4 De'Andre Thomas
4 De'Andre Thomas
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190
Year: Junior
Hometown: Milledgeville, Ga.
High School: Baldwin
Position: QB
gp 10
yds 1170
td 9
yds/g 117.0

2014: A first team All-SAC quarterback, pushed his consecutive start streak to 23 as he started all 10 games under center as a junior.  Thomas continued to showcase his capabilities in his junior season by rushing for 850 yards with 12 touchdowns and passing for 1,170 yards with nine scores. Thomas' best performance came in the Eagles 35-33 win over Catawba (9/27). He earned both SAC and TSWA offensive player of the week honors after passing for 173 yards and a score while rushing for four more touchdowns and 104 yards. He passed for a season-high 208 yards against Mars Hill (10/4).  Thomas came within a rushing touchdown against the Indians of tying the school record for TDs in a single game.  He had four, the school record is five, held by Buck Wakefield. Thomas also found the end zone multiple times on the ground against Lenoir-Rhyne (11/1) and MHU.  He passed for multiple touchdowns against Edinboro (9/4), Brevard (9/20) and Tusculum (10/18).  All his nine touchdown passes came in the season's first six weeks.  

2013: A 13-game starter at quarterback as a sophomore, set Sparks-era single season record for completions with 118.  Led the nation with the fewest interceptions with just two.  Completed 55.7 percent of his passes - 118-212 - for 1,825 yards and nine passing touchdowns.  On the ground, Thomas became the first Carson-Newman quarterback and the fourth player overall with 20 rushing touchdowns in a single season.  He toted the ball 194 times for 985 yards with a long run of 73 yards which came against Colorado Mines (9/14).  He set the single game pass efficiency record in the opener against Wayne State with a 357.92 efficiency rating. Produced the third and fouth +200 efficiency ratings in C-N football history in his sophomore year.  Had a 212.80 rating against Wingate (11/16).  He had four, 200-yard passing games; they came against Wayne State (9/5) with 213 yards, North Greenville (10/26) with 231 yards, Newberry (11/9) with 200 and the Wolves against in the playoffs with 205 yards.   He set a Sparks-era single game record with 15 completions against the Crusaders.  Had a trio of touchdown passes against Wayne State and a pair at Wingate. On the ground, Thomas produced three 100 yard games and finished second on the team in rushing.  He had his high water mark against Tusculum (10/19) with 182 yards on 19 carries.  Also crested the century mark at Mines (9/14) with 166 yards and at Wingate with 123 yards.  He had multiple rushing touchdowns in seven of 13 games for the Eagles, including three games with a hat trick of scores.  Accomplished that feat against Newberry (11/23), Wingate (11/16) and North Greenville (10/26).  He finished the year with 11 TDs in C-N's final six games.   

2012: Backup to first team all-SAC quarterback and co-offensive player of the year Brandon Haywood in his freshman season at Mossy Creek. Saw action in seven games. Completed three of his eight passes for 40 yards with a long pass of 26 yards.  Rushed the ball 21 times for 116 yards and two scores.  Averaged 5.5 yards a carry and 16.6 yards a game.  Had a long run of 24 yards.  Scored his touchdowns in back-to-back games against Catawba (10/6) and North Greenville (10/13).  Had a career high 34 yards on four carries against the Indians.  Then topped it with four carries for 38 yards against Brevard (10/27). Led the South Atlantic Conference in scoring with 9.2 points per game.   

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Baldwin High School in Milledgeville, Ga., where he was coached by Dexter Copeland. Named the Offensive MVP for Baldwin and earned All-Region Second Team, All-State Third Team honors, and was the All-County Offensive Player of the Year. A part of the Baldwin team that was the 2008-09 3-AAA Region Champions, and the 2009-10 3-AA Region Champions. Was named to the 2011 Merit List.

PERSONAL: Son of Kim Thomas. Plans to major in Mass Communications/Media Studies at Carson-Newman. Related to Reshad Jones, who played in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins.

