From 2003 to 2006, the Chanticleers had a 34–11 record in Thigpen's four seasons with the team, winning three Big South Conference championships. Thigpen had a 30–8 record in four seasons (41 games and 39 starts). He was named Big South Conference Player of the Year in 2006, when he completed 217-of-339 passes for 3,296 yards and 29 touchdowns, and carried 113 times for 656 yards and five touchdowns. He registered a career-high 119 rushing yards at Gardner–Webb, including a 76-yard bootleg. In 2006, Thigpen became the first Chanticleer to be chosen a consensus All-American. In 2005, Thigpen started all 11 games for the Chanticleers and earned the Big South Conference Offensive Player of the Week Award after rushing for 111 yards and three touchdowns and throwing for 157 yards in a victory over the Virginia Military Institute. In 2004, Thigpen started the opening 8 games before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury against Gardner–Webb. After the Chanticleers' inaugural season in which the team finished with a 6–5 record, Thigpen led the team to a 10–1 record in 2004. In 2003, he started nine of ten games for the team and was third on the team's roster in rushing. Thigpen and the rest of the Chanticleers' first recruiting class redshirted their freshman year in 2002. The team competes in the Big South Conference of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football program began in 2003. Thigpen was the first quarterback in Coastal Carolina history, and wore the jersey #16. In February 2002, Thigpen elected to go to Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, and majored in sports management. He grew up playing football in the Newberry County Youth Sports. In addition to running back, Thigpen played wide receiver and punter in high school. He became an All-South Carolina selection as a senior running back. Thigpen was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina, and he attended Fairfield Central High School, where he played on the football team. Thigpen recorded 22 touchdowns (18 passing, 3 rushing, and 1 receiving) against 12 interceptions in 11 starts, though the Chiefs were 1–10 in that span. He saw his most extensive action as a starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2008. Thigpen holds the single-season and career passing records in most major statistical categories at Coastal Carolina. He led the Chanticleers program to a 30–8 record as their starting quarterback. He was the first quarterback to play for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team. Thigpen was drafted out of Coastal Carolina University in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL Draft (217th overall) by the Minnesota Vikings. Tyler Beckham Thigpen (born April 14, 1984) is a former American football quarterback. * Offseason and/or practice squad member only Thigpen with the Buffalo Bills in November 2011
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