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Safety, Texas, 2007–09
Earl Thomas
- Number
- No. 12
- Height
- 5′10″
- Hometown
- Orange, TX
- Born
- May 7, 1989, in Orange, Texas
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Earl Thomas played safety at Texas (2007–09). He was a consensus All‑American in 2009. The Seattle Seahawks took Thomas in the first round, No. 14 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2009
Defense
Returns
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. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | 51 | 19 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 2009 | 14 | 46 | 19 | 65 | 4.5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| On file | 97 | 38 | 135 | 7.5 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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 Texas 7 games with an interception on file, 8 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs. Texas Tech | W 34–24 | 1 |
| Sep 26 | vs. UTEP | W 64–7 | 2 |
| Oct 10 | vs. Colorado | W 38–14 | 1 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Oklahoma | W 16–13 | 1 |
| Oct 31 | at Oklahoma State | W 41–14 | 1 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Kansas | W 51–20 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | at Texas A&M | W 49–39 | 1 |
2008 Texas 1 game with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 | vs.Oklahoma | W 45–35 | 2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10¼″ |
| Weight | 208 lb |
| Arm length | 31¼″ |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ |
| Wingspan | 74½″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.49 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 sW |
| Vertical jump | 32″W |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ |
| Bench press | 21 reps |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
10 seasons, 139 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.
Pro Bowls: 7 (2011–15, 2017, 2019) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (2012–14) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2011, 2017)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2012–14; AP second team 2011, 2017; Pro Football Writers first team 2012–14; Sporting News first team 2012–15, 2017.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 69 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 91 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 65 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 101 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 96 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | Seattle Seahawks | 15 | 64 | 0 | 5 |
| 2016 | Seattle Seahawks | 11 | 47 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | Seattle Seahawks | 14 | 86 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | Seattle Seahawks | 4 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | Baltimore Ravens | 15 | 47 | 2 | 2 |
| NFL career | 139 | 687 | 2 | 30 | |
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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