2025 Football Roster
Roster
Thompson, Blake

Jersey Number 0
Blake Thompson
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Missouri City, Texas
- High School:
- Elkins HS
- Prev School:
- Louisiana Tech
Bio
PRIOR TO UH
HIGH SCHOOL
Personal
- Spent the 2024 season at La Tech after two seasons at Iowa State (2022-23) and a season at Blinn JC (2021)
- 55 tackles ranked third on the Bulldogs squad in 2024
- Forced two fumbles and two pass breakups
- Tallied five tackles, one TFL and a forced fumble in the season opener against Nicholls (Aug. 31)
- Recorded a season-high 12 tackles and a TFL against Tulsa (Sept. 21)
- Logged nine stops and a forced fumble against Jax State (Nov. 9)
- Recorded 5+ tackles in seven games
- Played nine games at Iowa State totaling 12 tackles and three pass breakups
- Recorded six tackles in first career start against Kansas in 2023
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played in 23 games at Elkins HS with 10 interceptions
- Texas 6A All-State Honorable Mention selection in 2021
Personal
- Nickname: BT
- Something people don’t know about him: favorite drink is milk
- Hidden talent: basketball
- Father, Anthony Thompson played football at Texas A&M (1984-89) and in the NFL for the Packers
- Brother, Corey Thompson played football at LSU (2012-17) and in the NFL for the Bills and Jets
- Chose UH because it’s close to home and he always dreamed of playing at home
- One word to describe him on the field: dominant
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: steak, mashed potatoes and a type of vegetable
- Favorite childhood memory: watching his older brother play football
- Sports hero: Koby Bryant
- Gameday ritual: read the Bible
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25
Camp Availability: Head Coach Willie Fritz
Monday, August 04