MCK - Thompson

Preston Thompson

  • Award
    Football Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/14/2016
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    McKendree
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Running Back
  • Hometown
    Markham, IL
  • High School
    Tinley Park
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Preston Thompson, McKendree
Jr., RB, Markham, Illinois
Team Result: 41-14 home win vs. Truman State
  • Rushed for career-high 131 yards and averaged 7.7 yards per carry
  • Registered a career-high 66-yard touchdown run in first quarter, the longest of the season for McKendree
  • Rushing total was the most allowed by Truman State in the last two seasons
  • Effort gave McKendree a 100-yard rusher for the seventh consecutive week
  • Earns his first career Offensive Player of the Week award
  • Last McKendree Offensive Player of the Week:  Reece Metcalf (10/31/16)