McLeod Bethel-Thompson
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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
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

 for a short time but was suspected to be the third string QB for the 49ers after Josh McCown
Josh McCown
Joshua Treadwell McCown is an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Sam Houston State.McCown has played for the Detroit Lions, Oakland...

 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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).
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