Please answer the following question: Facts: - debutteam: green bay packers - draftpick: 235 - currentnumber: 83 , 87 - currentposition: tight end - birth date: 18 january 1957 - weight: 228 - nfl: 2527343 - debutyear: 1979 - finalteam: green bay packers - statlabel: receptions receiving yards touchdowns - heightin: 3 - statvalue: 2 24 2 - heightft: 6 - college: weber state , utah state - name: john thompson - birth place: jackson , mississippi - draftyear: 1979 - draftround: 9 - finalyear: 1982 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john thompson -lrb- american football tight end -rrb- .
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john thompson -lrb- born john washington thompson jr. -rrb- is a former tight end in the national football league .thompson was drafted by the green bay packers in the ninth round of the 1979 nfl draft and played four seasons with the team .