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Giants rookie Andrew Thomas faces a test in his first career NFL game

Andrew Thomas during Giants training camp on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Credit: Matthew Swensen/Matthew Swensen

Andrew Thomas remembers his first start as a true freshman at Georgia. He remembers it was against Appalachian State in the 2017 opener. He remembers that he played “pretty well” in the 31-10 victory. And he remembers running through the tunnel to see and hear the packed stadium for the first time.

But it wasn’t the 92,000 or so fans at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia that he was so excited to play in front of. There were just two in particular that he needed to know were on hand.