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UTEP Miners

UTEP Miners

2024 Football Roster

15 Bryton Thompson

  • Position Defensive End
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 250
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • High School Atascocita HS
  • Major Leadership Studies
  • Prev School Blinn College
  • Letters 2

Biography

2023 (SENIOR)
  • Played in first four games on the defensive line in 2023.
  • Tallied a tackles, TFL, sack and two QB hurries.
  • Recorded a tackle, TFL, hurry and sack at Arizona.
  • Posted a QB hurry at Jax State.

2022 (JUNIOR)
  • Played in 11 games at defensive end.
  • Totaled 14 tackles with 4.0 tackles for loss (19 yards), 3.5 sacks (17 yards) and a forced fumble.
  • Recorded first career sack and forced fumble in a win over rival NM State, while adding two tackles.
  • Registered three tackles versus North Texas.
  • Tallied a tackle, .5 TFL in an upset win over Boise State on national tv.
  • Recorded a sack at Charlotte and at LA Tech.

PRIOR TO UTEP
  • Transfer from Blinn College who will have two seasons of eligibility with the Miners.
  • Dominant inside presence who had 48 tackles (seven solo, 41 assisted), 27 tackles for loss for 77 yards and 6.5 sacks for 19 yards.
  • Added a break-up, a forced fumble and a recovered fumble.
  • In 2020 finished with 33 tackles (16 solo, 17 assisted), including racking up 15.5 tackles for loss for 31 yards.
  • Also posted a trio of sacks for 25 yards.

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2022Junior

    Defensive End
    6'1" 246 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2023Senior

    Defensive End
    6'1" 246 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Defensive End
    6'1" 250 lbs
    15