Rob Thomson
Co-Cptain
6-2, 200, DB
Southington, CT
Southington H.S.
At SU: four letters…two-year starter at free safety…leader of the secondary…a coach on the field…tired for 9th on SU’s all-time career interception list with 8…tough, plays hurt…had started 25 straight games…great awareness of what was happening and what should have been happening on the field…outstanding special teams player early in hi career…redshirted in 1986…
Senior year: Defensive MVP of the East-West Shrine Game…ECAC All-Star…started all 13 games…50 solos and 79 total tackles were third on the team trailed only the inside linebackers…led the team with 3 fumble recoveries and blocked a field goal (v. Army)…second on the squad with five pass break-ups…Athlon preseason first team America…game-high 10 solos and 13 total tackles vs. Miami…9 tackles, 2 pass-break-ups and a fumble recovery in SU’s win over West Virginia… 10 tackles vs. Michigan State…
Junior year: District Academic All-America…UPI honorable mention All-America…replaced All-America Markus Paul and had an outstanding year…finished 11th in the nation with 7 interceptions, 2nd highest total in Orange history and just on shy of the school record…was 4th on the team in tackles with 80 (46-34), tops among the defensive backs…season high 11 tackles and an interception vs. Army… 10 tackles and 2 interceptions vs. Penn State…had 9 or more tackles five times…
Sophomore year: listed on the two-deep behind Paul at free safety…selected Special Teams Player of the Game by the coaches vs. Penn State and Boston College…among the leading tacklers on both the punt and kickoff coverage teams…played 10 games…fractured a forearm vs. Virginia Tech and missed just two games after being listed as out for up to 7 weeks…
Freshman year: earned a spot on the two-deep as a frosh…had 3 tackles, a caused fumble and a fumble recovery… 3 tackles in the Colgate game…
High School: played quarterback and defensive back for Coach Dom D’Angelo at Southington…honorable mention All-America…1985 Connecticut state finalists…All-Conference sprinter in track…basketball forward…
Personal: Robert Matthew Thomson…born April 13,1967, Elmhurst, IL…son of William and Eleanor Thomson…brother Joe was an Academic All-America at New Hampshire… brother Bill was a member of the Syracuse track team…majored in marketing.
Tackles Assists Total Intcpt
1987 1 2 3 0
1988 7 4 11 0
1989 46 34 80 7
1990 50 29 79 1
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Total 104 69 173 8
