McLeod Bethel-Thompson is an American Football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 Quarterback

Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

 for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League

United Football League

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. He signed with the Mountain Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2011.

College career

Bethel-Thompson played at Sacramento State University for most of his collegiate career, after originally playing for UCLA in 2007.

San Francisco 49ers

Bethel-Thompson played for the San Francisco 49ers

San Francisco 49ers

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 for a short time but was suspected to be the third string QB for the 49ers after Josh McCown

Josh McCown

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 was cut but was later cut.

Sacramento Mountain Lions

On September 3rd, 2011, Bethel-Thompson signed with the Sacramento Mountain Lions.Bethel-Thompson competed with Jordan Palmer

Jordan Palmer

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,former Fresno State quarterback Ryan Colburn

Ryan Colburn

Ryan Colburn is an American football quarterback for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Fresno State...

,and Trevor Harris

Trevor Harris

Trevor Harris is an American football quarterback who is currently a member of the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Edinboro University...

for the starting job.Bethel-Thompson ended up coming up as the third string quarterback behind Jordan Palmer

Jordan Palmer

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 and Ryan Colburn

Ryan Colburn

Ryan Colburn is an American football quarterback for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Fresno State...

 (Trevor Harris signed with the Orlando Predators

Orlando Predators

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).