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2022 (Junior)
Casey Thompson battled through injuries to start 10 of 12 games at quarterback in his first season at Nebraska in 2022, missing the Minnesota and Michigan games due to injury. He completed 63 percent of his passes (173-of-274) for 2,407 yards and 17 touchdowns, while adding five rushing touchdowns. Thompson had three 300-yard passing games this season, becoming only the fifth quarterback in Husker history with three 300-yard passing games in a season. He has also threw at least one touchdown pass in each of his 10 games.
Thompson's 2,407 passing yards ranked seventh in school history while his 17 touchdown passes tied for 10th on Nebraska's season chart. Thompson ranked 12th nationally in passing yards per completion (13.9) in 2022, 14th in passing yards per attempt (8.8) and 29th in passing efficiency (150.1).
Thompson completed 25-of-42 passes for 355 yards and one touchdown in his debut against Northwestern. His 355 passing yards led the nation in Week 0 and were the most passing yards by a Husker in his debut and the most passing yards in a season opener in school history. Against North Dakota, Thompson threw for 193 yards and two touchdowns. He accounted for four total touchdowns against Georgia Southern, throwing for 318 yards and one score while setting a career high with three rushing touchdowns. He passed for 129 yards and one touchdown against No. 6 Oklahoma. Thompson completed 18-of-27 passes for 270 yards and two touchdowns against Indiana, while adding a one-yard rushing touchdown.
Thompson led Nebraska's comeback win at Rutgers. He completed 24-of-36 passes for 232 yards with two second-half touchdown passes as the Huskers overcame a 13-point halftime deficit. The next week at Rutgers, Thompson threw for 354 yards and two touchdowns, averaging a whopping 22.1 yards per completion. Thompson threw for 172 yards and one touchdown in less than a half while facing the nation's No. 1 pass defense against No. 17 Illinois, but an injury kept him out for the final series of the first half and the entire second half. The injury also kept him out of the Minnesota and Michigan games. He returned to start against Wisconsin and was Nebraska's leading rusher and passer, throwing for 120 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 33 yards. In the season finale at Iowa, Thompson led Nebraska to a win by completing 20-of-30 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns.
Before Nebraska (Newcastle HS/Texas)
Thompson spent four years at Texas (2018-21), playing in 19 games with 10 starts. He completed nearly 64 percent of his passes (185-of-290) for 2,422 yards and 30 touchdowns while rushing 73 times for 210 yards and five scores. Thompson had three career games with five or more touchdowns - all in 2021 - the most in Texas history.
In 2021, Thompson started the final 10 games of the year. He was 165-of-261 (63.2 percent) through the air for 2,113 yards and 24 touchdowns. Thompson was a member of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award preseason watch list and was the Big 12 and national player of the week after completing 18-of-23 passes for 303 yards and five touchdowns with six total touchdowns against Texas Tech. Two weeks later against No. 6 Oklahoma, he threw for 388 yards and five touchdowns. Thompson then tied the school record with six touchdown passes and seven total touchdowns against Kansas, when he completed 30-of-43 passes for 358 yards.
Thompson redshirted in his first season at Texas in 2018. He played in four games as a redshirt freshman in 2019, completing 8-of-12 passes for 84 yards. Thompson saw action in three games in 2020, completing 12-of-17 passes for 225 yards and six touchdowns.
Thompson went to Texas as one of the nation’s top 225 recruits and top 15 quarterbacks by ESPN. He played his final prep season for Newcastle High School after beginning his career at Southmoore High School. Thompson totaled 12,840 yards of offense in his high school career, including 9,829 passing yards and 107 passing touchdowns with 3,011 rushing yards and 47 touchdowns.
Personal
Casey is the son of Kori and Charles Thompson, and he was born on Oct. 3, 1998. He earned his degree from Texas in May of 2021. He claimed his master's degree in applied science from Nebraska in December of 2022. His father Charles played quarterback for Oklahoma in 1987 and 1988, while his brother, Kendal, spent three seasons as a quarterback at Oklahoma (2011-13) and two seasons at Utah (2014-15).