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Josiah Thompson

  • position OL
  • height 6-7
  • weight 300
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Dillon, S.C.
  • High school Dillon
  • position OL
  • height 6-7
  • weight 300
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Dillon, S.C.
  • High school Dillon

Josiah Thompson Bio

*2024 True Freshman All-America (On3.com)
*2024 Freshman All-SEC (Coaches)

Second-year offensive lineman who manned the important left tackle position as a true freshman in 2024… returning starter and Freshman All-American who should only improve with another off season in the weight room… has excellent size.

2024 (Freshman)
Offensive lineman who graduated at semester and enrolled at South Carolina in January… earned Freshman All-SEC honors from the league’s 16 coaches and was named to the On3.com True Freshman All-America team… inserted as the starter at left tackle from game 1… along with TE Michael Smith, became the first true freshmen to start a season opener for the Gamecocks since 2019… started 12 games, missing only the Missouri game due to injury.

HIGH SCHOOL
Left tackle from Dillon (S.C.) High School who graduated in December of 2023… helped the Wildcats to a 10-2 mark as a senior… coached by Kelvin Roller… named South Carolina’s Mr. Football, just the second offensive lineman to win the award… awarded the 2024 Bridge Builder Excellence Award by the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame… named the Class 3A Lower State Defensive Lineman of the Year and named to the Class 3A All-State team… selected to play in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas and the All-American Bowl… earned MaxPrep All-America honors… also played basketball.

PERSONAL
Josiah Thompson was born April 22, 2006… is a mass communications major.

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