Terrell Thomas

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draftyear=2008
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draftpick=63
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* New York Giants (2008-present)
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Terrell Thomas (born January 8, 1985) is an American football defensive back for the New York Giants of the National Football League.

High school career

Thomas prepped at Rancho Cucamonga High School.

Received a scholarship offer from Oregon State and labeled one of the most athletic players in the state after his Sophomore Year.

As a junior he racked up 78 tackles, 5 interceptions had 15 catches for 250 yards and 6 touchdowns. Received All Baseline League honors for the 2nd year in a row.

As a senior he had 300 yards receiving to go with 5 touchdowns. Rushed for 1300 yards and had 16 rushing touchdowns. Added 600 yards returning for a total of 2200 yards of total offense. On the defensive side of the ball he had 115 tackes, 7 deflections, 4 forced fumbles and 1 fumble recovery. Was his leagues MVP and Area Offensive Player of the year. He was selected to the 2002 Super Prep All-American team, All CIF Division II first team, Tom Lemming All-West, LA Times All-Inland Empire DIrst Team and Press Telegram's Best in the West First Team.

College career

Thomas played college football at the University of Southern California under head coach Pete Carroll.

He was named a 2007 third team preseason All-American. He was also named to the 2007 Jim Thorpe Award Watch List.

In his Senior Year at USC in 2007 he had 57 passes thrown his way, allowing only 29.8% of those passes to be completed. He gave up 17 catches for 149 yards and 1 touchdown. On average he gave up 8.76 yards per catch and gave up an outstanding 2.61 yards per pass attempt. He also had 4 interceptions and was voted to his second straight All Pac-10 2nd Team.

He was the senior member and leader of the secondary that held Brady Quinn to his lowest college completion percentage in a November 2006 game. He was a coaches and Rivals.com second team all Pac 10 in 2006.

Professional career

Thomas was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Thomas was the 63rd overall pick of the draft and the final pick of the second round. After intially being handed #30 by the Giants, Thomas decided to change his number to #24 before the start of the 2008-2009 NFL regular season, due to the fact that in Thomas' opinion he considered #30 to be a "safety number".

External links

* [http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/thomas_terrell00.html USC Bio]
* [http://www.giants.com/news/eisen/story.asp?story_id=27068 Giants select CB Terrell Thomas]
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