2017 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 24
Mark Thompson
- Position:
- RB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 239
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- La Mott, PA
- High School:
- Cheltenham
2017: Played in all 11 games…Finished third on the team with 297 rushing yards on 58 carries (5.1 average)… Led the Gators in rushing at South Carolina (35 yards) and against Florida State (63 yards)… Recorded a season-best 78 yards against UAB… Had 11 rushes of 10-or-more yards… Totaled 79 receiving yards on 12 catches during the season… Tallied a career-high five receptions against Vanderbilt… 2016: Played in 12 games and recorded four starts... Totaled 68 carries, 299 yards and two touchdowns on the ground… Had a season-high 15 rushes against Kentucky and a season-best 85 yards against North Texas… Finished with four receptions for 105 yards and one touchdown… Caught an 85-yard touchdown pass in the Outback Bowl against Iowa, which was the second-longest passing play in UF bowl history… In addition, the play also set an Outback Bowl record for longest pass play, and longest passing touchdown.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
Played two seasons at Dodge City (Kansas) CC... Named a Second Team NJCAA All-American... Dodge City’s all-time rushing touchdown leader (26 total)... The fourth-most rushing yards in the NJCAA in 2015... Rushed for 1,298 yards on 268 carries with 18 touchdowns, tied for third-most in the NJCAA in 2015... As a freshman in 2014, rushed for 460 yards on 84 carries and scored eight times... Attended Nassau C.C. in Long Island, N.Y., in 2013 prior to enrolling at Dodge City.
CAREER HIGHS:
Rushes: 15 (Kentucky, 2016)
Rush Yards: 85 (North Texas, 2016)
Rushing TDs: 1 (5x, last vs. FSU, 2017)
Long Rush: 36 (North Texas, 2016)
Receptions: 5 (Vanderbilt, 2017)
Receiving Yards: 85 (Iowa, 2017)
Receiving TDs: 1 (Iowa, 2017)
Long Catch: 85 (Iowa, 2017)
Kick Returns: 1 (Alabama, 2016)
Kick Return Yards: 21(Alabama, 2016)
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