Darian Thompson

Darian Thompson
No. 27 New York Giants
Position:	Safety
Personal information
Place of birth:	Lancaster, California
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school:	Lancaster (CA) Paraclete
College:	Boise State
NFL draft:	2016 / Round: 3 / Pick: 71
Career history
New York Giants (2016–present)
Roster status:	Unsigned draft pick

Darian Thompson is an American football safety for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).

Early years

Thompson attended Paraclete High School in Lancaster, California. He played defensive back and wide receiver. For his career he had 152 tackles and 12 interceptions. As a receiver his senior year he set school records with 52 receptions for 953 yards and 13 touchdowns. Thompson was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to Boise State University to play college football.^[1]

College career

After redshirting his first year at Boise State in 2011, Thompson appeared in all 13 games, with six starts, as a redshirt freshman in 2013.^[2] For the season he had 43 tackles and three interceptions. As a sophomore in 2013, he started all 13 games and recorded 63 tackles and four interceptions.^[3] Thompson again started all 13 games as a junior in 2014. He recorded 71 tackles and seven interceptions and was named a second team All-American by CBSSports.com.^[4]^[5] During his senior year in 2015, Thompson tied Eric Weddle's Mountain West Conference record for career interceptions.^[6] Later in the same season, in a game against UNLV, Thompson recorded his 19th interception of his career breaking the mark set by Weddle.^[7]

References

External links

Boise State Broncos bio

New York Giants 2016 NFL draft selections

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New York Giants current roster

Active roster	2 K. J. Maye 3 Josh Brown 5 Tom Obarski 6 Josh Woodrum 8 Anthony Dablé 9 Brad Wing 10 Eli Manning 12 Ryan Nassib 13 Odell Beckham Jr. 15 Tavarres King 17 Dwayne Harris 18 Geremy Davis 19 Myles White 20 Janoris Jenkins 21 Landon Collins 22 Mykkele Thompson 23 Rashad Jennings 24 Bennett Jackson 25 Tramain Jacobs 26 Orleans Darkwa 27 Darian Thompson 28 Eli Apple 29 Nat Berhe 30 Cooper Taylor 31 Trevin Wade 33 Andrew Adams 33 Bobby Rainey 34 Shane Vereen 35 Marshaun Coprich 36 Justin Currie 37 Leon McFadden 38 Donte Deayon 39 Michael Hunter 39 Paul Perkins 41 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 43 James Morris 44 Andre Williams 45 Will Tye 46 Will Johnson 47 Uani 'Unga 48 Tyler Ott 49 Nikita Whitlock 51 Zak DeOssie 52 Jonathan Casillas 53 Jasper Brinkley 54 Olivier Vernon 55 J. T. Thomas 57 Keenan Robinson 58 Owa Odighizuwa 59 Devon Kennard 60 Adam Gettis 61 Dillon Farrell 62 Ryan Seymour 63 Emmett Cleary 64 Shane McDermott 64 Greg Milhouse 65 Jake Rodgers 66 Brad Bars 67 Justin Pugh 68 Bobby Hart 69 Brett Jones 70 Weston Richburg 71 Stansly Maponga 72 Kerry Wynn 73 Marshall Newhouse 74 Ereck Flowers 75 Byron Stingily 76 Melvin Lewis 77 John Jerry 78 Romero Okwara 79 Montori Hughes 80 Victor Cruz 81 Matt LaCosse 82 Roger Lewis 83 Ben Edwards 84 Larry Donnell 85 Cedrick Lang 86 Darius Powe 87 Sterling Shepard 88 Ryan Malleck 89 Jerell Adams 90 Jason Pierre-Paul 91 Kelvin Sheppard 93 B. J. Goodson 94 Mark Herzlich 95 Johnathan Hankins 96 Jay Bromley 97 Louis Nix 98 Damon Harrison 99 Mike Rose

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