Fresno State, 2007–⁠12

Phillip Thomas

Number
No. 16
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Bakersfield, CA
Born
Mar 1, 1989, in Bakersfield, California

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Phillip Thomas played at Fresno State (2007–⁠12). He was a consensus All‑American in 2012. The Washington Redskins took Thomas in round 4, No. 119 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2012
Consensus All-American and Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year
Drafted
No. 119
Round 4, 2013 NFL Draft (Washington Redskins)

Honors

Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2012

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009Fresno State2
2010Fresno State3
2012Fresno State8
On file (2009–⁠12)13

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. 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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2009N13228301.5021––
2010123925643.503920
2012136618841248541
On file127511781741315––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Fresno State16
2010Fresno State16
2011Fresno State16
2012Fresno State166′1″

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

2012 Fresno State 5 games with an interception on file, 8 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 15vs.ColoradoW 69–⁠143
Sep 29vs.San Diego StateW 52–⁠402
Oct 6atColorado StateW 28–⁠71
Oct 20vs.WyomingW 42–⁠141
Nov 10atNevadaW 52–⁠361
2010 Fresno State 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 25atOle MissL 38–⁠551
Oct 23atSan José StateW 33–⁠181
Nov 19atBoise StateL 0–⁠511
2009 Fresno State 1 game with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Dec 5atIllinoisW 53–⁠522

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

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

DrillCombine 2013Combine or pro day 2013
Height6′0½″
Weight208 lb
Arm length30⅝″
Hand size9¼″
40-yard dash4.65 s
10-yard split1.62 s
Vertical jump35″
Broad jump10′2″
Bench press14 reps
3-cone drill6.78 s
20-yard shuttle4.15 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

1 season, 6 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014Washington Redskins62400

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.

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