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2008 Football Roster

10 Rico Thomas

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown ,
  • Highschool Oak Park and River Forest

Biography

At Western Illinois
2008 (Senior season): Appeared in nine games... carried the ball twice... caught a 16-yard touchdown pass against Illinois State... returned five kicks for 67 yards.

2007 (Junior season): Rushed 12 times for 97 yards against St. Francis... had one carry for nine yards against Missouri State... had five tackles on special teams... named to the Gateway Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2006 (Sophomore season): Was used mainly on special teams... returned two kicks for 38 yards... rushed six times for 15 yards against Kentucky Wesleyan... earned the team’s Green Beret award for significant contributions to the kicking game.

2005 (Redshirt-Freshman season): Played against Iowa Wesleyan... named Scout Team Co-Offensive Player of the Year.

2004 (Freshman season): Redshirted

High School
Earned two all-conference awards... was the team MVP once and the squad’s Defensive Player of the Year twice... lettered twice in wrestling.

Personal
Son of Ricardo English and Pamela Thomas... born Dec. 30, 1985... majoring in business management.

RUSHING g att yards td long avg/c avg/g
2006 11 6 15 0 6 2.5 1.4
2007 11 13 106 0 21 8.2 9.6
2008 9 2 5 0 3 2.5 0.6
TOTAL 31 21 126 0 21 6.0 4.1
 
TOTAL OFFENSE g rush pass total avg/g
2006 11 15 0 15 1.4
2007 11 106 0 106 9.6
2008 9 5 0 5 0.6
TOTAL 31 126 0 126 4.1
 
RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g
2006 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 9 1 16 1 16 0.1 16.0 1.8
TOTAL 31 1 16 1 16 0.0 16.0 0.5
 
SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g
2006 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2007 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2008 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.7
TOTAL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.2
 
KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2006 11 2 38 0 22 19.0 3.5
2007 11 4 77 0 24 19.2 7.0
2008 9 5 67 0 19 13.4 7.4
TOTAL 31 11 182 0 24 16.5 5.9
 
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2006 11 15 0 0 38 0 53 4.8
2007 11 106 0 0 77 0 183 16.6
2008 9 5 16 0 67 0 88 9.8
TOTAL 31 126 16 0 182 0 324 10.5
 
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2006 11 5 2 7 0.0 0 0 0 0
2007 11 1 4 5 0.0 0 0 0 0
2008 9 1 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 31 7 7 14 0.0 0 0 0 0

Statistics

Season:
2008

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2006Sophomore

    RB
    5'9" 200 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2007Junior

    Running Back
    5'9" 210 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2008Senior

    Running Back
    5'9" 220 lbs
    10