High School: Played for coach Mike Whittles at Archbishop Spalding High School ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Selected to the Baltimore Touchdown Club's Super 22 All-Star team during his junior and senior years ... Earned All-State, All-Metro and All-Conference honors ... Totaled 81 tackles, nine sacks and two interceptions in 2007 ... Had 76 tackles, 11 sacks and two interceptions in 2006 ... Led team to an 11-0 record in 2006 and the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association championship ... Selected as a National Football Foundation scholar athlete ... Also lettered in lacrosse ... Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Jim and Debra Thomas ... Has not yet declared a major.