LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24
For Executing SEC Forms ID, 3, 4, 5 and 144


The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Lou H. Jones, Christopher
J. Sternberg, Kenneth M. Cox, Clara M. Passafiume, and Debra A. Wood,
and each of them signing individually, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1. Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Form ID, Uniform
Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR, any other forms or
applications to change or obtain new EDGAR access codes or passwords,
and Forms 3, 4 and 5 Statements of Beneficial Ownership of Securities
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules promulgated thereunder, regarding my ownership of and
transactions in securities issued by Papa John's International, Inc.
(the "Company");

2. Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such
Forms ID, 3, 4, 5 and 144 and the timely filing of such application,
notice or form with the Securities and Exchange Commission, NASDAQ and
any other authority; and

3. Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as such attorney in-fact might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. This
Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with any
applicable securities laws, rules or regulations, including but not
limited to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 and rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 20th day of February, 2008.



/s/ J. Jude Thompson
J. Jude Thompson