He recorded more than 4,000 passing yards during his career there and helped lead the football team to win a Maryland state championship in 1993.
[3] He did not play in the Nittany Lions' 24-0 shutout of Texas A&M in the 1999 Alamo Bowl due to a shoulder injury sustained earlier in the week.
He played in the Browns' Week 14 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, but a December 2000 ankle injury ended his season, and he was placed on injured reserve.
When he was not given a tender offer by the Browns the following spring, he signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings on March 31, only to be released during training camp.
Thompson spent the 2004 preseason with the New York Giants, and in February 2005 signed with the Buffalo Bills who then allocated him to the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe.