Thurman Thomas

Thurman Lee Thomas (The Therminator)

Position: RB

5-10, 200lb (178cm, 90kg)

Born: May 16, 1966 in Houston, TX

College: Oklahoma St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 110 (75th overall since 1960)

High School: Willowridge (TX)

Draft: Buffalo Bills in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2007 (Full List)

Twitter: @thurmanthomas

SUMMARY

Career

182

136

Rush

2877

Yds

12074

Y/A

4.2

FantPt

2130.2

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1988	22	BUF	RB	34	15	15	207	881	2		37	4.3	58.7	13.8		18	208	11.6	0		34	1.2	13.9			225	4.8	1089	2	9	9
1989*	23	BUF	RB	34	16	16	298	1244	6		38	4.2	77.8	18.6		60	669	11.2	6		74	3.8	41.8			358	5.3	1913	12	7	16	AP2, PB
1990*+	24	BUF	RB	34	16	16	271	1297	11		80	4.8	81.1	16.9		49	532	10.9	2		63	3.1	33.3			320	5.7	1829	13	6	19	AP1, PB
1991*+	25	BUF	RB	34	15	15	288	1407	7		33	4.9	93.8	19.2		62	631	10.2	5		50	4.1	42.1			350	5.8	2038	12	5	20	AP MVP-1, AP OPoY-1, AP1, PB
1992*	26	BUF	RB	34	16	16	312	1487	9		44	4.8	92.9	19.5	87	58	626	10.8	3		43	3.6	39.1	66.7%	7.2	370	5.7	2113	12	6	19	AP OPoY-5, AP2, PB
1993*	27	BUF	RB	34	16	16	355	1315	6		27	3.7	82.2	22.2	71	48	387	8.1	0		37	3.0	24.2	67.6%	5.5	403	4.2	1702	6	6	12	AP2, PB
1994	28	BUF	RB	34	15	15	287	1093	7	64	29	3.8	72.9	19.1	71	50	349	7.0	2	16	28	3.3	23.3	70.4%	4.9	337	4.3	1442	9	1	12
1995	29	BUF	RB	34	14	14	267	1005	6	64	49	3.8	71.8	19.1	41	26	220	8.5	2	10	60	1.9	15.7	63.4%	5.4	293	4.2	1225	8	6	8
1996	30	BUF	RB	34	15	15	281	1033	8	69	36	3.7	68.9	18.7	42	26	254	9.8	0	9	69	1.7	16.9	61.9%	6.0	307	4.2	1287	8	1	7
1997	31	BUF	RB	34	16	16	154	643	1	33	24	4.2	40.2	9.6	43	30	208	6.9	0	8	30	1.9	13.0	69.8%	4.8	184	4.6	851	1	2	5
1998	32	BUF	RB	34	14	3	93	381	2	16	17	4.1	27.2	6.6	32	26	220	8.5	1	10	26	1.9	15.7	81.3%	6.9	119	5.1	601	3	0	6
1999	33	BUF	RB	34	5	3	36	152	0	10	31	4.2	30.4	7.2	5	3	37	12.3	1	2	23	0.6	7.4	60.0%	7.4	39	4.8	189	1	0	1
2000	34	MIA	RB	34	9	0	28	136	0	7	25	4.9	15.1	3.1	24	16	117	7.3	1	6	15	1.8	13.0	66.7%	4.9	44	5.8	253	1	1	2
Career					182	160	2877	12074	65	263	80	4.2	66.3	15.8	416	472	4458	9.4	23	61	74	2.6	24.5	68%	5.8	3349	4.9	16532	88	50	136
12 yrs		BUF			173	160	2849	11938	65	256	80	4.2	69.0	16.5	392	456	4341	9.5	22	55	74	2.6	25.1	68.1%	5.9	3305	4.9	16279	87	49	134
1 yr		MIA			9	0	28	136	0	7	25	4.9	15.1	3.1	24	16	117	7.3	1	6	15	1.8	13.0	66.7%	4.9	44	5.8	253	1	1	2

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1988	22	BUF	RB	2	2	11	81	1	0	40	7.4	40.5	5.5					0							11	7.4	81	1	0
1989*	23	BUF	RB	1	1	10	27	0	0	7	2.7	27.0	10.0		13	150	11.5	2	0	27	13.0	150.0			23	7.7	177	2	0
1990*+	24	BUF	RB	3	3	72	390	4	0	31	5.4	130.0	24.0		13	154	11.8	0	0	20	4.3	51.3		25.7	85	6.4	544	4	3
1991*+	25	BUF	RB	3	2	58	185	1	0	19	3.2	61.7	19.3		11	63	5.7	0	0	8	3.7	21.0		12.6	69	3.6	248	1	0
1992*	26	BUF	RB	4	4	61	195	1	0	24	3.2	48.8	15.3	16	14	102	7.3	1	0	19	3.5	25.5	87.5%	6.4	75	4.0	297	2	2
1993*	27	BUF	RB	3	3	63	267	5	0	33	4.2	89.0	21.0	15	15	122	8.1	0	0	24	5.0	40.7	100.0%	8.1	78	5.0	389	5	2
1995	29	BUF	RB	2	2	38	204	2	14	32	5.4	102.0	19.0	7	6	54	9.0	1	5	18	3.0	27.0	85.7%	7.7	44	5.9	258	3	2
1996	30	BUF	RB	1	1	14	50	1	3	14	3.6	50.0	14.0	7	3	24	8.0	1	2	10	3.0	24.0	42.9%	3.4	17	4.4	74	2	0
1998	32	BUF		1	0	7	33	1	3	12	4.7	33.0	7.0	1	1	3	3.0	0	0	3	1.0	3.0	100.0%	3.0	8	4.5	36	1	0
1999	33	BUF	RB	1	1	5	10	0	0	9	2.0	10.0	5.0					0							5	2.0	10	0	0
Career				21	19	339	1442	16	20	40	4.3	68.7	16.1	57	76	672	8.8	5	7	27	3.6	32.0	68%	5.8	415	5.1	2114	21	9

