Lawrence Thomas (American football)

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Lawrence Thomas
No. 97, 44
Position: Fullback
Personal information
Born: (1993-04-16) April 16, 1993 (age 30)
Detroit, Michigan
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:286 lb (130 kg)
Career information
High school: Renaissance
(Detroit, Michigan)
College: Michigan State
Undrafted: 2016
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:1
Average:0.5
Rushing touchdowns:0
Receptions:6
Receiving yards:43
Receiving touchdowns:0
Player stats at NFL.com

Lawrence Dikarri Thomas [1] (born April 16, 1993) is a former American football fullback. He played college football at Michigan State and signed with the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2016.

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Early years

Thomas was selected and participated in the 2011 Under Armour All-America Game in St. Petersburg, Florida. Thomas was named high school finalist for the 2010 Butkus Award. Thomas was ranked 3rd among the country's top defensive ends by 247Sports.com and was ranked 7th defensive end prospect by Scout.com.

Professional career

New York Jets

On April 30, 2016, Thomas signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent following the conclusion of the 2016 NFL Draft. [2] He was placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury on September 29, 2016. [3] He finished his rookie season with four tackles in three games played.

On September 2, 2017, Thomas was waived by the Jets and was later re-signed to the practice squad. [4] [5] He was promoted to the active roster on September 16, 2017. [6] Upon being added to the active roster, Thomas changed his jersey number to 44 to be eligible to play fullback.

On September 8, 2018, Thomas was waived by the Jets. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile". rostermon.com.
  2. ↑ "Jets undrafted free agent signings". sny.tv. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lange, Randy. "Jets Re-Sign WR/KR Jeremy Ross". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ Lange, Randy (September 2, 2017). "Jets Reduce to 53 with 23 Player Moves". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ Greenberg, Ethan (September 5, 2017). "Jets Sign WR-KR Jeremy Kerley". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Greenberg, Ethan (September 16, 2017). "Jets Activate DL Thomas, LB Bishop from P-Squad". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ Allen, Eric (September 8, 2018). "Jets Promote OLB Luvu to Active Roster, Waive FB Thomas". NewYorkJets.com.
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