2010 Football Roster
Roster
Phillip Thomas
- Position:
- Free Safety
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 189
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Miami, FL
- High School:
- Miami Edison Senior
Thomas' Bio (PDF)
At SU: Three letters.
Junior Year (2011): Started all 10 games he played …Against Wake Forest, made five tackles, including three solo and 0.5 for a loss of yards ... Against Rhode Island, earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week after posting a career- high two interceptions and four solo tackles … At USC, posted 11 tackles, including six solo, and a forced fumble ... Against Toledo, had 10 tackles, including eight solo and one for a loss of yards. ... Against Rutgers, had three solo tackles, one interception and two pass break-ups ... At Tulane, made a career-high 13 tackles, including eight solo ... Against West Virginia, recorded seven tackles and had one interception … At Louisville, made five tackles, including three solo … At Connecticut, posted 10 tackles, including five solo and one for a loss of yards, and had two interceptions ... Against South Florida, made 14 tackles, including 10 solo and one for a loss ... Suspended from the program for one year prior to the Cincinnati game.
Sophomore Year (2010): Started all 13 games ... Ranked ninth among BIG EAST defenders with 7.1 tackles per game … At Akron, tallied three tackles, including two solo ... At Washington, posted a career-best 12 tackles,including 10 solo and one for a loss ... Against Maine, had seven tackles and a pass breakup ... Against Colgate, had 10 tackles, including an assisted stop for a loss of yards ... At South Florida, had four tackles and had a pass breakup on the Bulls final drive ... Against Pittsburgh, made six tackles ... At West Virginia, had eight tackles ... At Cincinnati, had six solo tackles, recovered a fumble and had a pass breakup ... Against Louisville, made four tackles ... At Rutgers, had seven tackles ... Against Connecticut, made seven tackles ... Against Boston College, had 11 tackles, including one for a loss of yards...Against Kansas State in the Pinstripe Bowl, recorded seven tackles, including four solo.
Freshman Year (2009): ESPN.com All-BIG EAST Freshman Team selection … Played in 12 games … Against Northwestern, made a pair of tackles … Against Maine, posted five solo tackles … Against South Florida, sidelined due to injury … Against West Virginia, posted four solo tackles … Against Akron, tallied three tackles… Against Cincinnati, had one solo tackle … At Pittsburgh, had six tackles … At Louisville, had one solo tackle and one interception … Against Rutgers, posted three solo tackles … At Connecticut, had an interception and four tackles.
High School: Named 2008 All-Dade County First Team and third-team All-State … Earned invitations to play in two county all-star games, including the Miami North vs. South game in which he returned an interception for a touchdown … In 2008, he recorded 85 tackles, including 58 solo, a county-leading eight interceptions, including two he returned for touchdowns, had two forced fumbles and recovered two fumbles … Also returned punts and kickoffs, including two for touchdowns, and played wide receiver, where he scored three touchdowns … Served as team captain and earned the team’s Most Valuable Player award in 2008 … High school coach: Daryle Heidelburg … Also competed for the track team, running the 800-meter event … Played for the United States team that won the 2009 IFAF Junior World Championship.
Personal: Phillip M. Thomas … Son of Marion Cooper … Born in November 1990 … Majoring in child and family studies in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.
Thomas's Career Statistics
| Year | Games | Tackles | Assists | Total | TFL | Sacks | Int. | FF | FR |
| 2009 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 0.0-0 yds. | 0.0-0 yds. | 2 | 0 | 0-0 yds. |
| 2010 | 13 | 58 | 34 | 92 | 4.0-10 yds. | 0.0-0 yds. | 1 | 0 | 1-21 yds. |
| 2011 | 10 | 54 | 28 | 82 | 4.5-7 yds. | 0.0-0 yds. | 6-50 yds. | 0 | 0-0 yds. |
| Totals | 35 | 135 | 68 | 203 | 8.5-17 yds. | 0.0 -0 yds. | 9 | 0 | 1-21 yds. |
