Thurman Thomas

Thurman Lee Thomas

Position: RB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: May 16, 1966 in Houston, TX
College: Oklahoma State

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2007

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

Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1988 Draft

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View Details For: 88 Regular Season and 21 Playoff TDs Scored / All Super Bowl Plays

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1988	22	BUF	RB	34	15	15	207	881	2	37	4.3	58.7	13.8	18	208	11.6	0	34	1.2	13.9	1089	2	9
1989*	23	BUF	RB	34	16	16	298	1244	6	38	4.2	77.8	18.6	60	669	11.2	6	74	3.8	41.8	1913	12	7
1990*+	24	BUF	RB	34	16	16	271	1297	11	80	4.8	81.1	16.9	49	532	10.9	2	63	3.1	33.3	1829	13	6
1991*+	25	BUF	RB	34	15	15	288	1407	7	33	4.9	93.8	19.2	62	631	10.2	5	50	4.1	42.1	2038	12	5
1992*	26	BUF	RB	34	16	16	312	1487	9	44	4.8	92.9	19.5	58	626	10.8	3	43	3.6	39.1	2113	12	6
1993*	27	BUF	RB	34	16	16	355	1315	6	27	3.7	82.2	22.2	48	387	8.1	0	37	3.0	24.2	1702	6	6
1994	28	BUF	RB	34	15	15	287	1093	7	29	3.8	72.9	19.1	50	349	7.0	2	28	3.3	23.3	1442	9	1
1995	29	BUF	RB	34	14	14	267	1005	6	49	3.8	71.8	19.1	26	220	8.5	2	60	1.9	15.7	1225	8	6
1996	30	BUF	RB	34	15	15	281	1033	8	36	3.7	68.9	18.7	26	254	9.8	0	69	1.7	16.9	1287	8	1
1997	31	BUF	RB	34	16	16	154	643	1	24	4.2	40.2	9.6	30	208	6.9	0	30	1.9	13.0	851	1	2
1998	32	BUF		34	14	3	93	381	2	17	4.1	27.2	6.6	26	220	8.5	1	26	1.9	15.7	601	3	0
1999	33	BUF		34	5	3	36	152	0	31	4.2	30.4	7.2	3	37	12.3	1	23	0.6	7.4	189	1	0
2000	34	MIA		34	9	0	28	136	0	25	4.9	15.1	3.1	16	117	7.3	1	15	1.8	13.0	253	1	1
Career					182	160	2877	12074	65	80	4.2	66.3	15.8	472	4458	9.4	23	74	2.6	24.5	16532	88	50
12 yrs		BUF			173	160	2849	11938	65	80	4.2	69.0	16.5	456	4341	9.5	22	74	2.6	25.1	16279	87	49
1 yr		MIA			9	0	28	136	0	25	4.9	15.1	3.1	16	117	7.3	1	15	1.8	13.0	253	1	1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1988	22	BUF	RB	34	15	15								9	1	0	0
1989*	23	BUF	RB	34	16	16								7	2	0	0
1990*+	24	BUF	RB	34	16	16								6	2	0	0
1991*+	25	BUF	RB	34	15	15								5	0	0	0
1992*	26	BUF	RB	34	16	16								6	1	0	0
1993*	27	BUF	RB	34	16	16								6	1	0	0
1994	28	BUF	RB	34	15	15								1	2	0	0
1995	29	BUF	RB	34	14	14								6	0	0	0
1996	30	BUF	RB	34	15	15								1	1	0	0
1997	31	BUF	RB	34	16	16								2	0	0	0
2000	34	MIA		34	9	0								1	0	0	0
Career					182	160								50	10	0	0
12 yrs		BUF			173	160								49	10	0	0
1 yr		MIA			9	0								1	0	0	0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1993*	27	BUF	RB	34	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career					182	160		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	2	-1.0	-1.0	50.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	Pts
