Terrell Thomas
Terrell Thomas during his tenure at USC.
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 8, 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 191 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| College: | USC | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2008 / Round: 2 / Pick: 63 | ||||||||||||
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| Tackles: | 298 |
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| Sacks: | 3.0 |
| Interceptions: | 12 |
| Forced fumbles: | 7 |
| Touchdowns: | 1 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Terrell Thomas (born January 8, 1985) is a former American football cornerback. He played college football at USC. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft.
Thomas prepped at Rancho Cucamonga High School.
Received a scholarship offer from Oregon State and labeled one of the most athletic players in the state after his Sophomore Year.
As a junior, he racked up 78 tackles, 5 interceptions had 15 catches for 250 yards and 6 touchdowns. Received All Baseline League honors for the 2nd year in a row.
As a senior, he had 300 yards receiving to go with 5 touchdowns. Rushed for 1300 yards and had 16 rushing touchdowns. Added 600 yards returning for a total of 2200 yards of total offense. On the defensive side of the ball he had 115 tackles, 7 deflections, 4 forced fumbles and 1 fumble recovery. He was named leagues MVP and Area Offensive Player of the year. He was selected to the 2002 Super Prep All-American team, All CIF Division II first team, Tom Lemming All-West, LA Times All-Inland Empire FIrst Team and Press Telegram's Best in the West First Team.
Thomas played college football at the University of Southern California under head coach Pete Carroll. He was named a 2007 third team preseason All-American. He was also named to the 2007 Jim Thorpe Award Watch List.
As a senior at USC in 2007, he had 57 passes thrown his way, allowing only 29.8% of those passes to be completed. He gave up 17 catches for 149 yards and 1 touchdown. On average he gave up 8.76 yards per catch and gave up an outstanding 2.61 yards per pass attempt. He also had 4 interceptions and was voted to his second straight All-Pac-10 2nd Team, prior to the start of 2007 spring drills, Thomas underwent surgery to repair a left shoulder dislocation. He returned to start all 13 games and again received All-Pac-10 2nd-team recognition. Thomas ranked 9th on the squad with 45 tackles (31 solo) and had a sack with 4.5 stops for losses. He forced 3 fumbles, recovered another and batted away 7 passes, he also gained 44 yards on 4 interception returns. He was the senior member and leader of the secondary that held Brady Quinn to his lowest college completion percentage in a November 2006 game. He was a coaches and Rivals.com second team all Pac-10 in 2006.
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