Joe Thomas (wide receiver)
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Born: | Lafayette, Louisiana | March 25, 1963
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Career information | |
Status | Not Active |
Position(s) | WR |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
College | Mississippi Valley State |
NFL draft | 1986 / Round: 9 / Pick: 244 (By the Denver Broncos) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1987 | New Orleans Saints |
Career stats | |
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Joseph Earl Thomas (born March 25, 1963 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is a former American football player. He played for the New Orleans Saints as a wide receiver. He collegiately played for Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils in the NCAA. Thomas was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1986 NFL Draft and was traded to the New Orleans Saints. He played alongside Jerry Rice and the two share records in the NCAA record book. He is tenth all time on the record book for receiving touchdowns in 1985 and is thirteen all time for career touchdowns.
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lafayette, Louisiana
- Players of American football from Louisiana
- American football wide receivers
- Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football players
- New Orleans Saints players
- National Football League replacement players
- American football wide receiver, 1960s birth stubs