9/7 at PHI: Saw action at LB and on special teams and finished with one solo tackle
9/14 at WAS: Totaled two special teams tackles
9/21 at IND: Saw action at LB and on special teams
9/28 at SD: Saw extensive action at LB and totaled one solo tackle
10/5 vs. PIT: Saw action at LB and made one tackle and contributed one special teams tackle
10/12 at TEN: Saw action at LB and on special teams
Spent preseason with Chicago before he was claimed off waivers by the Jaguars on Sept. 1
Played in 15 games with two starts and totaled 17 tackles (12 solo), two tackles for loss and one QB pressure
Tied for third on the team with six special teams tackles
9/8 vs. KC: Made Jaguars debut, seeing action on special teams. Blocked a Dustin Colquitt punt following Chiefs first drive that resulted in a safety
9/15 at OAK: Inactive (groin)
10/6 at STL: Saw action on special teams and led team with two tackles
11/17 vs. ARI: Led the team with two special teams tackles. Also saw action on defense at LB
11/24 at HOU: Saw action on defense and on special teams. Had one special teams tackle
12/1 at CLE: Saw action on defense and special teams. Finished with one tackle for loss
12/15 vs. BUF: Saw action at LB and totaled three tackles (two solo)
12/22 vs. TEN: Made first career start and totaled six solo tackles
12/1 at CLE: Saw action on defense and special 12/29 at IND: Started at LB and registered a career-high seven tackles (three solo) with one tackle for loss and one forced fumbleFinished with one tackle for loss
Played in all 16 games, primarily on special teams
Finished with six special teams tackles and one forced fumble
Spent entire rookie season on injured reserve after suffering a hip injury in the preseason
Three-year starter at LB
Two-time All-Big East first-team selection
Played in 49 career games with 39 starts
Career totals included 233 tackles (106 solo), 6.0 sacks and 27 tackles for loss
Added two INTs, 13 passes defensed, four forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries
Started all 13 games as a senior and ranked second on the team with 73 tackles (36 solo)
Credited with 2.5 sacks, seven tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries
Earned All-Big East first-team honors
Registered a career-high 76 tackles as a junior and earned All-Big East first-team honors
Selected as the 'Iron Mountaineer' by his teammates, an award presented to the most outstanding performers in WVU's offseason strength and conditioning program
Awarded the Gridiron Gladiator Award from the coaching staff
Started for first time as a sophomore and collected 65 tackles (23 solo), three sacks and a team-high 10 tackles for loss
Saw action in 10 games as a redshirt freshman and totaled 19 tackles
Received a medical redshirt as a freshman
Won 2006 Danny Van Etten Award for scout team Player of the Year on defense
Personal
Attended Blanche Ely High School (Fla.) where he was a team captain and team's MVP as a senior
Teammate of Arizona Cardinals' Patrick Peterson
Ranked Florida Top 100 player by Rivals.com
Father, J.T. Thomas, Sr., was a LB at West Virginia from 1994-95
Took a disabled eighth-grade girl in Morgantown, W.V. to her eighth grade dance in May of 2011
Gave a 14-year old boy with epilepsy tickets to Super Bowl XLVI
