Rodney Thomas
Rodney Dejuane Thomas
Born: March 30, 1973
Trinity, TX USA
Deceased: June 14, 2014
Galveston, TX
Position: RB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 210
College: Texas A&M
High School: Groveton (TX)
Career: 1995-2001
Drafted: 1995 in Round 3, #89 overall by the Houston Oilers
Rodney Thomas played from 1995 to 2001 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers, Tennessee Oilers and Tennessee Titans. Thomas ran for 1,973 yards in his career on 532 attempts, scoring 12 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 91 passes for 631 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NFL Houston Oilers | 251 | 947 | 3.8 | 74 | 5 |
| 1996 | NFL Houston Oilers | 49 | 151 | 3.1 | 24 | 1 |
| 1997 | NFL Tennessee Oilers | 67 | 310 | 4.6 | 25 | 3 |
| 1998 | NFL Tennessee Oilers | 24 | 100 | 4.2 | 21 | 2 |
| 1999 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 43 | 164 | 3.8 | 22 | 1 |
| 2000 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 61 | 175 | 2.9 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 37 | 126 | 3.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Totals | 532 | 1973 | 3.7 | 74 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NFL Houston Oilers | 39 | 204 | 5.2 | 19 | 2 |
| 1996 | NFL Houston Oilers | 13 | 128 | 9.8 | 33 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL Tennessee Oilers | 14 | 111 | 7.9 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | NFL Tennessee Oilers | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2001 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 91 | 631 | 6.9 | 33 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 |
| 1996 | NFL Houston Oilers | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 35 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL Tennessee Oilers | 17 | 346 | 20.4 | 33 | 0 |
| 1998 | NFL Tennessee Oilers | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 538 | 19.2 | 39 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NFL Houston Oilers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1997 | NFL Tennessee Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2000 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1995 | NFL Houston Oilers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | ||||||
| 1996 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1997 | NFL Tennessee Oilers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1998 | NFL Tennessee Oilers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1999 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2000 | NFL Tennessee Titans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 16 | 10 |
| 1996 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | NFL | Tennessee Oilers | 16 | 1 |
| 1998 | NFL | Tennessee Oilers | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | NFL | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | NFL | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 12 | 0 |