1988	22	BUF	RB	34	15	15	2		12
1989*	23	BUF	RB	34	16	16	6	6	72
1990*+	24	BUF	RB	34	16	16	11	2	78
1991*+	25	BUF	RB	34	15	15	7	5	72
1992*	26	BUF	RB	34	16	16	9	3	72
1993*	27	BUF	RB	34	16	16	6		36
1994	28	BUF	RB	34	15	15	7	2	54
1995	29	BUF	RB	34	14	14	6	2	48
1996	30	BUF	RB	34	15	15	8		48
1997	31	BUF	RB	34	16	16	1		6
1998	32	BUF		34	14	3	2	1	18
1999	33	BUF		34	5	3		1	6
2000	34	MIA		34	9	0		1	6
Career					182	160	65	23	528
12 yrs		BUF			173	160	65	22	522
1 yr		MIA			9	0		1	6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards 1991 NFL AP MVP 1991 NFL PFWA MVP 1991 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP 1991 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year	Pro Bowls 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993	1st-team All-Pro 1990 1991	Rushing Att 1989 NFL 298 (5) 1990 NFL 271 (3) 1991 NFL 288 (3) 1992 NFL 312 (3) 1993 NFL 355 (1-- 47) 1994 NFL 287 (8) Career 2877 (12)
Rushing Yds 1989 NFL 1244 (6) 1990 NFL 1297 (2) 1991 NFL 1407 (3) 1992 NFL 1487 (3-- 80) 1993 NFL 1315 (3) 1994 NFL 1093 (6) Career 12074 (13)	Rushing TD 1990 NFL 11 (5) 1992 NFL 9 (5) 1994 NFL 7 (8) 1996 NFL 8 (10) Career 65 (31)	Long Rush 1990 NFL 80 (2-- 76)	Yds/Rushing Att 1989 NFL 4.2 (7) 1990 NFL 4.8 (7) 1991 NFL 4.9 (1) 1992 NFL 4.8 (3) Career 4.2 (153)
Rushing Yds/Game 1989 NFL 77.8 (7) 1990 NFL 81.1 (3) 1991 NFL 93.8 (3) 1992 NFL 92.9 (3) 1993 NFL 82.2 (5) 1994 NFL 72.9 (8) Career 66.3 (42)	Receptions Career 472 (126)	Touchdowns 1989 NFL 12 (8) 1990 NFL 13 (4) 1991 NFL 12 (4) 1992 NFL 12 (5) Career 88 (33)	Points Scored Career 528 (140)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1989 NFL 12 (7) 1990 NFL 13 (4) 1991 NFL 12 (4) 1992 NFL 12 (5) Career 88 (31)	Yds From Scrimmage 1989 NFL 1913 (1-- 71) 1990 NFL 1829 (1-- 95) 1991 NFL 2038 (1-- 44) 1992 NFL 2113 (1-- 34) 1993 NFL 1702 (2) 1994 NFL 1442 (8) Career 16532 (8)	All-Purpose Yds 1989 NFL 1913 (1) 1990 NFL 1829 (2) 1991 NFL 2038 (1-- 90) 1992 NFL 2113 (1-- 67) 1993 NFL 1702 (3) Career 16532 (13)	Touches 1989 NFL 358 (3) 1990 NFL 320 (2) 1991 NFL 350 (3) 1992 NFL 370 (3) 1993 NFL 403 (1-- 38) 1994 NFL 337 (8) Career 3349 (9)
Playoff Games Career 21 (31)	Playoff Games Started Career 19 (22)	Fumbles 1988 NFL 9 (4) Career 50 (118)

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

Fantasy

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1988	22	15	RB	121		29
1989	23	16	RB	263	143	2	3
1990	24	16	RB	261	133	2	4
1991	25	15	RB	276	154	2	2
1992	26	16	RB	283	174	2	2
1993	27	16	RB	206	93	3	8
1994	28	15	RB	198	71	7	18
1995	29	14	RB	171	31	17	51
1996	30	15	RB	177	49	11	31
1997	31	16	RB	91		40
1998	32	14	RB	78		40
1999	33	5	RB	25		88
2000	34	9	RB	31		69
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