“I know Bryce had a tough freshman season with injuries but I enjoyed coaching him this year through the ups and downs," Self said in a news release. "We wish nothing but the best for the entire Thompson family moving forward. That run ended with a scoreless effort on 0-for-5 shooting with one assist and no rebounds in 15 minutes of the Jayhawks’ season-ending 85-51 defeat to USC on March 22 in Indianapolis. Thompson played 16 minutes per game across his final five contests with KU, averaging just two points on 19% shooting and totaling only five rebounds and four assists across that stretch. Both injuries required surgery, but the second shelved the freshman even longer - Thompson missed a month of action before finally returning in a Feb. ![]() 12 at Oklahoma State, Thompson broke his right index finger vying for a loose ball. Then, late in his return to action on Jan. After three seasons as one of Tennessees top defensive players, Bryce Thompson opted to enter the NFL Draft after his junior season, and the versatile defensive. The guard cracked a vertebrae in his lower back at KU’s first practice back from winter break, an injury that sidelined Thompson for the team’s next three contests. Health wasn’t on Thompson’s side, either. Thompson (undisclosed) reverted to the Saints injured reserve after going unclaimed on waivers Friday, John Sigler of The Saints Wire reports. ![]() Thompson, whose father Rod played for Self at Tulsa in the late-’90s, reached double-figure scoring twice across KU’s first four games but achieved that mark just one other time the rest of the way. After carving out a reputation as a dynamic offensive player at the high school level, Thompson shot just 35.3% overall, 22.2% from 3-point range and 64.7% from the free-throw line in his lone season at KU.
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