He also played college football at the Virginia Military Institute Thomason was born in 1928 at Albertville, Alabama.

[2] He also received first-team honors from the United Press on the 1948 All-Southern Conference football team.

[3] Thomason was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round, seventh overall pick, of the 1949 NFL draft.

[1] In 1950 season, he jumped to the American Football League, playing for the Richmond Rebels.

[1] On November 8, 1953, he set an Eagles single-game record with 437 passing yards and four touchdowns in a victory over the New York Giants.