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Raynoch Thompson
No. 55
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	November 21, 1977 (age 46); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	228 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:	St. Augustine; ( New Orleans, Louisiana)
College:	Tennessee
NFL draft:	2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41
Career history
	Arizona Cardinals ( 2000– 2004);
Career highlights and awards
	BCS national champion ( 1998); First-team All-American ( 1999); 2× First-team All-SEC ( 1998, 1999);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	64
Tackles:	333
Sacks:	7.5
	Player stats at NFL.com

Raynoch Joseph Thompson (born November 21, 1977) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round (45th overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft out of the University of Tennessee.^[1] He spent 5 years for the Cardinals, until they released him at the end of the 2004 season. After his time with the Cardinals, he signed with the Green Bay Packers, but they cut him before the season. He was an All-American and a Butkus Award finalist in 1997 and 1998. He was an important part of the University of Tennessee National Championship team that went undefeated in 1998.^[2]

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold	Career high

Year	Team	Games		Tackles					Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Team	GP	GS	Cmb	Solo	Ast	Sck	TFL	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	FR	Yds	TD
2000	ARI	11	9	52	36	16	0.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	ARI	14	14	83	62	21	0.5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2002	ARI	16	16	110	77	33	3.0	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
2003	ARI	12	12	63	54	9	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
2004	ARI	11	3	37	24	13	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
		64	54	345	253	92	7.5	25	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0

^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
^ Gossett, Ward (November 14, 2018). "Reflections of 1998: Tennessee's defense was at its best against Kentucky". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

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