17–0
86Overall
SSEC

Earl Thomas

Texas · Safety · 2008-09

COV
88
TAK
83
RNG
83

Game attribute ratings

Scouting Report

Thomas was a consensus All-American in 2009 and a first-team all-conference pick in 2009.

Thomas's 2009 season ranks No. 1 in program history for interceptions.

From 2008 to 2009, Thomas had 10 interceptions.

Thomas was the No. 14 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 86 overall, the 3rd-highest safety rating at Texas since 1990 and No. 5 among all safeties of the 2005-2009 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2009
    • Consensus All-American
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2010
    • No. 14 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Earl Thomas season-by-season statistics at Texas
SeasonInt
20082
20098
Total10

Seasons with tracked stats at Texas. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Texas Record Book

  • No. 1 in single-season interceptions (2009)

Top-10 entries in the program's career and single-season lists.

Texas Teammates

  1. 97Vince Young2003-05QB
  2. 93Colt McCoy2006-09QB
  3. 91Brian Orakpo2008EDGE
  4. 90Michael Huff2004-05S
  5. 88Aaron Ross2006CB
  6. 86Jordan Shipley2006-09WR
  7. 86Rodrique Wright2003-05EDGE
  8. 80Marcus Griffin2007S
  9. 80Michael Griffin2003-06S
  10. 80Sergio Kindle2008-09LB

Full Texas all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2005-2009 Era

  1. 91Eric BerryTennessee · 2007-09S
  2. 91Mark BarronAlabama · 2009-11S
  3. 90Taylor MaysUSC · 2006-09S
  4. 86Craig SteltzLSU · 2007S
  5. 86Eric WeddleUtah · 2003-06S
  6. 86Greg BlueGeorgia · 2004-05S
  7. 86Jamie SilvaBoston College · 2003-07S
  8. 86LaRon LandryLSU · 2003-06S

Best college safeties since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia (Earl Thomas) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.