Aurealius Thomas, an All-American guard on Ohio State's 1957 national championship team and a College Football Hall of Fame inductee, has died at the age of 86.
Thomas passed away on Feb. 5, per a news release from Ohio State.
Despite weighing only 202 pounds, which was undersized for a guard even in his era, Thomas was a star on both sides of the line for the Buckeyes and helped lead them to a 9-1 season in 1957 – in which they split the national title with Auburn – while averaging a whopping 52 minutes of playing time per game, according to his College Football Hall of Fame biography.