PHILADELPHIA - – The Friends of John Mackey have released the 2016 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List, given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end. Temple redshirt senior, Colin Thompson, is among 45 student-athletes on the initial preseason Watch List. He is joined by just three others from the American Athletic Conference (Cincinnati's D.J. Dowdy, USF's Elkanah Dillon, and Toledo's Michael Roberts).
Thompson is entering his third season with Temple. The Doylestown, Pa. native was originally recruited by Florida and spent two seasons hampered by foot injuries with the Gators following a stellar career at Archbishop Wood High.