Archbishop Wood TE Colin Thompson up to 15 D-1 offers

Scholarship offers keep on rolling in for Archbishop Wood tight end Colin Thompson.

At present, Thompson has now accumulated 15 Division-1 scholarship offers, according to national recruiting service Scout.com.  Thompson has been offered by Alabama, Boston College, Cincinnati, Florida, Michigan State, North Carolina, Northwestern, Penn State, Pitt, Purdue, Rutgers, South Carolina, Stanford, Syracuse, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

The 6’5, 255-pound Thompson is Pennsylvania’s third major Division-1 tight end prospect in the last two years, joining Class of 2011’s Ben Koyack (Oil City Area, Notre Dame) and Tyler Kroft (Downingtown East, Rutgers). 

Scout.com ranks Thompson as one of 14 three-star prospects at the position in the 2012 recruiting class.  Its only four-star tight end prospect hails from California.

Thompson helped Wood’s offensive unit both as a receiver and a blocker. Blocking-wise, he helped pave the way for a Viking offensive unit that produced a pair of backs with 1,100+ rushing yards and a 1,500+ yard passer. Wood averaged 229 rushing yards, 119 passing yards, 36.5 points per game and scored 62 offensive touchdowns (47 rushing, 15 passing).

As a receiver, Thompson snagged 13 passes for 208 yards (16 yds./rec.) and four touchdowns. He finished with four catches for 79 yards and a score in Wood’s come-from-behind victory against Washington D.C.-based Friendship Academy and had a pair of touchdown receptions against Archbishop Carroll.

For his career, Thompson has caught 24 passes for 321 yards (13.4 yds./rec.) and scored 10 touchdowns.

Archbishop Wood, owners of an 83-19 overall record (.817) since 2003, finished 13-1 last season, winning the program’s third consecutive District 12 AAA football championship and reaching the PIAA AAA semifinals for the third consecutive year, this time opposite Allentown Central Catholic. ACC defeated Wood, 49-27.