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Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1988	22	BUF	RB	34	15	15			0				9	1	0	0	0.0
1989*	23	BUF	RB	34	16	16			0				7	2	0	0	0.0
1990*+	24	BUF	RB	34	16	16			0				6	2	0	0	0.0
1991*+	25	BUF	RB	34	15	15			0				5	0	0	0	0.0
1992*	26	BUF	RB	34	16	16			0				6	1	0	0	0.0
1993*	27	BUF	RB	34	16	16			0			0	6	1	0	0	0.0
1994	28	BUF	RB	34	15	15			0			0	1	2	0	0	0.0
1995	29	BUF	RB	34	14	14			0			0	6	0	0	0	0.0
1996	30	BUF	RB	34	15	15			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1997	31	BUF	RB	34	16	16			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
2000	34	MIA	RB	34	9	0			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					182	160			0			0	50	10	0	0	0.0
12 yrs		BUF			173	160			0			0	49	10	0	0	0.0
1 yr		MIA			9	0			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1990*+	24	BUF	RB	3	3			0			0	3	1	0	0	0.0
1992*	26	BUF	RB	4	4			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
1993*	27	BUF	RB	3	3			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
1995	29	BUF	RB	2	2			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Career				21	19			0			0	9	1	0	0	0.0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Cmp%	TD%	Int%	1D	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1993*	27	BUF	RB	34	16	16	1	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
2000	34	MIA	RB	34	9	0	0				0				1	2	100.0	-2.00	-2.00
Career					182	160	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	1	2	50.0	-1.00	-1.00
12 yrs		BUF			173	160	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1 yr		MIA			9	0	0				0				1	2	100.0	-2.00	-2.00

Scoring Summary

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1988	22	BUF	RB	34	15	15	2		2		12	0.8
1989*	23	BUF	RB	34	16	16	6	6	12		72	4.5
1990*+	24	BUF	RB	34	16	16	11	2	13		78	4.9
1991*+	25	BUF	RB	34	15	15	7	5	12		72	4.8
1992*	26	BUF	RB	34	16	16	9	3	12		72	4.5
1993*	27	BUF	RB	34	16	16	6		6		36	2.3
1994	28	BUF	RB	34	15	15	7	2	9		54	3.6
1995	29	BUF	RB	34	14	14	6	2	8		48	3.4
1996	30	BUF	RB	34	15	15	8		8		48	3.2
1997	31	BUF	RB	34	16	16	1		1		6	0.4
1998	32	BUF	RB	34	14	3	2	1	3		18	1.3
1999	33	BUF	RB	34	5	3		1	1		6	1.2
2000	34	MIA	RB	34	9	0		1	1		6	0.7
Career					182	160	65	23	88	0	528	2.9
12 yrs		BUF			173	160	65	22	87	0	522	3.0
1 yr		MIA			9	0		1	1	0	6	.7

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1988	22	BUF	RB	2	2	1		1	6	3.0
1989*	23	BUF	RB	1	1		2	2	12	12.0
1990*+	24	BUF	RB	3	3	4		4	24	8.0
1991*+	25	BUF		3	2	1		1	6	2.0
1992*	26	BUF	RB	4	4	1	1	2	12	3.0
1993*	27	BUF	RB	3	3	5		5	30	10.0
1995	29	BUF	RB	2	2	2	1	3	18	9.0
1996	30	BUF	RB	1	1	1	1	2	12	12.0
1998	32	BUF		1	0	1		1	6	6.0
Career				21	19	16	5	21	126	6.0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1995	29	BUF	RB	2	2			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	210
Career				21	19			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	2124

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How old is Thurman Thomas?

Thurman Thomas is 57 years old.

When was Thurman Thomas born?

Thurman Thomas was born on May 16, 1966.

Where was Thurman Thomas born?

Thurman Thomas was born in Houston, TX.

How tall is Thurman Thomas?

Thurman Thomas is 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

How much did Thurman Thomas weigh when playing?

Thurman Thomas weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Is Thurman Thomas in the Hall of Fame?

Thurman Thomas was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 2007.

How many games did Thurman Thomas play?

Thurman Thomas played 182 games over his career.

How many receiving yards did Thurman Thomas have?

Thurman Thomas had 12,074 receiving yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Thurman Thomas won?

Thurman Thomas has never won a Super Bowl.

When did Thurman Thomas retire?

Thurman Thomas last played in 2000.

What is Thurman Thomas' Twitter account?

Thurman Thomas is on Twitter at thurmanthomas.

What are Thurman Thomas' nicknames?

The Therminator is a nickname for Thurman Thomas.

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