De'Anthony Thomas
Thomas at Matthew Knight Arena on January 21, 2012.
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| No. 13 Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver / Running back / Return specialist | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 5, 1993 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Los Angeles (CA) Crenshaw | ||||||||||||
| College: | Oregon | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2014 / Round: 4 / Pick: 124 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 176 |
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| Receptions: | 47 |
| Receiving yards: | 331 |
| Total return yards: | 1,475 |
| Total touchdowns: | 4 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
De'Anthony Marquies Thomas (born January 5, 1993) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon.
When Thomas was 12 years old, he was a Pop Warner Football legend and played for the Crenshaw Bears in Snoop Dogg's Snoop Youth Football League. Snoop Dogg claims to have given Thomas the nickname "Black Mamba", though Sports Illustrated has written that another coach in the league first identified Thomas to Snoop Dogg as the "Black Mamba". Thomas himself prefers the spelling "Black Momba".
De'Anthony graduated from Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, California, where he played running back, defensive back, and wide receiver under the leadership of coach Robert Garrett. Thomas rushed for 1,299 yards and touchdowns on offense and collected five interceptions on defense, while leading Crenshaw (12-2) to its second straight city championship. Regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Thomas was listed as the No. 1 athlete prospect in the class of 2011. He played in the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Thomas was also a track sprinter, named a 2013 NCAA Division I All-American as anchor of Oregon's 4x100 relay team. He has a personal best of 10.31 seconds in the 100 meters and 20.61 seconds in the 200 meters. In high school, he won the Los Angeles City Section Championship in the 100m, 2009, and went on to finish 6th in the 100m and 2nd in the 200m at the California state meet. In 2010 he won the LACS championship in both the 100m and 200m, but at the CA state meet failed to move past the preliminary rounds in the 100m and finished last in the 200m final.
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