Travis Thomas

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Travis Thomas
College	Notre Dame
Conference	Independent
Sport	Football
Position	Linebacker, Running Back
Jersey #	26
Class	Senior
Major	Business Management
Career	2003 – present
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	December 03, 1984 (age 22) Washington, Pennsylvania
High School	Washington High School
Bowl Games
2006 Sugar Bowl 2005 Fiesta Bowl

Travis John Thomas (born December 3, 1984 in Washington, Pennsylvania) is an American football linebacker/halfback for the University of Notre Dame football team.

1 High School Years
2 College Years
3 References
4 External Links

[edit] High School Years

Thomas graduated from Washington High School after a stellar football career. He won SuperPrep All-American honors, with a total of 2730 rushing yards, 25 receptions for 420 yards, and 56 touchdowns in his senior year. He also played outside linebacker in 2002 and made 137 tackles, which helped bring his team to a 15-0 season and a Pennsylvania Class AA state title. He was awarded MVP two years, and also won the scholar-athlete award at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

[edit] College Years

His flexibility as a player has also been demonstrated at Notre Dame, where he plays both halfback and linebacker. During the 2005 College Football season, Thomas saw action chiefly on special teams (in all 12 games) and also as a reserve halfback (in 10 games). As halfback he rushed 63 times for 248 yards with a total of five touchdowns. On special teams he made a total of 132 appearances throughout the season with seven tackles.

In 2006 he was moved to the position of linebacker because of his speed and physicality with Coach Charlie Weis's blessing and was appointed captain of special teams.^[1] He has proven to be valuable to the Irish as a flexible player with ability to play both offense and defense.