Overcoming adversity is helping Skylar Thompson get to the next level. How? Crissy_Froyd talks with Thompson about overcoming his injuries, how much the Texas Bowl victory meant to him, his NFL Combine invite, and more. FrontOffice33 | NFLDraft
No one thought Kansas State had a chance against No. 5-ranked Oklahoma in 2019, but the Wildcats demanded respect and shocked the nation with a 48-41 victory. Quarterback“We were 25-point underdogs, no chance to win on pen and paper,” Thompson recalls. “But it was one of the best games I’ve ever had from top to bottom, throwing the ball and running the ball and seeing all of my hard work pay off, and to be recognized for that a little bit gave me a sense of Oklahoma.
The most unfortunate thing about injuries is that football at the college and NFL levels are very much a “what can you do for me today” thing, especially when it comes to media attention and landing reasonably in the projections. Even the best of players start to get forgotten about or fall from favor as far as attention goes when they’ve been sidelined for a while.
“In a way, I’m grateful for those times of going through injury,” Thompson said. “ It was unfortunate, but I truly believe in all of those times I was sidelined that I was finding ways to get better. Even though I wasn’t physically on the field playing, I was still investing in my team and I learned how to be a leader without playing and sometimes that’s challenging to do.
He says it was one of the highest moments of his career and was a part of helping him fulfill his goals of getting a bowl game win as a full-time starter, leaving the program better than it was when he originally came there, and helping give the coaching staff something to hang their hat on by closing out the season in dominant fashion.
“My best attributes are being able to make plays when things break down,” Thompson said. “Things aren’t always going to be perfect. There are going to be times when you have to escape the pocket and scramble and make a play. I feel like at every point in my career when a team has needed me to make a play in a tough situation, I’ve delivered. And I like that pressure to perform and knowing that what I do determines the outcome of the game. I don’t view that pressure in a bad way.
With all of the showcases in the books, Thompson’s next opportunity to show what he can do for an NFL team will come at the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine, something he’s honored to take part in.
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