Norris Thomas
.png) Thomas, c. 1982 | |||||||||
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| Position | Cornerback | ||||||||
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| Born | May 3, 1954 Inverness, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | March 7, 2025 (aged 70) Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Pascagoula (Pascagoula, Mississippi) | ||||||||
| College | Southern Miss | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1976 (9th round, 257th overall pick) | ||||||||
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Norris Lee Thomas (May 3, 1954 – March 7, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.[1] He was inducted into the Pascagoula Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016.[2] He was the brother of fellow NFL player Lynn Thomas.[1] He died in Biloxi, Mississippi, on March 7, 2025, at the age of 70.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Norris Thomas Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- ↑ "Pascagoula Athletic Hall of Fame 2016; Norris Thomas". gulflive.com. June 12, 2016. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Norris Thomas". Rodney D. Swilley. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
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