2003 Football Roster
Roster
Josh Thomas
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 282
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Orchard Park, NY
- High School:
- Orchard Park
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU: Three letters ... 2001, 2002 and 2003 CoSIDA District I Academic All-American ... Three-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team selection ... Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in all nine semesters ... Redshirted in 1999.
Senior Year (2003): Started 11 games at left end and one of 39 players to participate in every game ... Played on the PAT/FG defense units ... Received SU’s Pat Miller Award for Outstanding Athlete, Student and Citizen ... Finished 15th among BIG EAST defensive linemen with 3.3 tackles per game ... Had one assisted tackle against Louisville ... Made three assisted stops versus Central Florida ... Assisted on two tackles against Toledo ... Posted two assisted tackles and two solo stops at Virginia Tech ... Against Boston College, recorded one assisted tackle and one solo stop ... Made two assisted tackles and two solo stops at Pittsburgh ... Against Temple, had three solo tackles and two assisted stops, including assisting on a tackle for a loss of two yards ... Had one quarterback hurry and broke up one pass against the Owls ... At Miami, had three solo tackles and one assist, including one tackle for a loss of one yard ... Posted three solo tackles, including one for a loss of two yards, and broke up one pass against West Virginia ... Recorded four solo stops and three assisted tackles, including two tackles for a loss of 19 yards, at Rutgers ... Blocked a Scarlet Knight punt in the first quarter ... Had one quarterback hurry and broke up one pass ... Against Notre Dame, recorded three solo tackles and two assisted stops, including one tackle for a loss.
Junior Year(2002): Started all 10 games he played ... Led the defensive line with six passes defended ... Third on the defensive line with 33 tackles ... Second on the team with eight quarterback hurries ... Had five tackles, including three solo stops at BYU ... Registered two tackles, including one for a loss, against North Carolina before injuring his foot ... Missed the Auburn and Rhode Island games due to a foot injury sustained against UNC ... Recorded his second career interception and had two tackles against Pittsburgh ... Posted four tackles and two quarterback hurries at Temple ... Registered two tackles at West Virginia ... Against Rutgers he registered a career-high two sacks, forced and recovered a fumble, broke up two passes and had one quarterback hurry ... Had three tackles, including one for a loss of three yards, two pass breakups and one quarterback hurry at UCF ... Registered three tackles, including one for a loss against Virginia Tech ... At Boston College, he had four tackles and batted down one pass ... Recorded a season-high six tackles and a sack against Miami.
Sophomore Year (2001): Started all 13 games ... One of 17 players to start every game and one of 35 to participate in every game ... Posted 50 tackles, including eight for a loss, and had 15 quarterback hurries ... Played on SU's field goal and PAT defense units ... Registered a career-high seven tackles, one for a loss of yards and three quarterback hurries against Georgia Tech in the Kickoff Classic ... Had four solo tackles and one quarterback hurry at Tennessee ... Recorded six tackles, one sack and two quarterback hurries against Central Florida ... Posted three solo tackles, two for a loss and one sack against Auburn ... Had four tackles and three quarterback hurries against East Carolina ... Collected two tackles and a quarterback hurry at Rutgers ... Registered three tackles, including one for a loss at Pittsburgh ... Posted two tackles, including one for a loss and two quarterback hurries at Virginia Tech ... Had six tackles at Miami ... Recorded four tackles and a fumble recovery against Boston College ... Recorded four tackles, including one solo and one for a loss against Kansas State in the Insight.com Bowl ... Also recovered one fumble.
Freshman Year (2000): Appeared in two games ... Broke a bone in his left foot in the second game against Cincinnati, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season ... Had a career-high five tackles, one sack and an interception against Buffalo.
High School: Super Prep and Tom Lemming All-Regional selection ... Prep Star Super 30 Eastern Region and No. 5-rated defensive lineman ... No. 7 in Super Prep?s New York 18 ... First-team all-state and All-Western New York ... Jim Burt Award for Best Defensive Lineman in Western New York and division Defensive Player of the Year ... New York Governor's Bowl Team member ... All-State Golden 50 ... Two-year letterwinner in football and wrestling ... Career statistics include 198 tackles and 35 sacks ... Set New York State record with 24 sacks as a senior ... Team MVP and captain as a senior ... All-Western New York Academic Team ... Member of National Honor Society ... Recruited by assistant coach David Walker.
Personal: Joshua Lloyd Thomas ... Born June 26, 1981, in Plymouth, Mass. ... Son of Daniel and Pamela Thomas ... Two brothers ... Hobbies include playing guitar, writing and drawing ... Majoring in philosophy.
Thomas' Career Statistics
Tackles Assists Tot. TFL Sacks Int. FF Fumble Rec. 2000 3 2 5 1.0- 5 1.0-5 1 0 0-0 yds. 2001 22 24 46 6.5-28 2.0-12 0 0 0-0 yds. 2002 22 11 33 6.5-26 3.0-18 1 1 1-0 yds 2003 21 19 40 8.5-49 3.0-24 0 1 0-0 yds Totals 68 56 124 22.5-108 9.0-59 2 2 1-0 yds Thomas' Career Bests
Tackles Solo 5 vs. Miami, 2002 Assist 6 vs.Georgia Tech, 2001 Total 7 vs.Georgia Tech, 2001; Rutgers, 2003 Sacks 2 vs. Rutgers, 2002; Pittsburgh, 2003 Interceptions 1 vs. Buffalo, 2000; Pittsburgh, 2002 Yards 5 vs. Buffalo, 2000 Passes Defended 2 vs. Rutgers & UCF, 2002; WVU, 2003 Forced Fumble 1 vs. Rutgers, 2002; Virginia Tech, 2003 Fumble Recovery 1 vs. Boston College, 2001 Pass Breakups 2 vs. Rutgers & UCF, 2002; WVU, 2003
