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an offensive line that led the way for 100-yard rushing performances by2010: Started all 16 games at left tackle and did not miss an offensiveyear in which he was a member of the team… He is one of 19 Brownslinemen in club history to notch four or more consecutive trips… Selected team… Selected to The Sporting News All-Pro team… Voted a co-cap-vidual100-yard rushing performances and a running game that averaged4.0 yards per rush attempt… Helped Peyton Hillis rush for 1,177 rushingsack seven times over the course of the season.2009: Started all 16 games at left tackle and did not miss an offensivesnap for the third year in a row… Named to third consecutive Pro Bowl toHelped pave the way for an individual club-record 286 rushing yards by consecutive contests with more than 160 yards rushing, becoming the2008: Started all 16 games at left tackle and was named the starter forAll-League selection by the Associated Press… Helped pave the way forJamal Lewis to gain 1,000 yards for the second straight season… Playedevery offensive snap for the second consecutive season.2007:and ranked as tied for third fewest in franchise history… Helped Jamalwent 3-1 that month and averaged 401.7 yards of total offense in thosemondWebb (Miami, 1991) and Chris Hinton (Baltimore, 1984)… BecameCOLLEGEgiven to the nation’s outstanding college lineman… Also was only the sec-the school indoor record in the shot put with a 62’1¼” toss in 2005… AlsoV and Academic All-Big Ten Conference honors… As a senior in 2006,also the recipient of the National Scholar-Athlete Postgraduate Scholar-- istfor the Wuerffel Trophy for community service, academic and athleticachievement… Appeared in 11 games as a true freshman at tight end inshort-yardage situations… Shifted to left defensive end, starting vs. Auburnin the Music City Bowl when injuries depleted the Badgers’ defensive line…emphasis in real estate and urban land economics.PERSONAL School… Also lettered four times in both track and basketball… Captainedthe football and basketball teams his senior year and was a four-time Hon-junior and was second in the shot put and 10th in the discus at the 2003Adidas Outdoor Championships… Won the 2003 Wisconsin state title inthe shot put and discus and was the conference, regional and sectionaltroops at military bases throughout Southwest Asia in the annual renewalCollar Corner” season ticket program which provided tickets, apparel andfood for the Cleveland Building and Trades Council and the “Thomas’Troops” season ticket program which provided tickets, apparel and food forthe USO of Northern Ohio… Married (Annie)… Wife is a former Universityof Wisconsin basketball player.THOMAS’ CAREER GAMES PLAYEDRegular Season PostseasonYear Team GP GS GP GS2007 Cleveland 16 16 0 02008 Cleveland 16 16 0 02009 Cleveland 16 16 0 02010 Cleveland 16 16 0 02011 Cleveland 16 16 0 0Career 80 80 0 0DEPENDABLE DAWSONconsecutive contests with at least one field goal made set a franchise record, as he eclipsed his own mark of 15 straight games (2007-08). PriorVETERAN PLAYERS 91