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"I read in the paper that Derrick Thomas was in a sack slump." Thomas established franchise career records for sacks (126.5), safeties (three), fumble recoveries (18), and forced fumbles (45).
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Aug. 27, 1986. Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J. Alabama is clinging to a 16-10 lead over Ohio State in the Chase Kickoff Classic. Eight seconds are left on the clock.
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Class of 2001. Born: January 1, 1967 in Miami, Florida. Category: Football. Thomas played collegiately at the University of Alabama. In 1988, he was named a unanimous All-American, a Lombardi Award finalist, and a Butkus Award winner. The fourth overall draft choice by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1989, he went on to lead the NFL in sacks in 1990.
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Derrick Thomas died 17 years ago today as the result of injuries suffered in a car accident while on his way to the airport with two friends. The one who was wearing a seat belt walked away.
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Derrick Thomas Derrick Vincent Thomas Position: LB 6-3 , 243lb (190cm, 110kg) Born: January 1 in Miami, FL More bio, uniform, draft info Hall of Fame 9x Pro Bowl 2x All-Pro HOF All-1990s Team 1989 AP Def. RoY 1989 UPI RoY 1993 Walter Payton MotY 1994 Alan Page Award 58 SUMMARY Career G 169 AV 131 Sk 126.5 Solo 599 FF 41 Derrick Thomas Overview
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The Kansas City Chiefs selected linebacker Derrick Thomas as the fourth player overall in the 1989 National Football League Draft.A consensus All-America and Dick Butkus Award winner at Alabama, Thomas excelled as a pass rusher who set the school record for sacks.
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Derrick Thomas best LB of the 90´s For 11 years (1989-99), the man that had a void in his life was cherished by Alabama fans and NFL fans across the world. He never got his Super Bowl, but Arrowhead Stadium was packed out each season to watch No. 58 embarrass offensive linemen and force quarterbacks to clean dirt out their helmets.
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Committed to Football After earning all-league honors at South Miami High School, Thomas earned a scholarship to the University of Alabama and proceeded to dominate the Southeast Conference. During his junior year with the Crimson Tide, Thomas recorded 67 tackles and a school-record 18 sacks.
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5. Alabama vs. Kentucky, 1988 It wasn't a defensive masterpiece by Alabama, which won 31-27, but it was a gem of a game by Thomas: 14 tackles, four sacks, one blocked punt and one blocked.
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Kansas City Chiefs outside linebacker Derrick Thomas knocks the football away from Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon during an NFL game on Jan. 16, 1994, in the Astrodome in Houston,.
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Alabama fans have been blessed with a bevy of outstanding linebackers for which to root over the years, but there will never be another Derrick Thomas. A favorite of many, the record 27 sacks.
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Derrick Thomas was among the future NFL stars selected early in the 1989 NFL draft. Taken immediately after Barry Sanders was drafted by the Detroit Lions at No. 3, the Kansas City Chiefs took Thomas, a linebacker from Alabama, with the fourth pick. He didn't disappoint.
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Sept. 12, 2014 By Steve Irvine Kermit Kendrick laughed while recalling the time he gave up a long touchdown pass on an October afternoon when the University of Alabama was playing host to Penn State at Legion Field.
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When the Chiefs made Alabama's sack master the fourth-overall selection in the 1989 NFL Draft, team president Carl Peterson called it a new "beginning" for the organization.. Derrick Thomas.
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Derrick Thomas was a dominating linebacker for the University of Alabama football program during the late 1980s, breaking many of the Crimson Tide's defensive records. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League from 1989-99.
