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Hollis Thomas

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1974)}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Hollis Thomas

| image = Hollis Thomas.jpg

| caption = Thomas in 2013

| number = 78, 99, 93, 75

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|1|10}}

| birth_place = Abilene, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 340

| high_school = Sumner (St. Louis, Missouri)

| college = Northern Illinois

| undraftedyear = 1996

| pastteams =

| pastcoaching =

| highlights =

  • Football News All-Rookie Team (1996)
  • First-team All-Big West (1995)

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 518

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 20.0

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 7

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 8

| pfr = T/ThomHo20

}}

Hollis Thomas Jr. (born January 10, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Northern Illinois Huskies and was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 1996.

Thomas also played for the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers.

Professional career

=Philadelphia Eagles=

In 1996, Thomas signed a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent. He was a major part of the Eagles defense during his 10-year career in Philadelphia.

=New Orleans Saints=

Right after Thomas was cut by the Philadelphia Eagles, the Saints claimed him from the waivers. When healthy, Thomas was considered an important part of the Saints' defense, especially against running plays, and he was seen as playing a key role in the Saints' successful 2006 season, when they reached the NFC championship game for the first time in their history.Mike Triplett, [http://blog.nola.com/saintsbeat/2009/04/new_orleans_saints_release_def.html "New Orleans Saints release defensive tackle Hollis Thomas"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502213450/http://blog.nola.com/saintsbeat/2009/04/new_orleans_saints_release_def.html |date=2009-05-02 }}, New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 29, 2009.

On December 5, 2006, Thomas was suspended for four games by the NFL for violating the league's steroids policy. In Thomas' appeal, New Orleans team doctor John Amos said that Thomas' asthma medicine contained two steroids, creating a false positive but Thomas lost the appeal.

Thomas tore his right triceps on August 14, 2008, in a pass-rushing drill against a Houston Texans offensive lineman. He was later released on September 11 with an injury settlement. The Saints re-signed him on November 3.

On April 29, 2009, it was reported that the Saints had released Thomas.

=St. Louis Rams=

On July 29, 2009, the St. Louis Rams signed Thomas. He was given a 1-year deal for an undisclosed amount.

=Carolina Panthers=

Thomas was signed by the Carolina Panthers on October 1, 2009, after the team waived defensive tackle Ra'Shon Harris. In a game against the Buffalo Bills on October 25, 2009, Thomas tackled Bills running back Fred Jackson in the end-zone for a safety.

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! colspan="2"| Legend

style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|

| Led the league

Bold

| Career high

=Regular season=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="4"| Tackles

!colspan="4"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCombSoloAstSckIntYdsTDLngFFFRYdsTD
1996PHI

| 16 || 5 || 42 || 32 || 10 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

1997PHI

| 16 || 16 || 61 || 39 || 22 || 2.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0

1998PHI

| 12 || 12 || 42 || 34 || 8 || 5.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

1999PHI

| 16 || 16 || 49 || 38 || 11 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0

2000PHI

| 16 || 16 || 60 || 46 || 14 || 4.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0

2001PHI

| 14 || 14 || 52 || 43 || 9 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

2003PHI

| 7 || 2 || 22 || 16 || 6 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2004PHI

| 13 || 2 || 21 || 17 || 4 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

2005PHI

| 16 || 12 || 35 || 27 || 8 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2006NOR

| 12 || 12 || 43 || 35 || 8 || 3.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

2007NOR

| 16 || 14 || 50 || 38 || 12 || 3.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2008NOR

| 8 || 2 || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

rowspan="2" | 2009STL

| 3 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

CAR

| 13 || 13 || 33 || 24 || 9 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|17813651839612220.000007820

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="4"| Tackles

!colspan="4"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCombSoloAstSckIntYdsTDLngFFFRYdsTD
1996PHI

| 1 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2000PHI

| 2 || 2 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 1 || 0 || 0

2004PHI

| 3 || 0 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2006NOR

| 2 || 2 || 6 || 2 || 4 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|84231762.000000100

References

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External links

  • [http://www.panthers.com/team/roster/Hollis-Thomas/7b00f556-3afd-4992-aa1e-6a7fbbfb1f27 Carolina Panthers bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005230048/http://www.panthers.com/team/roster/hollis-thomas/7b00f556-3afd-4992-aa1e-6a7fbbfb1f27 |date=October 5, 2009 }}

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