Jermaine Thomas (born January 10, 1990) is a former professional

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. He played

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for the

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Early life

Thomas attended

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playing running back. Thomas was a member of the AJC Super Southern 100 and a second team 4A All-State selection.

College career

Thomas went to college at

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, and played four seasons with the Seminoles. A true freshman in 2008, Thomas played 12 games registering 482 rushing yards. In 2009, Thomas played in all 13 games, including 10 starts, and had a team leading 10 touchdowns and ranked first in rushing with 832 yards, making it a 64 yards per game average. Thomas recorded three straight 100-yard rushing games in 2009. However, in 2010, Thomas only made eight starts (including the first six games) but sat out for the rest with a knee sprain. Ran for 490 yards on 86 carries and six touchdowns. Made 12 receptions for 134 yards and one touchdown. In his final season with the Seminoles in 2011, Thomas played eight games ranked second on the team in attempts with 61 and yards with 279. Thomas averaged 4.6 yards per rush and had nine receptions for 122 yards. Thomas is ranked ninth all time in FSU rushing touchdowns with 19 and 12th all time in rushing yards with 2,083. In four seasons, Thomas had six 100-yard rushing games.

Professional career

In January 2014, Thomas signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the

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. He was released by the Roughriders on June 22, 2014.

References

External links

Saskatchewan Roughriders Bio

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Jermaine Living people 1990 births Players of American football from Florida American football running backs Saskatchewan Roughriders players Florida State Seminoles football players