Tariq Thomas

Career: 2024 Patriot League Rookie of the Year ... 2024 All-Patriot League Second Team ... 2024 Jerry Rice Award Finalist four-time Patriot League Rookie of the Week (9/30/24, 10/14/24, 10/21/24, 11/4/24). 2025 (sophomore): Played in all 12 games at running back ... led the team with 602 yards on 131 carries for a 4.6 average ... had three touchdowns on the season ... caught five passes for 24 yards ... found the end zone twice against Marist ... rushed for a season-high 95 yards against Saint Francis. 2024 (Freshman): Played in 11 games, making nine starts at running-back ... Patriot League Rookie of the Year ... All-Patriot League Second Team selection ... Jerry Rice Award Finalist, presented to FCS national freshman of the year ... recipient of Bucknell's Stuart M. Smith Memorial Award: The Outstanding Newcomer ... collected four Patriot League Rookie of the Week awards in a six-week span (9/30, 10/14, 10/21, 11/4) ... ranked fifth in the PL with 783 rushing yards ... set career-highs in rushing yards three weeks in a row against Cornell, Georgetown, and Lafayette ... scored first career touchdown at Penn, scoring his second later in the game ... scored two more touchdowns at Georgetown, eclipsing 100 yards for the first time with 136 ... rushed 29 times for 141 yards in win over Lafayette. Springfield Central High School: Served as team captain for the Golden Eagles … two-time All-Western Massachusetts honoree … helped lead team to 2019 state championship with a 10-2 record … registered 1,283 rushing yards, 17 touchdowns, 19 receptions and 301 receiving yards as a junior … recorded 850 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior … during postgrad season at Williston Northampton School, racked up 674 rush yards and 12 more touchdowns. Personal: Tariq K Thomas … born Dec. 8, 2004 … son of Syreeta Frazer and Rashid Thomas … siblings: Xavier Thomas and the late Travis Frazer.