Brandon Thompkins

Brandon Thompkins (born October 9, 1987) is a former arena football wide receiver.

Brandon Thompkins

No. 14
Position:	Wide receiver / Return specialist
Personal information
Born:	(1987-10-09) October 9, 1987 (age 37) West Palm Beach, Florida
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:	Palm Beach Lakes Community High School
College:	Arkansas State
NFL draft:	2011: undrafted
Career history
BC Lions (2011)* Spokane Shock (2011–2013) Utah Blaze (2013) Spokane Shock (2014) Philadelphia Soul (2014)* Los Angeles KISS (2014) Orlando Predators (2015–2016) Cleveland Gladiators (2017) Baltimore Brigade (2017–2019)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
2× First Team All-Arena (2016, 2018) 4× Second Team All-Arena (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) Playmaker of the Year (2016)
Career Arena League statistics
Receptions: 567 Receiving yards: 7,024 Receiving TDs: 140 Stats at ArenaFan.com

After playing college football at Arkansas State University, Thompkins was signed as an undrafted free agent by the CFL's BC Lions, but cut after training camp.^[1] From there, he joined Spokane Shock. After two seasons, he was assigned to the Utah Blaze,^[2] only to go back to the Shock and be traded to the Philadelphia Soul on May 29, 2014 for future considerations.^[3] The Soul traded him to the Los Angeles Kiss on May 30, 2014, for future considerations.^[4]

On December 14, 2015, Thompkins was assigned to the Predators.^[5] With the Predators, he was named Playmaker of the Year in 2016.^[6] On February 1, 2017 he was assigned to the Cleveland Gladiators.^[7] On May 22, 2017, Thompkins was traded with Shane Boyd to the Baltimore Brigade for future considerations and claim order positioning. He earned Second Team All-Arena honors in 2017.^[8] On April 19, 2019, Thompson was assigned to the Brigade again.