Temple University Athletics
2014 Football Roster
Roster
Derrek Thomas
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 190
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Albany, N.Y.
- High School:
- Bishop Maginn
Honors: 2017 - APEX Predator Defensive Player of the Game (Tulsa) ... #theSTANDARD Player of the Game (UMass, Tulsa) ... Juice Boyz Player of the Game (ECU) ... 2014 - Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2017 (Redshirt Junior): Made season debut against UMass and recorded 2 tackles ... made first start of season at USF ... did not play games 6-9 due to injury ... returned to action Week 10 at Cincinnati where he picked up one tackle ... notched first career interception in season finale at Tulsa, returning the pick 83 yards inside the Golden Hurricane five-yard line.
2016 (Redshirt Sophomore): Made the transition from wide receiver to cornerback and played in 13 games ... had first tackle of career in win over Stony Brook ... had a career high 6 tackles vs. Charlotte ... racked up a career-high three pass break ups vs. Cincinnati, while playing the entire second half in place of Artrel Foster ... made his first career start at cornerback versus UConn.
2015 (Sophomore): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
2014 (Freshman): Made his collegiate debut in season opening win at Vanderbilt ... played in first four games and games 9-10.
Prep School: Played WR for coach Bill Chaplick at Milford Academy in New Berlin, N.Y. … was 15-446-4TDs receiving in 2013 … named offensive player of the game after his 3 catch 125 yard and one TD performance at Yale.
High School: Played WR and CB for coach Joseph Grasso at Bishop Maginn High in Albany, N.Y. … served as the Griffins captain and was all-state and all-conference as a senior after garnering all-conference honors as a junior … led all receivers with 40 catches for 857 yards and 7 TDs … also had 31 tackles and an INT ... was a NY State Hall of Fame scholar-athlete ... also played basketball and ran track.
Personal: Born Derrek Tremonte Thomas in Albany, N.Y. ... nicknamed “DT” ... parents are Diana Sandaire and Derrek Thomas ... media studies and production major.
