Earl Thomas is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on May 7, 1989 in Orange, Texas, United States. NFL safety who was selected 14th overall by the Seattle Seahawks in 2010 and was named to his first Pro Bowl in 2011. He helped the Seahawks win Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014.
He and Kam Chancellor are part of the Seahawks defense that became known as the Legion of Boom.
Thomas attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he played for coach Mack Brown’s Texas Longhorns football team from 2007 to 2009. After redshirting his first year at Texas, Thomas started all 13 games at strong safety for the Longhorns in 2008, and ranked second on the team with 63 combined tackles and 17 pass breakups, the most ever by a Longhorn freshman. He also had two interceptions, four forced fumbles, and a blocked kick. Thomas subsequently earned multiple All-Freshman honors, as he was named to FWAA’s Freshman All-America team, Sporting News′ Freshman All-American team, College Football News′ All-Freshman first team, and Rivals.com’s Freshman All-America team.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Thomas was ranked as the No. 12 athlete in 2007.
He was born to Earl, Jr. and Debbie Thomas and has a brother named Seth. His brother played college football at McNeese State.
