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2023 Football Roster

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5 Rasean Thomas

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mobile, Ala.
  • Highschool Cottage Hill Christian Academy

Biography

2023 | SENIOR SEASON 
Made 19 tackles over eight games… recorded one tackle for a loss of yards and one sack…broke up one pass

2022 I JUNIOR SEASON
Saw action in nine contests with a pair of starts ... made 25 tackles with 3.0 for a loss, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble ... made his first collegiate start in the win at VMI ... posted eight tackles with one for a loss against Ivy champion Yale ... posted four stops with a sack against Harvard ... notched five tackles with a sack and a forced fumble in the win over Lehigh ... credited with a pair of tackles against Brown, Penn and Dartmouth, adding a quarterback hurry against the Quakers.

2021 I SOPHOMORE SEASON
Made his varsity debut on special teams vs. Brown ... spent several weeks on the team's travel roster.

2020 I FRESHMAN SEASON
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Thomas was a two-time all-state selection at linebacker at Cottage Hill Christian Academy ... earned team Defensive MVP honors as a junior and senior ... tallied 177 tackles, 15.0 tackles for loss with 10 forced fumbles and 2.0 sacks as a junior ... elected team captain three times and was a four-year letter winner.

PERSONAL
Rasean Zentenic Thomas is the son of Rahsheda Grant and has three older sisters ... he is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'0" 205 lbs
  • 23

    2021-22Sophomore

    Safety
    6'0" 202 lbs
    23
  • 3

    2022-23Junior

    Safety
    6'0" 205 lbs
    3
  • 5

    2023-24Senior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 200 lbs
    5