Travis Thomas

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**Travis Thomas**
National Football League debut
Cleveland Browns — No.
Running back
Date of birth: December 3, 1984 (1984-12-03) (age 23)
Place of birth: Washington, Pennsylvania
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
College: University of Notre Dame
Undrafted in 2008
Teams: Cleveland Browns (2008–present)
Career highlights and awards

Stats at ESPN.com

Travis John Thomas (born December 3, 1984 in Washington, Pennsylvania) is an American football halfback for the Cleveland Browns.

1 High school years
2 College years
3 NFL
4 References
5 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

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.

Thomas will be moving back to halfback for the 2007 season^[2] and was named a captain along with Tom Zbikowski, Maurice Crum Jr., John Sullivan, and John Carlson^[3].