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03-07-2012, 02:33 PM
RICHMOND, Ky. â Former Eastern Kentucky University football player Markus Thomas was recently put on the 2012 National Football Foundation Divisional College Football Hall of Fame ballot. The 2012 class will be announced on May 22.
Thomas was a star running back for the Colonels from 1989 to 1993. His name is listed throughout the EKU record books as he still holds the program record for rushing yards (5,552), rushing touchdowns (52), yards per rush (6.3) and single game rushing mark (300 vs. Marshall in 1989).
The two-time OVC Offensive Player of the Year (1991, 1992) helped lead Eastern to a 40-10 (.800) overall record in his four years while the team won two OVC titles (1990, 1991) and made four NCAA FCS playoff appearances. A 1992 first team All-American, Thomas ranked third on the NCAA FCS all-time rushing list when he concluded his collegiate career and currently ranks among the top-20 on that list.
Thomas played professional football for two years with the Philadelphia Eagles (1993-94) and three years with the Scottish Claymores (1995-97) of NFL Europe. He was inducted into the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame in the fall of 2008.
Eastern Kentucky University is currently represented by two people in the College Football Hall of Fame. Defensive back George Floyd (1978-81), who was a part of EKUâs first FCS national championship team in 1979, was inducted in 1999. Meanwhile, legendary head coach Roy Kidd (1964-2002) was inducted after his retirement in 2003.
For more information on the NFF College Football Hall of Fame, please visit http://www.footballfoundation.org.
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Thomas was a star running back for the Colonels from 1989 to 1993. His name is listed throughout the EKU record books as he still holds the program record for rushing yards (5,552), rushing touchdowns (52), yards per rush (6.3) and single game rushing mark (300 vs. Marshall in 1989).
The two-time OVC Offensive Player of the Year (1991, 1992) helped lead Eastern to a 40-10 (.800) overall record in his four years while the team won two OVC titles (1990, 1991) and made four NCAA FCS playoff appearances. A 1992 first team All-American, Thomas ranked third on the NCAA FCS all-time rushing list when he concluded his collegiate career and currently ranks among the top-20 on that list.
Thomas played professional football for two years with the Philadelphia Eagles (1993-94) and three years with the Scottish Claymores (1995-97) of NFL Europe. He was inducted into the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame in the fall of 2008.
Eastern Kentucky University is currently represented by two people in the College Football Hall of Fame. Defensive back George Floyd (1978-81), who was a part of EKUâs first FCS national championship team in 1979, was inducted in 1999. Meanwhile, legendary head coach Roy Kidd (1964-2002) was inducted after his retirement in 2003.
For more information on the NFF College Football Hall of Fame, please visit http://www.footballfoundation.org.
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