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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
JEREMY<br />
THOMPSON<br />
LINEBACKER<br />
WAKE FOREST<br />
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 260<br />
Second <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Second Packers Season<br />
Born: October 9, 1985<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 9/3<br />
Acquired: D4a-08<br />
Athletic, developing<br />
defender who will be<br />
making the transition<br />
from defensive end to outside linebacker in his second<br />
season…Seen as effective in space and a productive passrusher<br />
in an OLB role in the 3-4 defense…Battled some<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
injuries his rookie season, limiting him to<br />
nine games, but showed flashes in three<br />
starts at defensive end that the athleticism,<br />
size and length is there to make an<br />
impact…Posted 13 tackles from scrimmage and two on<br />
special teams as a rookie, getting to spend his first <strong>NFL</strong><br />
training camp with his older brother, Orrin, also on the<br />
Green Bay roster…Drafted in the fourth round with the<br />
102nd overall pick in 2008, became the first player GM Ted<br />
Thompson traded up to select in the first nine drafts he ran<br />
(four with Green Bay, five in Seattle), as the team traded<br />
a fourth-round choice (113), along with a fifth-round selection<br />
(162) to the New York Jets…Was asked to play<br />
various roles at Wake Forest, dropping back into coverage<br />
and playing the run in addition to rushing the passer…<br />
Played in 46 games with 32 starts for the Demon Deacons<br />
and finished his career with 111 tackles, 20½ tackles for<br />
loss and 8½ sacks…Had two interceptions, including an<br />
86-yard return for a touchdown at Connecticut as a junior,<br />
and blocked two field goals during his career…Was a twotime<br />
Academic All-ACC selection, and as a senior, was<br />
one of 10 finalists for the National Sportsmanship Award,<br />
given to the college player who best personifies the spirit<br />
of sportsmanship.<br />
2008 season<br />
Played in nine games, the most<br />
among Green Bay’s rookies on<br />
defense, and started three contests...Was inactive for<br />
seven games, the first four as a healthy scratch plus three<br />
late-season games due to injury...Finished season with<br />
13 tackles (eight solo) and two stops on special teams…<br />
Vs. Atlanta (Oct. 5): Played in first <strong>NFL</strong> game, seeing<br />
time on special teams and at defensive end when Michael<br />
Montgomery left game in second half with ankle injury. Recorded<br />
two tackles…At Seattle (Oct. 12): Saw most extensive<br />
action of season to that point, seeing time at both<br />
end spots, and posted three tackles, stopping FB Leonard<br />
Weaver for a 3-yard loss in the first quarter as he fought off<br />
a block…Vs. Indianapolis (Oct. 19): Started first <strong>NFL</strong><br />
game and posted career-high five tackles, but left game<br />
in second half with a stinger…At Minnesota (Nov. 9):<br />
Started third straight contest at RDE and registered two<br />
tackles, but injured his groin and missed the next two<br />
contests…Vs. Carolina (Nov. 30): Returned to action<br />
but injured his ankle and knee on punt return late in the<br />
first half and did not return, missing the next contest and<br />
seeing only limited action the rest of the season…2008<br />
Draft: Selected in the fourth round with the 102nd overall<br />
pick, the 18th defensive lineman chosen…Became<br />
the first player Thompson traded up to select in the first<br />
nine drafts he ran (four with Green Bay, five in Seattle), as<br />
the team traded a fourth-round choice (113), along with<br />
a fifth-round selection (162) to the New York Jets…The<br />
113th pick had been acquired from the Jets, along with<br />
►►Expected to transition from<br />
defensive end to outside linebacker<br />
in his second season.<br />
►►Became the first player Ted<br />
Thompson traded up to select in<br />
the first nine drafts he ran (four<br />
with Green Bay, five in Seattle).<br />
►►Joined brother, Orrin, on the at a glance…<br />
Packers’ roster during his rookie<br />
training camp.<br />
►►Was a two-time Academic All-ACC selection and one of 10<br />
finalists for the National Sportsmanship Award.<br />
the 36th overall pick (which the team used to select WR<br />
Jordy Nelson), on the opening day of the draft in exchange<br />
for the Packers’ first-round selection (30)…Became only<br />
the fifth player selected from Wake Forest in franchise history,<br />
and the highest selection since G Syd Kitson in 1980<br />
(61st overall).<br />
college<br />
Played in 46 games with 32 starts for<br />
Wake Forest and finished his career with<br />
111 tackles, 20½ tackles for loss and 8½ sacks…Had two<br />
interceptions, including an 86-yard return for a touchdown<br />
at Connecticut as a junior, and blocked two field goals<br />
during his career…Selected to play in the Senior Bowl…<br />
Was a two-time Academic All-ACC selection…As a senior,<br />
was one of 10 finalists for the National Sportsmanship<br />
Award, given to the college player who best personifies the<br />
spirit of sportsmanship…Named to the National Football<br />
Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society for players who<br />
maintained a 3.2 GPA or higher throughout their college<br />
career…Majored in health and exercise science…Senior<br />
season (2007): Started all 13 games and led the team<br />
with 6½ sacks…Finished sixth on the team with a careerhigh<br />
45 tackles and second on the team with 11 tackles for<br />
loss…Received the team’s Bill George Award, given annually<br />
to the team’s most outstanding defensive lineman<br />
or linebacker…Posted career highs with six tackles and<br />
two sacks in season opener at Boston College (Sept. 1)…<br />
Matched his career high with two sacks, along with five<br />
tackles, vs. Army (Sept. 15)…Tied his career high with six<br />
stops, and added a sack and a forced fumble vs. Maryland<br />
(Sept. 22)…Junior season (2006): Played in all 14<br />
games with eight starts…Posted 30 tackles, 4½ tackles<br />
for loss, including a sack, and batted down three passes…<br />
Intercepted a pass at Connecticut (Sept. 16) and returned<br />
it 86 yards for a touchdown, the second-longest interception<br />
return in school history at that time…Recorded a<br />
season-high five tackles three times (vs. Liberty, Sept. 30;<br />
at North Carolina, Oct. 28; vs. Boston College, Nov. 4), but<br />
was slowed by a shoulder injury in the final four games of<br />
the season…Sophomore season (2005): Started the<br />
first eight games before suffering a season-ending knee<br />
injury vs. North Carolina State (Oct. 22), missing the final<br />
three games…Recorded 21 tackles, including two for loss,<br />
and batted down a pass…Freshman season (2004):<br />
Played in all 11 games as a true freshman and started three<br />
contests…One of just two true freshmen to see game action<br />
for Demon Deacons in ’04…Posted 15 tackles, three<br />
tackles for loss, an interception, a pass breakup and two<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES THOMPSON FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
MISC.<br />
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