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Receiver, Georgia Tech, 2006–09
Demaryius Thomas
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Montrose, GA
- Born
- Dec 25, 1987, in Montrose, Georgia
- Died
- Dec 9, 2021, in Roswell, Georgia
Wikipedia readers: about 26,008 a month over the past year
Demaryius Thomas played receiver at Georgia Tech (2006–09). The Denver Broncos took Thomas in the first round, No. 22 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
9catches, best game on filetwice; last vs. Duke, 2008230receiving yards, best game on filevs. Duke, 2008All-America: AP third team 2009
Team titles: ACC champions, 2009
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007* | Georgia Tech | 35 | 558 | 15.9 | 4 | 56 |
| 2008* | Georgia Tech | 39 | 627 | 16.1 | 3 | 88 |
| 2009 | Georgia Tech | 46 | 1,154 | 25.1 | 8 | 76 |
| On file (2007–09) | 120 | 2,339 | 19.5 | 15 | 88 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Georgia Tech | 8 | WR | |
| 2008 | Georgia Tech | 8 | WR | |
| 2009 | Georgia Tech | 8 | WR | 6′3″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2009 Georgia Tech 13 games, 46 catches, 1,154 yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Jacksonville State | W 37–17 | 4 | 101 | 0 | 56 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. Clemson | W 30–27 | 3 | 93 | 1 | 39 | – |
| Sep 17 | at Miami | L 17–33 | 6 | 133 | 1 | 56 | – |
| Sep 26 | vs. North Carolina | W 24–7 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Oct 3 | at Mississippi State | W 42–31 | 8 | 174 | 1 | 65 | – |
| Oct 10 | at Florida State | W 49–44 | 2 | 84 | 1 | 73 | – |
| Oct 17 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 28–23 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 51 | – |
| Oct 24 | at Virginia | W 34–9 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 52 | – |
| Oct 31 | at Vanderbilt | W 56–31 | 4 | 76 | 1 | 35 | – |
| Nov 7 | vs. Wake Forest | W 30–27 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Nov 14 | at Duke | W 49–10 | 2 | 89 | 1 | 75 | – |
| Nov 28 | vs. Georgia | L 24–30 | 5 | 127 | 1 | 76 | – |
| Dec 5 | vs.Clemson | W 39–34 | 2 | 77 | 1 | 70 | 3 |
2008 Georgia Tech 12 games, 39 catches, 627 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs.Jacksonville State | W 41–14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 6 | at Boston College | W 19–16 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs.Mississippi State | W 38–7 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 20 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs.Duke | W 27–0 | 9 | 230 | 1 | 88 | – |
| Oct 11 | vs. Gardner-Webb | W 10–7 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 35 | – |
| Oct 18 | atClemson | W 21–17 | 4 | 56 | 1 | 24 | – |
| Oct 25 | vs.Virginia | L 17–24 | 5 | 88 | 0 | 42 | – |
| Nov 1 | vs.Florida State | W 31–28 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Nov 8 | atNorth Carolina | L 7–28 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
| Nov 20 | vs.Miami | W 41–23 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 14 |
| Nov 29 | atGeorgia | W 45–42 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. LSU | L 3–38 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 11 | – |
2007 Georgia Tech 11 games, 35 catches, 558 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Notre Dame | W 33–3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Sep 8 | vs. Samford | W 69–14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs.Boston College | L 10–24 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 43 | – |
| Sep 22 | atVirginia | L 23–28 | 4 | 86 | 1 | 56 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | at Maryland | L 26–28 | 9 | 139 | 1 | 39 | – |
| Oct 13 | atMiami | W 17–14 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Oct 20 | vs. Army | W 34–10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | – |
| Nov 10 | atDuke | W 41–24 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 28 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs.North Carolina | W 27–25 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Nov 24 | vs.Georgia | L 17–31 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Fresno State | L 28–40 | 4 | 69 | 1 | 35 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3¼″ |
| Weight | 224 lb |
| Arm length | 33″ |
| Hand size | 10½″ |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
10 seasons, 142 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.
Pro Bowls: 4 (2012–14, 2016) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2013–14)
All-Pro teams: AP second team 2013–14.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Denver Broncos | 10 | 22 | 283 | 2 |
| 2011 | Denver Broncos | 10 | 32 | 551 | 4 |
| 2012 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 94 | 1,434 | 10 |
| 2013 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 92 | 1,430 | 14 |
| 2014 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 111 | 1,619 | 11 |
| 2015 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 105 | 1,304 | 6 |
| 2016 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 90 | 1,083 | 5 |
| 2017 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 83 | 949 | 5 |
| 2018 | Houston Texans | 15 | 59 | 677 | 5 |
| 2019 | New York Jets | 11 | 36 | 433 | 1 |
| NFL career | 142 | 724 | 9,763 | 63 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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