Thurman Thomas

Thurman Lee Thomas (twitter: @thurmanthomas)

Position: RB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 200 lbs.

Born: May 16, 1966 in Houston, TX
College: Oklahoma St. (school history)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 110 (82nd overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2007, finalist in 2006

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News -- February 2013

2/7 The Pewter Plank: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Season In Review: Running Back: “A rushing performance for the ages for the rookie, Doug Martin!” – Dick Stockton, FOX NFL Football Doug Martin...

1/7 FootballPerspective.com: Jamaal Charles’ 2012 was one of the most inconsistent seasons in RB history: A couple of weeks ago, I heard my buddy and co-worker Sigmund Bloom say on the Footballguys Podcast that Jamaal Charles was having...
1/5 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career receiving stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses, and yesterday, I did the same for quarterbacks. Today we will...

12/29 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career rushing stats in wins and losses: Yesterday, I noted that Adrian Peterson is averaging nearly two more yards per rush in losses than wins. He’s also averaging...
12/9 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Some Bo Jackson stats: Tonight ESPN aired You Don’t Know Bo, another excellent documentary in its 30 for 30 series. It’s often said that...
12/2 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of December 2, 2002: Playing the second half with a broken nose, Pittsburgh’s Jerome Bettis gained 86 yards on 20 carries to reach 11,459 yards...

10/10 FootballPerspective.com: Career Rushing Yards over 50 yards in each game: Career statistics can be very misleading, since a player can hang around for a bunch of meaningless years but really pad his totals....

6/23 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, June 23rd: On the eve of LaDainian Tomlinson’s retirement announcement, SI’s Peter King named his top-five most versatile runners...