After being drafted last year into the United States Football League by the Houston Gamblers former Dodge City Community College Conquistadors football player, Mark Thompson returned to the gridiron this year for the Gamblers and the USFL and has earned All-USFL honors on offense at runningback. 

The former Conq runningback has leads the USFL in rushing touchdowns this season with 14 and leads the lea in rush yards per game with 81.6 ypg rushing. He's played in eight games this season for the Gamblers amassing 653 rushing yards (second most in the USFL) on 135 attempts giving him an average of 4.8 yards per carry on the season. His 14 rushing touchdowns make him the all-time spring football rushing touchdown leader in the 21st century. 

Thompson spent time on the gridiron for the Conqs from 2014-2015 before he finished his collegiate playing career at the University of Florida. The Pennsylvania native finished his Conq career as the all-time leader in career rushing touchdowns with 26 and had 18 in the 2015 season which ranks as the second most in a single season in school history. He finished with 1,758 yards rushing in his career to rank third in school history and had 1,298 yards in 2015 which is fourth most in a single season. 

He was part of a 9-3 Conq football team in 2015 that would win a KJCCC title and play in the Salt City Bowl against Snow. Thompson during that 2015 season earned second-team NJCAA All-American honors amassing the fourth most rushing yards that season in all NJCAA and the third most rushing touchdowns that year. 

At Florida in two seasons, he totaled 596 yards rushing with five touchdowns, along with 184 yards receiving and a touchdown. After brief stints with multiple NFL teams in training camps, Thompson has found a home in the USFL with the Houston Gamblers. 

The Houston Gamblers posted a 5-5 record this season in the USFL, which was the second season for the League upon its return last year.