Toledo, Ohio – Toledo senior wide receiver Cody Thompson (Huron, Ohio) has been named Google Cloud Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). It is the second consecutive year that Thompson has earned all-district honors.
Thompson will now be on the ballot for Academic All-America, which will be announced on Dec. 10. If selected, he would be Toledo's first Academic All-American since Dan Molls in 2012.
Thompson, who earned Academic All-MAC honors in 2016, graduated last December with a 3.66 GPA in marketing. He is currently pursuing his master's degree in recreation & leisure with a 3.83 graduate GPA.
Thompson has 41 receptions for 566 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. He is Toledo's all-time leader in career TD receptions (30) and ranks second all-time in receiving yards (3,231). Thompson was a first-team All-MAC selection in 2016, catching 64 passes for a then school-record 1,269 yards and 11 touchdowns. Last season, he was averaging 126.3 yards per game and 18.7 yards per catch until he suffered a season-ending injury. He was granted an injury hardship waiver by the NCAA, giving him another chance to complete his senior season. He has been on the official watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, given annually to the top receiver in the country, in each of the past two seasons.
Thompson is also a candidate for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year, the Wuerffel Trophy, the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award, and the NCAA Senior CLASS Award.