[3] During his college career, he started 37 of 50 games in which he appeared at offensive tackle and guard.

As a senior in 2012, he received third-team All-American honors from CBSSports.com,[4] and was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection.

Thomas and Turner were both released two days later after they had a disastrous performance during the 30–17 loss to the Tennessee Titans.

[10] In October 2019, Thomas was selected by the St. Louis BattleHawks as their 19th pick in the third round of the Offensive Line phase of the 2020 XFL Draft.

[11] On April 10, 2020, the XFL league suspended operations, thus cancelling Thomas' contract.