Broderick Thomas
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| Position: | Defensive End / Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 20, 1967 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Houston, Texas | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 254 lb (115 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Houston (TX) Madison | ||||||||
| College: | Nebraska | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1989 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 | ||||||||
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| Sacks: | 47.5 |
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| Interceptions: | 2 |
| Touchdowns: | 1 |
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Broderick Lee Thomas (born February 20, 1967) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Detroit Lions, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the University of Nebraska. He called himself "Sandman", because he put running backs to sleep.
Thomas was born in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Madison High School in Houston in 1985. He played as a defensive end and was named the defensive player-of-the-year by the Houston Post newspaper as a senior.
Thomas accepted a scholarship to play for the University of Nebraska. Although he had never played linebacker before, he was converted to an outside linebacker, which was one of his conditions for coming to Nebraska.
He played eight games as a true freshman, registering 13 tackles (8 solo) and 2 sacks. The next year, he became a starter and was a part of the second nationally ranked defense, recording 58 tackles (third on the team), 4 sacks, a single-season record of 6 fumble recoveries and a single-game record of 3 sacks against Colorado University.
As a junior, he had 73 tackles, 6.5 sacks (fifth in the Big Eight), 3 passes defensed, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and one interception. In his final season he registered 98 tackles, 10 sacks, 35 quarterback pressures, 6 passes defensed, while helping his team win the Big Eight championship and earn an Orange Bowl invitation for the first time in five years.
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