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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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Born: | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | August 15, 1988||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 236 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach, Florida) | ||||||||||
College: | West Virginia | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2011 / Round: 6 / Pick: 195 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
J.T. Thomas III (born August 15, 1988) is a former American football linebacker. He was selected by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL draft. [1] He played college football at West Virginia.
On July 27, 2011, the Bears signed Thomas to a 4-year contract. Thomas was eventually placed on injured reserve due to a hip problem. In the 2012 season opener against the Indianapolis Colts, Thomas forced LaVon Brazill to fumble, and Kelvin Hayden recovered the loose ball. [2]
On August 31, 2013, Thomas was among the final cuts by the Bears. [3]
Thomas was claimed off waivers by the Jacksonville Jaguars on September 1, 2013. [4]
On March 10, 2015, Thomas signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the New York Giants. [5] [6] On December 31, 2015, Thomas was placed on injured reserve. [7]
On September 12, 2016, Thomas was placed on injured reserve after he suffered torn ligaments in his left knee in Week 1 against the Dallas Cowboys. [8]
On September 28, 2017, Thomas was once again placed on injured reserve after suffering a groin injury in Week 2. [9] He was released with an injury settlement on November 28, 2017.
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2012 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | JAX | 15 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | JAX | 16 | 10 | 85 | 51 | 34 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | NYG | 12 | 11 | 46 | 30 | 16 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | NYG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
62 | 23 | 159 | 102 | 57 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Thomas has a brother named Jared who has autism. Thomas is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity and was initiated through the Nu Zeta chapter at WVU. Thomas attended Blanche Ely High School, where he was teammates with Patrick Peterson. [10]
He gained some national media attention for taking a disabled eighth grade girl in Morgantown, West Virginia to her 8th grade dance on Friday, May 20, 2011. [11] [12] He received more national attention after he gave a 14-year-old boy with epilepsy tickets to Super Bowl XLVI, with Thomas also attending the game. [13]
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