HighlightsListed at No. 1 at inside linebacker in preseason depth chart.
2004Started all 13 games at inside linebacker...Third on the team with 91 tackles...Also had 5.5 tackles for loss, three pass breakups and a forced fumble...Had career-high 12 tackles vs. CMU and again vs. Bowling Green...Led team with nine tackles at Miami...Earned team's "Golden Hammer Award" for most big hits.
2003
Played in three games, making 13 tackles...Missed most of the season due to injury suffered in Marshall game...Career-high six tackles in season opener vs. UNLV.
2002
Played in 13 games, making 27 tackles....Season-high five tackles vs. Cal Poly.
2001
Did not play football due to NCAA academic restrictions.
High School
Earned all-city and all-state honors...Was ranked No. 53 on the Detroit News "Blue Chip" list and made the Detroit Free Press' Top 50 list as a senior...Honorable mention all-city as a junior.
Personal
Full name is David Lorenzo Thomas...Birthdate: July 19, 1983...Raised by his grandmother, Sallie Fenderson...Has five brothers and four sisters...Business major.
Career Statistics
| Year | G/S | UT | AT | TT | TFL | SACK | Int/yds | BrUp |
| 2001 | | | | DNP | | | | |
| 2002 | 13/0 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3/0 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 13/13 | 43 | 48 | 91 | 5.5(-8) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 29/13 | 68 | 63 | 131 | 5.5(-8) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Career Game Highs
Tackles: 12 (twice, last vs. Bowling Green, 11-23-04)
Tackles for loss:,/b> 2.5(Central Michigan, 10-23.04)
