The Broncos have signed the first of their 2010 draft picks, inking seventh round pick cornerback Syd’Quan Thompson.
Thompson was selected with the first of the Broncos two seventh round picks (225 overall) out of the University of California.
While at Cal, Thompson was a first-team All-Pac-10 selection in each of his final two seasons with the Golden Bears.
The cornerback started all 52 games possible over his four-year career, setting a school record for starts as a four-year starter at cornerback for Cal. He finished his career as the school’s all-time leader in pass breakups with 36.
He started his career as a Sporting News Pac-10 All-Freshman selection after starting in all 13 games, and finished it with 257 tackles, seven interceptions that he returned for 204 yards, two sacks, 20 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries — one of which he returned 15 yards for a touchdown against rival Stanford — and two punt returns that he brought back for 389 yards, including a 73-yard return for a touchdown. He was named Cal’s Most Valuable Back on defense for his junior season, when he tied a school record with 18 passes defensed, and held the title again as a senior in 2009.
“Basically, I’ll do whatever the coaches what me to do,” Thompson said. “Any position they want me to play, I’m going to play it. I’m just happy I was able to be a part of something that’s good in Denver. I’m just hoping to go out there and compete and do my best.”
Tags: 2010 NFL Draft, Syd'Quan Thompson
sndvl,
We’ll see if Timtanium is hype or not soon enough. Just make sure you don’t try to jump on the Tebow bandwagon if he turns out to be a winner…
Definitely don’t ever try to jump on the Head Coach McDaniels bandwagon….. there is NEVER going to be a seat on that ride for you, I think you’ve burned that bridge. As long as McD is the Head Coach of the Denver Broncos, you will feed on three squares of McCrow meat each and every day, my boy….lol
In return, I promise not to ever jump on your Ørtman band wagon…. I’ll let you sink with that ship, Captain negativity…
Thanks cam.
florio- what does that make Quinn? A glass roof? And Brandstater must be a straw roof or something- you can put him in, but the rain will still leak through. It may slow it down, but it won’t work for long until you build it up a lot.
Maniac-
That sounds about right. So if it hails we are screwed. Lol
Funny
Pat Kirwan ranked us as a tier 4 team or tier 5 team. Tier 4 is long shot team for the playoffs and Tier 5 is rebuilding. He says we’re tier 5 if Tebow plays. I’d say Tier 3 or maybe 2. We will be a team that fights to make the playoffs, and if the Chargers choke, we will definitely be in. KC and Oakland aren’t ready to hold a torch to us yet, although KC may be close in a year or two. And if Al Davis actually continues to make intelligent decisions Oakland may be 3-5 years off. If we don’t improve.
Lol I thought that that analogy was fitting.
They can say whatever the crap they want. Infact I hope josh mcdaniels uses everything they say as bulletin board material.
sndvl, sorry I missed out on the pleasure of going back and forth on the arguing, but it’s funny you called OC and I closed minded since this is basically how your boy Orton plays the game, LOL. Just kidding, kind of, but you got to appreciate the irony here….
And as far as Pat Kirwan and all those so called experts they can shove their tier 4, tier 5, tier whatever where the sun don’t shine because we are about to tear them a new one.
Amen to that bay!
We are an improved team. Ppl just can’t seem to see that.
Funny how people only see an improved team until after the fact. THEN they go and point out all the “obvious” signs that led up to it.
Oops. Typo. I meant “funny how people don’t see an improved team until after the fact…”