{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Marco Thomas | image = MarcoThomas.PNG | caption = Thomas with the Iowa Barnstormers in 2013 | current_team = | number = 3, 84 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|27}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = 190 | high_school = Chicago (IL) Bogan | college = Western Illinois | undraftedyear = 2007 | pastteams = * New York Giants ({{NFL Year|2007}})* * Oakland Raiders ({{NFL Year|2007}})*<ref>{{cite web |title=Transactions |url=https://www.nfl.com/transactions/league/signings/2007/11?after=AAAH1wAAAAsAAAAIAAAAAAAHNUU= |website=NFL.com |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> * New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2007}}–{{NFL Year|2008}})* * San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|2008}})* * Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2008}}–{{CFL Year|2009}}) * Chicago Rush ({{AFL Year|2010}}–{{AFL Year|2011}}) * San Jose SaberCats ({{AFL Year|2011}}) * Iowa Barnstormers ({{AFL Year|2012}}–{{AFL Year|2014}}) * Philadelphia Soul ({{AFL Year|2015}}) | status = | cflstatus = | highlights = * First-team All-Arena (2014) * Wide Receiver of the Year (2014) * Second-team All-Arena (2015) | aflstatseason = | aflstatlabel1 = Receptions | aflstatvalue1 = 672 | aflstatlabel2 = Receiving yards | aflstatvalue2 = 7,666 | aflstatlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns | aflstatvalue3 = 138 | aflstatlabel4 = Rushing yards | aflstatvalue4 = 209 | aflstatlabel5 = Rushing touchdowns | aflstatvalue5 = 8 | afl = 11357 | cfl-archive = https://web.archive.org/web/20120216195419/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/2059 }}
'''Marco Thomas''' (born November 27, 1983) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Western Illinois.
Thomas was also a member of the Oakland Raiders, New York Jets, San Diego Chargers, Montreal Alouettes, Chicago Rush, San Jose SaberCats, Iowa Barnstormers, and Philadelphia Soul.
== College career == Thomas was a member of the Western Illinois University Leathernecks. In 43 games, he caught 109 passes for 1,691 yards and 11 touchdowns
==Professional career== ===NFL=== Thomas began his NFL career as an undrafted free agent for the New York Giants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/marcothomas/careerstats?id=THO304046|title=NFL Players | Past & Current NFL Players|website=NFL.com}}</ref> He also spent time with the New York Jets from 2007–08 and both the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arenafootball.com/news/sabercats-add-cfl-veteran-kai-ellis-four-others|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527175615/http://www.arenafootball.com/news/sabercats-add-cfl-veteran-kai-ellis-four-others|archive-date=2012-05-27|title=SABERCATS ADD CFL VETERAN KAI ELLIS, FOUR OTHERS}}</ref>
===Arena Football League=== Thomas began his Arena Football League career with the Chicago Rush in 2010. Chicago picked up Thomas at the end of the season. He caught 25 passes for 323 yards and two touchdowns before a knee injury ended his season. In 2011, he returned to the Rush and caught 16 passes for 140 yards and one touchdown before being released. After his release, he joined the San Jose SaberCats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arenafan.com/players/Marco_Thomas-11357/|title=Marco Thomas | ArenaFan.com|website=www.arenafan.com}}</ref> In 2014, Thomas was named First-team All-Arena as well as the Wide Receiver of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/2014/08/18/iowa-scene-barnstormers-thomas-honored-isu-womens-basketball-update/14268605/ |title=Iowa Scene: Barnstormers' Thomas honored; ISU women's basketball update |date=August 18, 2014 |publisher=The Des Moines Register |work=www.desmoinesregister.com |accessdate=August 22, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140822125027/http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/2014/08/18/iowa-scene-barnstormers-thomas-honored-isu-womens-basketball-update/14268605/ |archivedate=August 22, 2014 }}</ref> On March 15, 2015, Thomas was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pattisonave/Soul-add-WR-Marco-Thomas.html |title=Soul add WR Marco Thomas |author=Ryan Venezia |date=March 15, 2015 |publisher=Interstate General Media, LLC |work=www.philly.com |accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref>
===Career receiving statistics=== {| class="wikitable" |- " ! Year !! Team !! Games !! Rec !! Yards !! Y/R !! TDs |- | 2010 || Chicago Rush || 16 || 25 || 323 || 12.9 || 2 |- | 2011 || Chicago Rush || 9 || 16 || 140 || 8.8 || 1 |- | 2011 || San Jose Sabercats || 9 || 45 || 398 || 8.8 || 5 |- | 2012 || Iowa Barnstormers || 18 || 138 || 1523 || 11.0 || 21 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100112080830/http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/2059 Montreal Alouettes bio] *[http://www.wiuathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=50027&SPID=4963&DB_OEM_ID=12000&ATCLID=631537&Q_SEASON=2006 Western Illinois Leathernecks bio]
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