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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Hilliard, Florida, U.S. | October 29, 1987||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Hilliard (FL) | ||||||||||||
College: | Kansas State | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 62 | ||||||||||||
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CFL status: | International | ||||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com |
Daniel Thomas (born October 29, 1987) is a former gridiron football running back. He played college football at Kansas State. He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
Thomas rushed 103 times for 1,100 yards and 11 touchdowns at quarterback as a senior at Hilliard Middle-Senior High School in Hilliard, Florida. He threw for 936 yards and added 11 touchdowns. He also chipped in 57 tackles and one interception as a senior safety. He earned all-state honors as both a quarterback and linebacker. As a Junior, Thomas rushed for 178 yards and a touchdown and also had 34 receptions for 596 yards and four touchdowns primarily playing WR on a team that also featured Ralph Bolden who was an All-Big 10 performer at RB for Purdue in 2009. Thomas was also a stand-out basketball player in High School, earning All-Nassau county honors while averaging 17.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.
Thomas rushed for over 500 yards and seven touchdowns as a freshman and helped lead Northwest Mississippi CC to a division championship. Thomas accounted for 618 yards and six touchdowns in 2007 on 103 carries and also threw for 450 yards and two scores. Thomas capped off his junior college career by becoming a JUCO All-American. [1]
Unable to qualify academically for Kansas State in July 2008, Thomas spent the 2008 season at Butler County Community College and Manhattan Christian College in order to meet academic requirements. [2]
Thomas came to Kansas State as a four-star prospect by Rivals.com and the number 35 junior college prospect in the nation. He was also a three-star prospect by Scout.com. He was rated as the No. 8 JUCO prospect in the state of Mississippi by the Sun Herald.
Thomas was voted the 2009 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and was named to the All-Big 12 First-team. Thomas gave the Wildcats their third straight Offensive Newcomer of the Year award winner and league-leading fourth overall. Brandon Banks and Deon Murphy were honored in 2008 and 2007, respectively, joining K-State’s first honoree, Michael Bishop in 1997. [3] Thomas rushed for 1,265 yards on 247 carries, averaging 5.1 yards and 11 touchdowns.
At the close of his KSU career, Thomas ranked second in school history in career rushing yards, single season rushing yards, number three in carries in a career, number four in rushing touchdowns, number two in single season rushing touchdowns, number six in single season all-purpose yards, number five in all-time all-purpose yards.
Season | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||
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Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |
2006 | 69 | 394 | 5.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2007 | 103 | 562 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
2008 | Did not play due to NCAA transfer rules | |||||||
2009 | 247 | 1,265 | 5.1 | 11 | 25 | 257 | 10.3 | 0 |
2010 | 298 | 1,585 | 5.3 | 19 | 27 | 171 | 6.3 | 0 |
Totals* | 545 | 2,850 | 5.2 | 30 | 52 | 428 | 8.2 | 0 |
*FBS totals only
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 0+1⁄4 in (1.84 m) | 230 lb (104 kg) | 32+3⁄8 in (0.82 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.62 s | 1.54 s | 2.64 s | 4.29 s | 7.06 s | 34.0 in (0.86 m) | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | 21 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [4] |
Thomas was taken with the 62nd overall pick in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. [5] On July 29, 2011, he signed a 4-year contract. Thomas found early success in the NFL, rushing for 107 yards in Week 2 and 95 yards with a receiving touchdown in Week 3. He injured his hamstring and was not able to play again until Week 6. Thomas finished the season with 581 yards, but no rushing touchdowns.
The Dolphins released Thomas on August 30, 2014 for final roster cuts before the start of the 2014 season. [6]
Thomas was re-signed on September 15, 2014, after an injury to Knowshon Moreno. [7]
On June 18, 2015, the Chicago Bears signed Thomas to a one-year contract. [8] He was released on August 30, 2015.
Thomas signed with the Dolphins on March 31, 2016. [9] On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Dolphins as part of final roster cuts. [10]
Thomas signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in January 2017. [11] He was released on June 1, 2017
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