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2011 Football Roster

24 Adonis Thomas

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Newark, NJ
  • High School Weeguahic

Biography

2011
Listed at No. 1 at running back in preseason depth chart...Candidate for Doak Walker Award as nation's best running back.

2010
Second-team All-MAC pick...Second  in MAC with 84.5 yards rushing per game and in total yards rushing with 1,098...Led MAC with 6.3 rushing average...Scored eight rushing TDs...Second on team with 31 pass receptions...Also had two TD receptions...Twice has caught five passes in a game... Gained 763 yards on 7.3 yards per carry with six scores in the final six games of season...Career-high 193 yards and two TDs vs. FIU in Little Caesars Pizza Bowl...Had career-high 87-yard TD run in that game, the third-longest scoring run in UT history...163 yards vs. BGSU, including an 81-yard TD run...Notched 152 yards and two TDs on just 10 carries at Northern Illinois...Had 60-yard TD run vs. NIU...130 yards vs. Ball State...Had 35-yard run for TD vs. Cardinals...47 yards and one TD vs. Kent State, as well as five receptions and one TD reception...94 yards and one TD vs. Wyoming, along with two receptions for 32 yards vs. Wyoming...79 yards vs. Purdue...Made first career start vs. Ohio, gaining 53 yards on 17 carries.

2009
Played in 11 games, four at running back...Rushed for 151 yards...Rushed for season-high 107 yards vs. Miami...Caught one pass on the season...Also made seven tackles on special teams.

2008
Played in seven games, all but one on special teams...Rushed the ball nine times for 40 yards vs. Miami...Had a 10-yard TD run against the RedHawks.

2007
Sat out the season as a redshirt.

High School
Earned first-team all-conference and first-team all-county honors as a senior...High school team was state champion in 2006, and made it to the state semifinals in 2005...Rushed for 1,999 yards, averaging 11.7 yards per carry, and caught 13 passes for 350 yards as a senior.

Personal
Full name is Adonis Lamar Thomas....Birthdate: Feb. 25, 1989...Parents are Jean Voltaire and Tina Thomas...Individualized studies major. 

 

Year G/S Att. Yds. Avg. TD LP
2007 DNP-Redshirt
2008 7/0 9 40 4.4 1 10-Miami
2009 11/0 27 151 5.6 0 34-Miami
2010 13/12 175 1098 6.3 8 87-FIU
Totals 31/12 211  1289  6.1 9 87-FIU

Career Game Highs

Rushing Yards: 163 (Bowling Green, 11-17-10)
Rushing Attempts: 24 (Bowling Green, 11-17-10)
Receptions: 5 (Twice, last vs. CMU, 11-26-10) 

Statistics

Season:
2011

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2007Redshirt

    RB
    5'10" 170 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2008Freshman

    Running Back
    5'10" 175 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2009Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 175 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2010Junior

    Running Back
    5'10" 175 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2011Senior

    Running Back
    5'10" 185 lbs
    24