Essay On Chris Thompson

Chris Thompson is the best small running back in the NFL because he’s bounced back from some major injuries, he currently has no broken records, and every season he played they raised his salary to a million dollars or more. Chris Thompson was born October 1990. He is 27 years young, weighing 195 pounds at 5 feet and 8 inches. Chris Thompson was born in California but raised in Greenville and at a young age, he wanted to play football. He was asked what he wanted to be at the age of six, he told his stepdad he was going to be in the NFL playing football. At such a young age his stepdad was determined to get him where he wanted to go so he introduced him to the sports everyone knows football. Which he was already familiar with, but his stepdad

The two injuries he faced in college were a broken back and a torn ACL in his left knee. His coach Jimbo Fisher said he was lucky it did not paralyze him, which had them in relief. This injury was disheartening for Chris Thompson, he broke his back while in a loss to Wake Forest. Unfortunately, he missed the final eight games of the season and did nine months of rehab, also called physical therapy. Later on, he came back and became the team’s top rusher. Also when he ran the ball in college, he’d average 7.55 yards per attempt, which was outstanding in many people's points of view because that’s almost running for a first down every play. Chris Thompson injured himself while making a leaping catch along the sideline early in the second quarter. Chris Thompson is currently playing with the Washington Redskins. In week ten the Washington Redskins and New Orlean Saints were facing off and in the third quarter, Washington was up four. While Kirk Cousins the quarterback for Washington tried to find a receiver but wasn't able to so he attempted to run for the first down when Chris Thompson attempted to throw a block for Kirk Cousins when they got into a scramble and defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins rolled on Chris Thompson's right leg and broke it. When Chris Thompson was talking to the doctors he found out it was better to break because it'll come back

Chris Thompson has played five seasons with the Washington Redskins. He played 45 games with Washington Redskins, having fourteen touchdowns. Averaging rushing yards were 5.2 with five touchdowns, three fumbles, total yards 878 and with the longest run 61 yards. For his receiving stats he put up nine touchdowns, averaging 8.7 per attempt, 129 total receptions, 1,126 total yards, and he did this within 43 games played. Lastly, his returning stats he had 36 rushing attempts, with 748 yards, longest run was 36 yards, for kickoff. For punts, he had seven rushing attempts, with one fair catch, and with his longest run was 36 yards. The reason why his stats aren't so good is that he came in two years not starting. The third year he broke out and when he mostly started getting noticed in 2016. In the year 2013 he was paid 405,000, cap space 0.3%, each year they raised 90,000 from 2014 to 2016. In 2013 Chris Thompson attended the NFL combine, his 40-yard dash was 4.42 seconds, and his bench press, repping 225 for twenty-one times. They raised his pay up to 825,000 that year. He was slowly showing that he was capable of much more. In 2015 to 2017, he broke out and came to be a big part of the Washington Redskins offense. What makes Chris Thompson so good you ask? Well, he can accelerate down the field so quickly and use his footwork to get out of difficult situations. Chris Thompson became Washington