Orlando Thomas
No. 42, 43 | |||
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Position: | Safety | ||
Personal information | |||
Born: | Crowley, Louisiana, U.S. | October 21, 1972||
Died: | November 9, 2014 Crowley, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 42)||
Career information | |||
College: | Louisiana | ||
NFL draft: | 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42 | ||
Career history | |||
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Career NFL statistics | |||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Orlando Thomas (October 21, 1972 – November 9, 2014) was an American football defensive back who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 until 2001. He played his entire career with the Minnesota Vikings.
Biography
Thomas stood 6-1 and weighed 225 pounds during his playing career. He was a second-round draft pick out of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now
On June 29, 1997, he was arrested in his hometown of Crowley, Louisiana and charged with inciting a riot and two counts of disturbing the peace. The charges were reduced to one count of disturbing the peace, and Thomas pleaded no contest. He was ordered to pay a $100 fine, pay court costs, and perform 50 hours of community service.
Thomas married his wife Demetra on February 27, 1998, only two months after their first date and five months after first meeting at Cheese Car Wash in north Minneapolis. He has four children, Alexis, Angelle, Orlando Jr., and Alana, Demetra has a child from a previous relationship.
In 1999, Thomas was charged after allegedly assaulting his wife Demetra. He later pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge of simple battery.[2]
Thomas revealed in June 2007 that he was suffering from
NFL career statistics
Legend | ||
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Led the league | ||
Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
1995 | MIN | 16 | 11 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 0.0 | - | 9 | 108 | 1 | 45 | - | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1 |
1996 | MIN | 16 | 16 | 83 | 65 | 18 | 0.0 | - | 5 | 57 | 0 | 34 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | MIN | 15 | 13 | 70 | 57 | 13 | 0.0 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 |
1998 | MIN | 16 | 16 | 69 | 60 | 9 | 0.5 | - | 2 | 27 | 0 | 27 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | MIN | 13 | 12 | 72 | 53 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | MIN | 9 | 9 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | MIN | 13 | 10 | 61 | 45 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
98 | 87 | 443 | 351 | 92 | 1.5 | 1 | 22 | 225 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 2 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
1996 | MIN | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | MIN | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | MIN | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | MIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- ^ "1995 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "CBS News". April 18, 1999.
- ^ "Star Tribune". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
- ^ "NBC Sports". October 28, 2009.
- ^ "Star Tribune". Star Tribune.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Schefter, Adam (November 10, 2014). "Former Viking Orlando Thomas dies". ESPN.