FRESNO STATE FOOTBALL #16 Phillip Thomas SS • 6-1 • 215 • Sr.-5th Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield HS) JIM THORPE AWARD SEMIFINALIST

► When comparing Phillip Thomas to the other 14 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, Thomas’ Phillip thomas Accolades numbers are clearly well above the rest of the class. 2012 → Named Semifinalist for 2012 Jim Thorpe Award, 10/29 JIM THORPE AWARD SEMIFINALISTS → Added to the Bednarik Award Watch List, 10/25 Name, School Pos. Tkls TFL Sacks QBH INT TD BrUp FR TD FF → First-Team Midseason All-American (CBSSports.com), Phillip Thomas, Fresno St. SS 73 10.5-39 3.0-19 1 8-98 3 4 1-0 0 3 10/15 , Oregon State CB 32 4.0-22 1.0-13 0 5-101 1 4 0-0 0 1 → Second-Team Midseason All-American (Phil Steele), 10/12 Johnthan Banks, Miss. St. CB 56 2.0-5 0-0 1 4-124 0 6 1-0 0 1 → Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week, 10/8 Dexter McCoil, Tulsa SS 71 1.5-2 0-0 0 4-38 0 9 2-0 0 1 → Jim Thorpe Award Defensive Back of the Week, 9/19 Matt Elam, Florida SS 58 9.0-34 1.0-10 0 3-73 0 5 0-0 0 1 → ESPN’s Defensive Player of the Day, Nigel Malone, Kansas State CB 43 0-0 0-0 0 3-73 0 7 0-0 0 1 9/15 Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon CB 44 0-0 0-0 0 3-54 1 14 0-0 0 4 → CBS Inside College Football National Defensive Player of Logan Ryan, Rutgers CB 62 4.0-21 0-0 0 3-17 0 13 1-18 0 0 the Week, 9/15 → CFPA National Defensive Performer of the Week, 9/16 Bradley Roby, Ohio State CB 55 2.0-13 1.0-11 0 2-49 1 17 1-1 1 0 → CFPA National Defensive Back of the Week, 9/16 , Alabama CB 45 4.0-19 1.5-11 0 2-35 0 14 0-0 0 1 → Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week, 9/17 , LSU FS 76 1.0-1 0-0 0 2-29 0 4 0-0 0 0 Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma FS 91 2.5-6 0.5-3 0 2-14 0 2 0-0 0 0 Xavier Rhodes, Florida State CB 29 1.0-1 0-0 0 2-0 0 6 0-0 0 0 T.J. McDonald, USC FS 89 6.0-19 0-0 1 2-0 0 3 0-0 0 0 Zeke Motta, Notre Dame S 56 1.0-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 2 1-0 0 0 Category leader shaded in black FBS TAKE-AWAY LEADERS ( & Recoveries) Name, School Pos. INT FR Total 1. Phillip Thomas, Fresno State SS 8 1 9 Durrell Givens, Iowa State SS 3 6 9 3. Manti Te’o, Notre Dame ILB 6 2 8 4. Ty Zimmerman, Kansas State FS 5 2 7

THOMAS SUPERLATIVES ► Last year without Phillip Thomas (he missed 2011 with a broken leg), Fresno State was 4-9 and tied for dead last in the nation with nine take-aways. This year with him back, Fresno State is 8-3 overall, tied for first in the Phillip Thomas (16) sacks Oregon QB Marcus Mariotta on Sept. Mountain West standings and its 30 turnovers gained are tied for the fourth-most in the nation. 8, forcing Mariota to fumble. Thomas had a then career-high nine ► Thomas’ eight picks have set a new Mountain West single-season record and are the most by a Bulldog in 27 tackles against the fourth-ranked Ducks and he also recovered a years. His eight picks are already three more than Fresno State as a team had in 13 games last year. fumble in the 42-25 loss. Fresno State has played Oregon closer than ► His eight interceptions are two more than any other player in the nation and are more 35 bowl subdivision any other team in the nation this year. teams have this year. ► He has set a new school record and tied the MW record for interceptions returned for Phillip thomas Career Statistics touchdowns in a single-season with three. Needs one more to tie the NCAA record of four held SCORING G TD Rush Pass Retn PAT 2PAT FG Total Avg/G by Deltha O’Neal (California – 1999). 2008 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 ► Has two multi- games this season and three in his career. His three picks against 2009 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.5 Colorado on Sept. 15 are tied for the most by any player this year. 2010 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2012 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 1.6 ► In two games against ranked teams - Sept. 8 at No. 4 Oregon and Oct. 13 at No. 22 Boise TOTAL 37 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 24 0.6 State - Thomas posted nine tackles in both contests. He forced a fumble, recovered a fumble INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G and had one sack at Oregon. At Boise State, Thomas had nine tackles and one tackle for a loss. 2008 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 On Sept. 22 at Tulsa, who is 9-2, Thomas posted a 10 tackles, had one tackle for a loss and two 2009 13 2 26 1 21 13.0 2.0 pass breakups. 2010 12 3 90 0 51 30.0 7.5 2012 11 8 98 3 43 12.2 8.9 TOTAL 37 13 214 4 51 16.5 5.8 phillip thomas 2012 game-by-game stats ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G Tackles Sacks Pass Defense 2008 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2012 - Senior UA A Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR INT-Yds TD BRUP 2009 13 0 0 0 0 26 26 2.0 Weber State 5 1 6 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2010 12 0 0 0 0 90 90 7.5 2012 11 0 0 0 0 98 98 8.9 at No. 4 Oregon 6 3 9 1.0-7 1.0-7 1 1-0 0-0 0 0 TOTAL 37 0 0 0 0 214 214 5.8 Colorado 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 3-59 2 0 at Tulsa 9 1 10 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd 2008 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 San Diego State 2 2 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-0 0 0 2009 13 22 8 30 1.5 2 3 0 0 0 at Colorado State 5 3 8 1.0-8 1.0-8 1 0-0 1-19 0 0 2010 12 39 25 64 3.5 9 12 2 0 0 2012 11 58 15 73 10.5 39 12 3 1 0 at Boise State 6 3 9 1.0-4 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 TOTAL 37 119 48 167 15.5 50 27 5 1 0 Wyoming 4 0 4 1.0-3 0.0-0 1 0-0 1-20 1 2 at New Mexico 3 0 3 1.0-4 1.0-4 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 SACKS G UA A Total Yds 2008 1 0 0 0.0 0 Hawai’i 5 1 6 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2009 13 0 0 0.0 0 at Nevada 11 1 12 2.5-8 0.0-0 0 0 1-0 0 0 2010 12 0 0 0.0 0 Air Force 2012 11 3 0 3.0 19 TOTAL 37 3 0 3.0 19 TOTALS 58 15 73 10.5-39 3.0-19 3 1-0 8-98 3 4