October 27, 2009

Thompson named MIAA Player of the Week

Missouri Southern senior wide receiver Daniel Thompson has been named the MIAA Football Player of the Week as announced by the league office today.

Thompson (Carl Junction Class of 2005) picked up career-highs in touchdown catches (3) and yards (160) in the Lions upset win of 12th ranked Missouri Western on the road this week. His 10-yard catch with 12 seconds left on the clock proved to be the game winner for the Lions and in the final game-winning drive, he caught four passes for 43 yards, including two catches for first downs and another for the game-winning touchdown.

Thompson now has 10 touchdown catches on the season, ranking him third all-time at Southern behind Rod Smith’s 15 in 1991 and 14 in 1993 and is just the second Lion all-time to have double-digit touchdown catches in a season, joining Smith in that category. He currently ranks fourth in the MIAA in scoring and third in scoring (touchdowns).