Tre Thomas

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Tre Thomas
No. 17, 30, 29
Position: Defensive back
Personal information
Born: (1975-09-12) September 12, 1975 (age 49)
Houston, Texas
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school: Kempner (Sugar Land, Texas)
College: Texas
NFL draft: 1997: undrafted
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • Southwest Conference Champion (1995)
  • Big 12 Conference Champion (1996)
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Carl Grady "Tre" Thomas III (born September 12, 1975) is a former American football defensive back that played in NFL Europa, the National Football League and the XFL.

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Background

Born in Sugar Land, Texas, he graduated from Kempner High School. He played college football for the University of Texas at Austin from 1993 to 1996 during which time they won the last SWC Championship in 1995 and the first Big 12 conference Championship in 1996. Against Pittsburgh in 1995, he recorded 3 interceptions, tied for the 2nd most interceptions in a game in school history. [1]

Pro football career

He signed with the Detroit Lions in 1997 and the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1998 and in both cases he was cut at the end of training camp, but then later made their practice squads. [2]

In 1999, he started out playing in Austin with the Texas Terminators of the Indoor Professional Football League. After 4 games he was signed by the Berlin Thunder of the NFL Europe where he played the whole season, recording 23 tackles and 4 deflected passes. [3] When the NFLE season ended he was signed by the New York Giants. He was released by the Giants at the end of training camp but he was brought back to the practice squad in October. He spent much of the season on the practice squad but was elevated for three games of which he played in two, recording a tackle while wearing jersey #29. [4]

In 2001, he played for the Memphis Maniax of the XFL, for whom he played in 4 games and recorded 1 tackle. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Texas Football Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ Vann, Leah. "Former Longhorn safety Tre Thomas reflects on time at UT" . Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  3. ↑ "1999 Berlin Thunder Stats" . Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Tre Thomas NFL Transactions" . Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Tre Thomas" . Retrieved November 13, 2024.


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