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Gators receiver signee Chris Thompson verbally committed to Florida on July 30 of last year. / Gator Country photo by Mike Capshaw

Chris Thompson

School: Gainesville

Hometown: Gainesville, Fla.

Position: Receiver

Height: 6-foot

Weight: 170 pounds

GC Composite Ranking: NR

Recruited by: Brent Pease

Notable: Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.37 seconds, a scorching time he recorded during a camp at Florida Atlantic this past summer. Earned a scholarship offer from Florida three days after impressing coaches during UF’s Friday Night Lights Camp on July 27. Verbally committed shortly after receiving the offer after a meeting with coach Will Muschamp in his office on July 30, 2012. A three-star prospect by national recruiting networks, Thompson also received scholarship offers from Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Massachusetts and Utah. Thompson caught a team-high 37 passes for 814 yards and six touchdowns in helping GHS reach the regional finals as a junior.

Quotable: “I have been a Florida fan since the time I was a little boy. They are my hometown school and the stadium is in my back yard. So it has been a dream to play for the Gators.” — Thompson told GatorCountry.com

About the author

MikeCapshaw

Mike’s 15 years in the business has included more than six years of covering SEC sports and recruiting at a daily newspaper in Arkansas. He has also helped launch a newspaper, magazines, websites and even a sports talk radio show. Mike has won Florida Press Association awards for Best Sports Game Story and Best Sports Feature Story in the past two years as well as a company-wide award at his former newspaper group that includes some 60 publications, for Excellence in Sports Reporting.

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