Former Georgia DT Trenton Thompson to the Canadian Football League

Former Georgia football DT Trenton Thompson has signed a deal with the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Former Georgia defensive tackle Trenton Thompson has signed a deal with the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Thompson was the USA Today Defensive Player of Year coming out of Albany (GA) Westover Comprehensive High School in 2014. The previous year, he was Rivals’ Junior of the Year. He was the highest rated recruit in the country and the center of a ferocious recruiting battle among Auburn, Alabama and Georgia.

Thompson left Georgia in 2018, signing to the Cleveland Browns after going un-drafted in the 2018 NFL Draft. He was released just three months later.

Thompson played for the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football. He was named by Pro Football Focus to their Week 1 AAF Team of the Week.

Following the ceased operations of the AAF in April of 2019, Thompson bounced around different teams from the Arena Football League, CFL and XFL.

Thompson had a great career at Georgia, recording 127 career tackles and six sacks in 37 games, but struggled to stay healthy, dealing with a lot of nagging injuries during his career.

This is a great pickup by the Roughriders with the potential that Thompson possesses.  It’s good to see a DGD still balling at any level they can.