in the Big Ten with an 82.0 pass blocking grade ... Did not allow a sack throughout the entire season ... Earned a season-high 84.9 offensive game grade from PFF and was named to the PFF Big Ten Team of the Week following a win vs. Eastern Illinois (9/14) ... Named to the PFF Big Ten Team of the Week following a win at Maryland (10/11)
2023 Redshirt Sophomore:
Played in all 13 games and made 11 starts, serving as the starting right tackle the final 11 games of the season ... Named Academic All-Big Ten ... Allowed two sacks on the season, all against Penn State (9/30), and did not allow a sack over the season’s final eight games ... Logged 761 snaps on the season ... Made his first career start at Duke (9/16) ... According to Pro Football Focus, recorded a season-high 78.8 grade in the win over Purdue (11/18), while also posting an 81.9 pass blocking grade ... Helped pave the way for the offense to post a season-high three rushing touchdowns and 3.9 yards per carry in the road win at Illinois (11/25)
2022 Redshirt First-Year:
Played in eight games
2021 First-Year:
Did not see game action this season ... Redshirted
High School:
Verbally committed to Northwestern on March 24, 2020 ... No. 35 offensive guard in the country and No. 20 overall recruit in Michigan (247Sports) ... Four-year letterwinner, helping Fenton to a 34-9 record and multiple Top-10 rankings ... 141 pancakes as a three-year starter with no sacks allowed at three different positions (RG/RT/LT) ... Team captain ... 2020 Mr. Football Anvil Award contestant ... 2020 MHSFCA Division 2 All-Region First Team selection ... Two-time Flint Metro League unanimous first team selection ... Three-time first team all-area selection ... 2020 Sports Illustrated Preseason All-America candidate ... Earned all-state honors from the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News and Associated Press his junior season ... Flint Journal Dream Team offensive selection in 2019 ... Earned Flint Metro League and all-area first team honors as a sophomore ... Father, Randall, played football at Central Michigan and brother, Reid, played at Wayne State ... Competed against fellow signee Brendan Sullivan ... Has eight siblings ... Anticipated major is economics
