Thomas missed only one game in his OU career through the past four seasons and was a three-year starter for Mike Stoops’s defensive unit. Selected as a co-captain in 2016 along with Baker Mayfield, Samaje Perine and defensive teammate/offseason training partner Jordan Evans, Thomas finished his collegiate career with 223 tackles (including five for loss), four interceptions and seven pass breakups, and earned second-team All-Big 12 honors as a junior in 2015 and honorable mention all-conference as a senior.
As most experts predicted the 6-0, 215-pound, Miami, Fla.