Recent Games
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7
Statistics category Overall Conf
Completions 67 49
Attempts 127 87
Completion % 52.8% 56.3%
Yards 1170 859
Yards per game 117.0 122.7
Yards per attempt 9.2 9.9
Touchdowns 9 6
Interceptions 8 6
Sacks 8 5
Yards lost 35 19
Pass Efficiency 140.9 148.2
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 12 19 63.2% 166 8.7 2 0 1 6
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 5 14 35.7% 128 9.1 1 0 2 10
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 8 13 61.5% 164 12.6 2 1 1 6
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 11 16 68.8% 173 10.8 1 0 0 0
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 9 17 52.9% 208 12.2 1 2 0 0
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 4 5 80.0% 102 20.4 2 0 0 0
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 1 7 14.3% 17 2.4 0 2 0 0
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 4 8 50.0% 46 5.8 0 1 2 2
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 5 13 38.5% 29 2.2 0 2 2 11
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 8 15 53.3% 137 9.1 0 0 0 0
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 14 56 4.0 18 1 1 1
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 10 38 3.8 29 0 1 0
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 8 70 8.8 19 2 1 0
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 17 104 6.1 25 4 1 0
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 9 104 11.6 41 2 - -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 22 116 5.3 16 0 1 0
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 14 56 4.0 11 0 1 0
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 25 99 4.0 14 2 1 0
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 24 121 5.0 18 1 1 0
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 14 86 6.1 30 0 - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 - - - - - 1 1
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - - - - 1 0
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 - - - - - 1 0
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - - - - 1 0
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - - - - 1 0
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 - - - - - 1 0
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 - - - - - 0
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - - - - 0
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 - - - - - 0
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 - - - - - 0
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 - - - - - 0
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - - - - 0
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - - 0 0 0
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 1 56 - - - 56
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 1 38 - - - 38
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 1 70 - - - 70
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 1 104 - - - 104
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 1 104 - - - 104
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 1 116 - - - 116
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 1 56 - - - 56
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 1 99 - - - 99
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 1 121 - - - 121
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 1 86 - - - 86
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 24 4 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 12 2 - - - - - 0 - - 0 0
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2012-13 7 3 8 37.5% 40 5.7 5.0 0 1 26 54.5
2013-14 13 118 212 55.7% 1825 140.4 8.6 9 2 63 140.1
2014-15 10 67 127 52.8% 1170 117.0 9.2 9 8 71 140.9
2015-16 12 110 185 59.5% 1716 143.0 9.3 6 2 75 145.9
Total 42 298 532 56.0% 4751 113.1 8.9 24 13 75 141.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2012-13 7 21 116 16.6 5.5 2 24 3 1
2013-14 13 194 985 75.8 5.1 20 73 18 6
2014-15 10 157 850 85.0 5.4 12 41 8 1
2015-16 12 131 641 53.4 4.9 9 38 3 1
Total 42 503 2592 61.7 5.2 43 73 32 9
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2012-13 7 - - - - - - -
2013-14 13 - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - - - - - -
2015-16 12 - - - - - - -
Total 42 - - - - - - -
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2012-13 7 - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 13 - - - - - - - 0
2014-15 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2015-16 12 - - - - - - - 0
Total 42 - - - - 0 0 - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2012-13 7 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 13 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 12 - - - - - - - -
Total 42 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2012-13 - - - - - - - - - -
2013-14 - - - - - - - - - -
2014-15 - - - - - - - - - -
2015-16 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2012-13 7 116 - - - 116 16.6
2013-14 13 985 - - - 985 75.8
2014-15 10 850 - - - 850 85.0
2015-16 12 641 - - - 641 53.4
Total 42 2592 - - - 2592 61.7
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2012-13 12 1.7 2 - - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 120 9.2 20 - - - - - - - - 0
2014-15 72 7.2 12 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2015-16 54 4.5 9 - - - - - - - - 0
Total 258 6.1 43 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2012-13 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 13 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 12 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 42 1 0 1.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Total 10 67 127 52.8% 1170 117.0 9.2 9 8 71 140.9
Conference 7 49 87 56.3% 859 122.7 9.9 6 6 71 148.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 5 34 66 51.5% 574 114.8 8.7 3 5 61 124.4
Away 5 33 61 54.1% 596 119.2 9.8 6 3 71 158.8
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 7 53 92 57.6% 967 138.1 10.5 8 5 71 163.7
Losses 3 14 35 40.0% 203 67.7 5.8 1 3 57 81.0
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September 4 36 62 58.1% 631 157.8 10.2 6 1 68 172.3
October 3 14 29 48.3% 327 109.0 11.3 3 4 71 149.5
November 3 17 36 47.2% 212 70.7 5.9 0 3 40 80.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 10 157 850 85.0 5.4 12 41 8 1
Conference 7 119 700 100.0 5.9 11 41 5 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 76 401 80.2 5.3 5 41 3 1
Away 5 81 449 89.8 5.5 7 29 5 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 7 98 592 84.6 6.0 9 41 5 1
Losses 3 59 258 86.0 4.4 3 29 3 0
-
September 4 49 268 67.0 5.5 7 29 4 1
October 3 45 276 92.0 6.1 2 41 2 0
November 3 63 306 102.0 4.9 3 30 2 0
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 7 - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - -
-
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - -
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 7 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 7 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - 0 0 - 0
-
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 3 - - - - 0 0 - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 7 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
-
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
-
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 10 850 - - - 850 85.0
Conference 7 700 - - - 700 100.0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 5 401 - - - 401 80.2
Away 5 449 - - - 449 89.8
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 7 592 - - - 592 84.6
Losses 3 258 - - - 258 86.0
-
September 4 268 - - - 268 67.0
October 3 276 - - - 276 92.0
November 3 306 - - - 306 102.0
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 72 7.2 12 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Conference 66 9.4 11 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 30 6.0 5 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Away 42 8.4 7 - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 54 7.7 9 - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 18 6.0 3 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
-
September 42 10.5 7 - - - - - - - - 0
October 12 4.0 2 - - - - - - - - 0
November 18 6.0 3 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -