Justin Thomas (American football)

Justin Thomas
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets No. 5
Thomas in 2013
Position	Quarterback
Class	Junior
Career history
College	Georgia Tech (2012–present)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-03-15) March 15, 1994
Place of birth	Montgomery, Alabama
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	189 lb (86 kg)
Stats at ESPN.com

Justin Micheal Bryant Thomas (born March 15, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Early years

Thomas attended Prattville High School in Prattville, Alabama. He played football, basketball and baseball. He helped lead the Lions to win the Alabama class 6A state football championship in 2011. Rivals.com rated him as a four-star recruit in football.^[1] He originally committed the University of Alabama to play college football but changed to Georgia Tech.^[2] He made the change due to Georgia Tech offering him a chance to play quarterback.^[3]

College career

Thomas was redshirt his freshman season at Georgia Tech in 2012. As a redshirt freshman in 2013, he played in 10 games as a backup to Vad Lee. He completed nine of 17 passes for 131 yards and one passing touchdown and rushed for 234 yards on 33 carries and two touchdowns. Thomas took over as the starter in 2014 after Lee transferred.^[4]^[5] He would go on to start all 14 games. including the Orange Bowl victory against Mississippi State. He was named the MVP of the game after he had 125 passing yards, a passing touchdown, 121 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns.^[6] For the season he passed for 1,719 yards and 18 touchdowns with six interceptions and rushed for 1,086 yards and eight touchdowns.

Statistics

	Passing						Rushing
Year*	Attempts	Comps	Comp %	Yards	TD	Int	Attempts	Yards	TD
2013	17	9	52.9%	131	1	2	33	234	2
2014	187	96	51.3%	1719	18	6	190	1086	8
2015	162	69	42.6%	1263	12	6	136	491	6
2016

Total	366	174	47.5%	3113	31	14	123	1811	16

Year* 2012 – red shirt

References

External links

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks

Stafford Nash (1892)
John Kimball (1893)
Bill Coleman (1911)
Alf McDonald (1912–1913)
Froggie Morrison (1914–1916)
Albert Hill (1917)
Red Barron (1918)
Marshall Guill (1919)
Jack McDonough (1919–1922)
Alexander Hunt (1923)
Fred Moore (1924)
Ike Williams (1925)
John Brewer (1926)
Bob Durant (1927–1928)
Earl Dunlap (1929–1930)
Marshall Flowers (1931)
Roy McArthur (1932)
Shorty Roberts (1933–1934)
Fletcher Sims (1935–1937)
Joe Bartlette (1938)
Billy Beers (1939)
Johnny Bosch (1940–1941)
Pat McHugh (1942)
Eddie Prokop (1943–1944)
Ed Holtsinger (1945)
Frank Broyles (1946)
Jimmy Southard (1947–1949)
Darrell Crawfard (1950–1951)
Bill Brigman (1952–1954)
Pepper Rodgers (1953–1954)
Ron Vann (1955–1956)
Wade Mitchell (1955–1956)
Fred Braselton (1957–1959)
Stan Gann (1960–1961)
Billy Lothridge (1961–1963)
Jerry Priestly (1964)
Kim King (1965–1967)
Larry Good (1968)
Jack Williams (1969)
Eddie McAshan (1970–1972)
Jim Stevens (1973)
Rudy Allen (1974)
Danny Myers (1975)
Gary Lanier (1976–1977)
Mike Kelley (1978–1981)
Jim Bob Taylor (1982)
John Dewberry (1983–1985)
Rick Strom (1986–1987)
Darrell Gast (1987)
Todd Rampley (1988)
Shawn Jones (1989–1992)
Donnie Davis (1993, 1995)
Tom Luginbill (1994)
Joe Hamilton (1996–1999)
George Godsey (2000–2001)
A. J. Suggs (2002)
Reggie Ball (2003–2006)
Taylor Bennett (2005–2007)
Joshua Nesbitt (2008–2010)
Tevin Washington (2010–2012)
Vad Lee (2013)
Justin Thomas (2014–present)

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