Prior to Sacramento State: Attended UCLA for two years…appeared in five games for the Bruins during the 2007 season, including a start at QB in the Las Vegas Bowl against BYU…completed 11-of-27 passes for 154 yards and a touchdown in that game…redshirted during the 2006 season.

High School: A 2006 graduate of Balboa HS in San Francisco…lettered three seasons (2003-2005) in football for coach Keith Minor…selected first-team all-city, player of the year and all-metro after his senior season…threw for 2,100 yards, 22 touchdowns and six interceptions as a senior…as a junior, he was named first-team all-city and back of the year…threw for 1,800 yards, 19 touchdowns and nine interceptions that season…also lettered in baseball, basketball and soccer…named second-team all-city in baseball after hitting .610 with two home runs as a senior.

Personal: Born 7-3-88…has yet to declare a major…parents are Patricia Thompson and Mark Bethel…grandfather, Wilbur Thompson, won an Olympic gold medal in the shot put in the 1948 games.