2013 Football
Roster
Tiko Thompson
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 155
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Greenville, S.C.
Young cover man who enters 2013 as one of four cornerbackson the roster with starting experience … Tough-minded playerwho has shown strong ability to break on the football … Willbe part of what should be a strong rotation at the position as atrue sophomore … Has performed very well under pressureearly in his career at Gardner-Webb.
2012 at Gardner-Webb: Thrust into a startingrole at corner as a true freshman … Played in nine games andmade eight starts … Started eight of the final nine games ofthe season … Finished with 23 total tackles (17 solo), 4.0tackles for loss, three pass break ups and an interception …Also forced a fumble … Named Big South Conference Freshmanof the Week in the season finale vs. Presbyterian (11/17) …Tied his season-high with five total tackles (three solo), broke uptwo passes, had 1.5 tackles for loss and forced a fumble in thatgame … Had five solo tackles at Liberty (10/6) … Madetwo tackles and picked off a pass in the end zone vs. VMI (10/27)… Made three tackles at Charleston Southern (11/10).
High School: Played at J.L. Mann (S.C.) Highunder Coach Brian Strickland ... A two-time All-Conferenceselection on defense ... Earned All-Area honors as a senior ...Collected 44 tackles, five interceptions and eight pass break upsin 2011 ... Returned two interceptions for touchdowns and two puntsfor touchdowns ... Collected 52 total tackles, four interceptionsand recovered a fumble as a junior ... Caught 25 passes for 450yards and three touchdowns at receiver.
