Career: First all-time with 241 interception return yards...First all-time with 1,431 kickoff return yards...1,736 all-purpose yards despite not playing an offensive down.
2012:Earned third varsity letter...Missed nearly six games with an injury...Ranked fourth on the squad in tackles with 47 (20 solo/27 assisted) despite missing nearly six games...Forced one fumble and pick off a pass...Led team in kickoff returns with 19 for 446 yards (23.5 ypr)...Tallied eight tackles (4 solo/4 assisted) and picked off a pass in season-opener at Western Oregon (9/1)...Recorded 10 tackles (5 solo/5 assisted) vs. Notre Dame (9/8)...Notched 10 tackles (2 solo/8 assisted) vs. Ferris State (10/6) and added 10 tackles (6 solo/4 assisted) at Hillsdale (10/27).
2011: First-Team All-GLIAC honoree...Daktronics Super Region 3 second-team selection...Don Hansen's Football Gazette Super Region 3 third-team choice...GVSU Defensive Skill Player of the Year...GVSU Special Teams Player of the Year...Tallied one of the most productive seasons as a defensive back and a kick returner in GVSU history...Tallied 54 total tackles (35 solo/19 assisted), seven tackles for loss (-17), five interceptions, four pass breakups, two QB hurries and blocked two kicks...Recorded 225 interception return yards and two TDs on five picks...Returned 17 kickoffs 562 yards, including two 100-yard KO returns for TDs...225 interception return yards set a GVSU single-season record and his 562 KO return yards is third all-time...Tallied 11 tackles (8 solo/3 assisted), returned an intercepton 43 yards and two kickoffs 67 yards at Hillsdale (9/10)....Tallied seven tackles (4 solo/3 assisted) at Indianapolis (9/17)...Returned three kickoffs 105 yards vs. Findlay (10/24)...Tallied three tackles (2 solo/1 assisted), picked off two passes (133 return yards) and returned a kickoff 28 yards at Northern Michigan (10/8)...Recorded three tackles (3 solo), returned an interception 49 yards for a TD and a kickoff 100 yards for a TD at Lake Erie (10/15)...Tallied six tackles (2 solo/4 assisted) and returned two kickoffs 115 yards, including one 100 yards for a TD vs. Saginaw Valley State (11/12).
2010: Earned first varsity letter...Played in 12 games with nine starts...Tallied 53 total tackles (23 solo/30 assisted), 4.5 tackles for loss (-26) and one QB sack (-7)...Tallied 423 kickoff return yards on 16 attemps...Ranked 17th nationally with a 26.4 yards per return average...Had a long return of 67 yards...Returned two punts 14 yards...Picked off two passes and tallied 16 return yards...Notched 453 all-purpose yards...Returned five kickoffs for 186 yards (37.2 ypr) and tallied seven tackles (2 solo/7 assisted) vs. West Texas A&M (9/2)...Tallied a career-high nine tackles (3 solo/6 assisted), recorded a QB sack (-7), 1.5 TFL (-8) and picked off a pass vs. Hillsdale (9/11)...Returned two kickoffs 49 yards and collected nine tackles (3 solo/6 assisted) vs. Indianapolis (9/18)...Returned two kickoffs 40 yards, tallied five tackles and picked off a pass vs. Lake Erie (10/16).
2009: Member of the squad.
2008: Redshirted.
High School: Prepped at L'Anse Creuse North High School...Played for head coach Joe Polwotowitz...Named All-MAC Blue First-Team, All-Macomb Second-Team, Macomb Player of the Year and all-state first-team as a senior...Had 1,780 yards and 30 touchdowns on 150 carries as a senior...On defense, had 50 total tackles to go with five interceptions and two sacks...Also participated in basketball and track and volunteered for the Special Olympics for four years.
Personal: Son of Derek Anthony and Katrina Thompson...Business accounting major...Enjoys playing video games.
