College Career
Thomas attended Texas Tech University, where he was a three-year starter at linebacker for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team. As a junior in 1994, he was a first-team All-American. As a senior in 1995, he was a consensus first-team All-American, the Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year, and a finalist for the Butkus Award. He recorded 390 tackles, including a career-high 131 tackles and a school-record 20 tackles against Missouri in his senior season. During the 1995 game against Texas A&M, Thomas returned an interception to gain a 14–7 win for Tech.
Thomas and his brother Bart were the first and only pair of brothers to be named first-team All-Southwest Conference selections in the same year.
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