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Derrick Thomas

Derrick Vincent Thomas

Position: LB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 243 lbs.
Born: January 1, 1967 in Miami, FL
College: Alabama

9-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1989 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1989* 22 KAN ROLB 16 16 10.0 3 0 1 0 0 75
1990*+ 23 KAN ROLB 15 15 20.0 6 0 2 14 0 63
1991*+ 24 KAN ROLB 16 15 13.5 4 0 4 23 1 79
1992* 25 KAN RLB/rolb 16 16 14.5 8 0 3 0 1 67
1993* 26 KAN ROLB 16 15 8.0 4 0 1 86 1 43
1994* 27 KAN RLB 16 15 11.0 3 0 3 11 0 65 6 1
1995* 28 KAN ROLB 15 15 8.0 2 0 1 0 0 48 5
1996* 29 KAN LOLB 16 14 13.0 4 0 1 0 0 47 8
1997* 30 KAN LOLB 12 10 9.5 3 0 0 0 0 28 6 1
1998 31 KAN LOLB 15 10 12.0 2 0 2 27 1 33 9 1
1999 32 KAN LLB 16 16 7.0 1 20 0 20 2 0 1 0 0 53 7
Career 169 157 126.5 1 20 0 20 41 0 19 161 4 601 41 3

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1991*+ 24 KAN ROLB 16 15 1 6
1992* 25 KAN RLB/rolb 16 16 1 6
1993* 26 KAN ROLB 16 15 1 6
1994* 27 KAN RLB 16 15 1 2
1997* 30 KAN LOLB 12 10 1 2
1998 31 KAN LOLB 15 10 1 1 8
Career 169 157 4 3 30

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997

1st-team All-Pro

1990
1991

Non-Offensive TDs

1991 NFL 1 (6)
1993 NFL 1 (10)
Career 4 (175)

Fumbles Recovered

1991 NFL 4 (2)
1994 NFL 3 (5)
Career 19 (101)

Fumble Return Yds

1993 NFL 86 (2-- 50)
Career 161 (21)

Fumble Return TD

1991 NFL 1 (2)
1992 NFL 1 (2)
1993 NFL 1 (2)
1998 NFL 1 (2)
Career 4 (3)

Sacks

1990 NFL 20.0 (1-- 6)

1991 NFL 13.5 (4)
1992 NFL 14.5 (6-- 71)
1994 NFL 11.0 (7)
1996 NFL 13.0 (5)
1998 NFL 12.0 (8)
Career 126.5 (11)

Safeties

1994 NFL 1 (1-- 16)

1997 NFL 1 (1-- 16)

1998 NFL 1 (1-- 16)

Career 3 (3)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1989 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1989 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1991 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1991 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1991 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1991 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1991 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1991 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1992 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1992 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1992 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1992 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1993 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1993 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1994 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1994 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1995 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1996 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL