Hugh Thornton
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Offensive line, Illinois, 2009–⁠12

Hugh Thornton

Number
No. 72
Height
6′5″
Weight
310 lb
Hometown
Oberlin, OH
Born
Jun 28, 1991, in Boise, Idaho

Hugh Thornton played offensive line at Illinois (2009–⁠12). The Indianapolis Colts took Thornton in round 3, No. 86 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2012
Second-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 86
Round 3, 2013 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

Honors

The teams

Linemen have no individual stat lines in our source.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2009Illinois72OL
2010Illinois72OL
2011Illinois72OL
2012Illinois72OL6′5″310

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.

Before the draft

Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–⁠21).

DrillCombine 2013Combine or pro day 2013
Height6′3¼″
Weight320 lb
Arm length34⅛″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash5.11 s
10-yard split1.74 s
Bench press27 reps
3-cone drill7.45 s
20-yard shuttle4.63 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

His NFL seasons aren’t on this page yet: our NFL numbers are matched to college players by an ID his college record doesn’t carry. His NFL career is in his Wikipedia article.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2019AAFArizona Hotshots
2022–⁠23CFLCalgary Stampeders

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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