CARD: Upper Deck USFL 2023
ACQUIRED: 2024, Future Considerations
FAILURE: TTM 2023, C/o Home

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• McLeod Bethel-Thompson played one year at QB for UCLA back in 2007.
• He completed 23 of 55 passes for 293 yards and 1 TD to 5 picks.
• MB-T hopped up to Sacramento state in 2008, where he played QB through 2010.
• His time for the Hornets was pockmarked by injuries.
• Still in 3 years, he managed to throw for 1322 yards and 7 TDs (8 INT) on 113 of 197 passes.
• Undrafted, he played in 2011 for the San Jose Sabre Cats of the Arena Football League, seeing mop up duty.
• After a short stint with the 49ers, McLeod signed with the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the original UFL in September of 2011.
• He’d throw for 355 yards completing 32 of 58 passes against the Virginia Destroyers.
• To close out the year MB-T signed with the Dolphins and was placed on their practice squad.
• His next stop saw him on the roster of the Minnesota Vikings, where he’d remain through October of 2013.
• This led to a series of short stops over the next 3 years as a practice squad or off-season member of the 49ers, Patriots, Vikings, Dolphins, 49ers, and Eagles.
• Ultimately this led MB-T to the CFL where he was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2016.
• Played in 2017 with The Spring League.
• Signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL in mid 2017.
• After battling his way up the roster from the literal bottom, he became the starting QB in Week 8 of 2018.
• Led the CFL in passing rating (105.4) and TDs (26) in 2019.
• Played in The Spring League in 2020 for the Aviators after opting out of his contract due to the COVID pandemic.
• Returned to the Argonauts in 2021 where he again was involved in a QB battle.
• In 2022, led the Argos to a Grey Cup win in the 109th game.
• Ultimately his best season as a pro, racking up 4731 yards on 387 of 579 throws with 23 TDs.
• The Argonauts decided to go in a different direction at QB, so he signed with the New Orleans Breakers of the USFL.
• Finished as the league’s leading passer with 2,433 yards in 2023.
• Returned to the CFL in 2024 to play for the Edmonton Elks.

ACCOLADES:

• UFL (Original) Offensive Player of the Week Honors
• CFL East All-Star 2021, ’22

NOTES:

Joe had passed me along an address for MB-T so I popped a card out to him. I was a bit dismayed not to get anything back. Well after a successful UFL season, and getting lucky on a few autographs that I sent to Joe, he returned the favor by sending me back McLeod and a few others that he’d gotten doubles of. It was quite the shot in the arm!