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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1980-07-17)July 17, 1980 (age 45) El Centro, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Imperial (Imperial, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College | UCLA | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2002: 1st round, 31st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Robert Wayne Thomas (born July 17, 1980) is an American former professionalfootball player who was alinebacker for seven seasons in theNational Football League (NFL) during the early 2000s. He playedcollege football for theUCLA Bruins, earning recognition as a consensusAll-American in 2001. TheSt. Louis Rams selected him in the first round of the2002 NFL draft, and he played professionally for the Rams,Green Bay Packers andOakland Raiders of the NFL.
Thomas was born inEl Centro, California. He was raised in a family with three brothers and a sister. He graduated from Imperial High School inImperial, California, where he played for the Imperial Tigers high school football team. Thomas' older brotherStan was anoffensive tackle in the NFL for four seasons during the 1990s.
Robert was on an episode of Guts as a 13 year old where he beat 12 year old Tony and an 11-year-old girl. He dominated after Tony took a “digger” according to Mike O Malley.
Thomas attendedUniversity of California, Los Angeles, where he was a history major and played for theUCLA Bruins football team from 1998 to 2001. As a freshman in 1998, he was a reserve inside linebacker making 26 tackles (two for losses), and playing in all 12 games. Thomas became a regular starter as a sophomore, and had 68 tackles despite missing three games. Following his 2000 junior season, he was named UCLA's Defensive Most Valuable Player and was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection after leading the team with 88 tackles (nine for losses) and six forced fumbles. As a senior in 2001, Thomas led the Bruins with 111 tackles (26 for a loss) and had 6.5 sacks, forced two fumbles and defensed five passes. He was a first-team All-Pac-10 selection and thePac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, and was recognized as a consensus first-teamAll-American in 2001.[1]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 229 lb (104 kg) | 31 in (0.79 m) | 8+1⁄2 in (0.22 m) | 4.51 s | 1.53 s | 2.59 s | 4.10 s | 7.21 s | 34 in (0.86 m) | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) | 21 reps | |
| All values fromNFL Combine[2] | ||||||||||||
He was drafted by theSt. Louis Rams 31st overall in the2002 NFL draft.[3] On July 22, 2002, Thomas signed a five-year $5.75 million contract with the Rams. Thomas started 30 games during his three seasons in St. Louis while totaling 163 tackles in those games.
St. Louis traded Thomas to theGreen Bay Packers at the end of training camp on September 4, 2005, for cornerbackChris Johnson. Thomas started nine games at weak-side linebacker in 2005. On May 2, 2006, the Packers released Thomas.
On August 24, 2006, Thomas signed withOakland Raiders, and he played in all 16 games in 2006, with no starts.[4] On February 24, 2007, the Raiders re-signed Thomas, who was eligible to be a free agent. The deal included $1.5 million signing bonus and a $1.5 million salary for 2007 and $2 million in salary in 2008. He started 10 games for the Raiders in 2007 but appeared in just two in 2008 before suffering a season-ending hamstring injury against theAtlanta Falcons on November 2, 2008.
On April 9, 2009, the Redskins signed Thomas to a one-year $1.3 million contract. He was released by the Redskins after the final preseason game on September 9, 2009.
| Year | Team | Games | Combined Tackles | Tackles | Assisted Tackles | Sacks | Forced Fumbles | Fumble Recoveries | Fumble Return Yards | Interceptions | Interception Return Yards | Yards per Interception Return | Longest Interception Return | Passes Defended |
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| 2002 | STL | 16 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | STL | 12 | 71 | 62 | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | STL | 14 | 56 | 41 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | GB | 10 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 1 |
| 2006 | OAK | 16 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | OAK | 14 | 62 | 51 | 11 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | OAK | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 84 | 304 | 245 | 59 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 8 |
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