Former Mississippi State QB Keytaon Thompson announces transfer destination
Keytaon Thompson never got much of an opportunity to show what he could do in recent seasons at Mississippi State but the former Bulldog signal-caller will have that opportunity the next two seasons at Virginia.
That’s because Thompson announced on Friday that he has transferred to Virginia less than two weeks after jumping into the NCAA transfer portal. Thompson is a graduate transfer, which makes him eligible immediately in 2020 with two years of football left to play.
Last season, Thompson appeared in just one game for the Bulldogs, which came against Ole Miss as a receiver.
Thompson’s first meaningful appearance on the field came during the 2017 Egg Bowl when he replaced an injured Nick Fitzgerald and nearly led the Bulldogs back from a big deficit in the game. He followed up that performance by leading Mississippi State to a win in the TaxSlayer Bowl over a Lamar Jackson-led Louisville team despite the fact Dan Mullen had already left the program for Florida prior to the bowl game.
By the end of his Mississippi State career, Thompson completed 50 of 105 attempts for 846 yards with eight touchdowns and three interceptions. He also rushed for 672 yards and another 10 touchdowns.
While his Mississippi State career did not pan out, he’ll have an opportunity to replace departed starting quarterback Bryce Perkins at Virginia in 2020.
I wish him well and I hope Virginia’s system is a much better fit for his talents.
I’m not an expert, but I felt like he was more talented than both of the guys MSU kept playing last year. It seemed like the relationship with the coach was the problem.
He was 3x better than Garrett and Tommy. Moorhead didn’t want him and displayed real disdain and almost hatred for KT. At least give Leach credit for probably telling KT he wasn’t a fit in his offense whatever that offense is. Even the implicit bias media like Paul Jones(who is a racist) and others were so disrespectful and grossly unfair to KT in downplaying his skill set and promoting the others(Garrett and Tommy) to the point it was nauseating. Nevertheless, watch KT go have a career something similar to what Joe Burrow did at VA!
Dude, are you drunk? KT is no Joe. Playing the race card is not cool either.
Drunk? I don’t consume alcohol nor do I indulge in drugs, my critical skills and acuity are too strong for such feeble social activities. Joe Burrows was a three-star QB coming out of high school and lost the QB battle to Barrett and Haskins. KT was a highly decorated four-star QB COMING out of high school and was highly recruited by all SEC SCHOOLS.
It is very interesting you would accuse me of my playing the race card and what evidence do you offer to support your premises. Can you point to any word in my post where I called anyone a racist other than Paul Jones? I did accuse the local media of Implicit Bias and you are demonstrating the same Implicit Bias by suggesting KT is no Joe Burrows? Why do you say that other than the obvious? Why don’t we wait until KT has had an opportunity to play and then make some judgment! Besides Joe Burrows will tell you he benefited immensely from the scheme and the supporting cast of 14 players being drafted from that LSU NCAA Title team last week.
On me calling Paul Jones a racist he is racist hiding behind the cloak of journalism and his privileges associated with 247- Gene’s Page.
Today, racism means not only burning a cross on someone’s lawn or even telling someone to go home but also what feels unpleasant to someone of a race—as in what I as a person of that race don’t like. It has gone from being mean to someone to, also, what feels meaningful to me. I hope you have the mental acuity to comprehend what I just said?
Have a great weekend and I suggest you read some of Mississippi History, not Mississippi State but particular Meridian Mississippi History where Paul Jones was reared!
Burrow was a four star and you are quite the liberal whiner. MSNBC is waiting for you.
Well, you obviously don’t know what racism means. Maybe you should read up on bigotry vs racism.
Should have paid him better, Darrell
Good luck, KT. Hope you tear up the ACC as a Cav. Two years of eligibility as a grad transfer! Now THAT should be fun. Hope to see you on Sundays in 2022. You may not have been treated that well by some of our coaches but a lot of us really enjoyed watching you play when you got the chance. All your hard work was obvious when you got on the field. Even though you are trading in your maroon and white for navy and orange you will still be family always. Hope you feel that, too.
I’m not sure but I think KT will be one of our mistakes as in one we let get away. The only two times I really ever saw him play he played lights out he got us out of the hole against Arkansas and then beat Louisville in the bowl game. He’s two for two as far as I’m concerned and should’ve got more field time at state. I blame Joe for that…there I said it.
From an outside perspective, KT is a good athlete who runs the read-option well, but can he deliver accurately from the pocket? I didn’t see it, from the little I saw him. In Moreheads’ system, he needed a guy that could throw better. That’s why Stevens was brought in.
And, please tell the audience what was Stephens completion percentage was vs Keytaon’s!
I can’t believe I agree with you!
Bad dawg is nothing but a race baiting piece of —-. He’s a young arrogant man thinks he’s smarter than everybody else and the funny thing is he’s the only one not smart enough to see it.
Well, I guess you can’t work the streets in Jackson due to COVID 19. I see you are sagacious enough to know that droplets causes in infection and you had better be careful and practice social distance. On the other hand, that is very arduous when you are in the position and practice what you do, right?
Mad dog – what are you even trying to say? Were you too angry at society to ever attend English class, or was it before noon and could you just couldn’t get out of bed in time?
BTW it’s “Burrow,” not “Burrows.” B-U-R-R-O-W. SMH…
See what I mean? Sagacious and arduous? LOL. Those are words a recent graduate uses to try to prove to himself he is smarter than everybody else.
Wow, talking about calling the kettle black. An above-average fourth grader knows that a serial comma is the last comma before coordinating conjunctions and the final item in a series. Perhaps LilMiss Buckyin Maroon and White can take a sabbatical from her dusk job of collecting droplets and point these things out to you “sciolist English major”!