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Zach Thomas ILB · MIA /DAL · 1999–2008
Born September 1, 1973 · College Texas Tech · Drafted 1996 , round 5, pick 154 (MIA) · 5-11, 242 lb
1st-team All-Pro ×4 (1999, 2002, 2003, 2006) · 2nd-team All-Pro ×2 (2001, 2005) · Pro Bowl ×7 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Defence Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
Season Team G Tackles Sacks QB hits Tackles INT Passes Forced
1999 MIA 16 134 1.0 – – 1 – 1 1999 playoffs MIA 2 19 1.0 – – 0 – 0 2000 MIA 10 92 1.5 – – 1 – 0 2000 playoffs MIA 2 19 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2001 MIA 15 155 3.0 – – 2 – 2 2001 playoffs MIA 1 22 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2002 MIA 16 156 0.5 – – 1 – 0 2003 MIA 15 153 1.0 – – 3 – 1 2004 MIA 13 145 2.0 – – 0 – 0 2005 MIA 14 162 2.0 – – 1 – 4 2006 MIA 16 165 3.0 3 – 1 – 2 2007 MIA 5 52 1.0 1 – 0 – 0 2008 DAL 16 94 1.0 1 – 0 – 0 Career DAL 136 1,308 16.0 11 33 10 48 10
Honours Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0 ), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.
Season Honours
1999 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2000 Pro Bowl 2001 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2002 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2003 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2005 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2006 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
Game logs 2008 game log (16 games) 2008 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2008-09-07 @ CLE W 28–10 5 0.0 0 0 2 2008-09-15 vs PHI W 41–37 7 0.0 0 1 3 2008-09-21 @ GB W 27–16 5 1.0 0 0 4 2008-09-28 vs WAS L 24–26 12 0.0 0 0 5 2008-10-05 vs CIN W 31–22 5 0.0 0 0 6 2008-10-12 @ ARI L 24–30 OT 4 0.0 0 0 7 2008-10-19 @ LA L 14–34 6 0.0 0 0 8 2008-10-26 vs TB W 13–9 11 0.0 0 0 9 2008-11-02 @ NYG L 14–35 11 0.0 0 0 11 2008-11-16 @ WAS W 14–10 4 0.0 0 0 12 2008-11-23 vs SF W 35–22 4 0.0 0 0 13 2008-11-27 vs SEA W 34–9 6 0.0 0 2 14 2008-12-07 @ PIT L 13–20 7 0.0 0 0 15 2008-12-14 vs NYG W 20–8 3 0.0 0 0 16 2008-12-20 vs BAL L 24–33 2 0.0 0 0 17 2008-12-28 @ PHI L 6–44 2 0.0 0 0
2007 game log (5 games) 2007 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2007-09-09 @ WAS L 13–16 OT 13 1.0 0 0 2 2007-09-16 vs DAL L 20–37 10 0.0 0 2 5 2007-10-07 @ HOU L 19–22 9 0.0 0 0 6 2007-10-14 @ CLE L 31–41 12 0.0 0 0 7 2007-10-21 vs NE L 28–49 8 0.0 0 0
2006 game log (16 games) 2006 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2006-09-07 @ PIT L 17–28 12 0.0 0 1 2 2006-09-17 vs BUF L 6–16 5 0.0 0 0 3 2006-09-24 vs TEN W 13–10 9 0.0 1 2 4 2006-10-01 @ HOU L 15–17 12 0.0 0 0 5 2006-10-08 @ NE L 10–20 12 0.0 0 0 6 2006-10-15 @ NYJ L 17–20 10 0.0 0 0 7 2006-10-22 vs GB L 24–34 7 0.0 0 0 9 2006-11-05 @ CHI W 31–13 8 0.0 0 0 10 2006-11-12 vs KC W 13–10 7 1.0 0 2 11 2006-11-19 vs MIN W 24–20 17 0.0 0 0 12 2006-11-23 @ DET W 27–10 6 2.0 0 1 13 2006-12-03 vs JAX L 10–24 11 0.0 0 0 14 2006-12-10 vs NE W 21–0 7 0.0 0 1 15 2006-12-17 @ BUF L 0–21 21 0.0 0 0 16 2006-12-25 vs NYJ L 10–13 9 0.0 0 1 17 2006-12-31 @ IND L 22–27 12 0.0 0 0
2005 game log (14 games) 2005 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2005-09-11 vs DEN W 34–10 14 0.0 0 0 2 2005-09-18 @ NYJ L 7–17 12 0.0 0 0 3 2005-09-25 vs CAR W 27–24 17 1.0 0 1 5 2005-10-09 @ BUF L 14–20 15 0.0 0 0 6 2005-10-16 @ TB L 13–27 14 1.0 0 0 7 2005-10-21 vs KC L 20–30 14 0.0 0 0 8 2005-10-30 @ NO W 21–6 2 0.0 0 0 9 2005-11-06 vs ATL L 10–17 14 0.0 0 0 10 2005-11-13 vs NE L 16–23 12 0.0 0 0 11 2005-11-20 @ CLE L 0–22 5 0.0 0 0 14 2005-12-11 @ LAC W 23–21 11 0.0 1 1 15 2005-12-18 vs NYJ W 24–20 11 0.0 0 1 16 2005-12-24 vs TEN W 24–10 11 0.0 0 0 17 2006-01-01 @ NE W 28–26 10 0.0 0 0
2004 game log (13 games) 2004 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2004-09-11 vs TEN L 7–17 13 0.0 0 0 2 2004-09-19 @ CIN L 13–16 12 1.0 0 1 3 2004-09-26 vs PIT L 3–13 11 0.0 0 1 4 2004-10-03 vs NYJ L 9–17 13 0.0 0 0 5 2004-10-10 @ NE L 10–24 8 0.0 0 0 6 2004-10-17 @ BUF L 13–20 14 0.0 0 1 7 2004-10-24 vs LA W 31–14 12 1.0 0 0 8 2004-11-01 @ NYJ L 14–41 12 0.0 0 0 9 2004-11-07 vs ARI L 23–24 10 0.0 0 1 11 2004-11-21 @ SEA L 17–24 8 0.0 0 0 12 2004-11-28 @ SF W 24–17 1 0.0 0 0 16 2004-12-26 vs CLE W 10–7 18 0.0 0 0 17 2005-01-02 @ BAL L 23–30 13 0.0 0 0
2003 game log (15 games) 2003 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2003-09-07 vs HOU L 20–21 10 0.0 0 0 2 2003-09-14 @ NYJ W 21–10 11 0.0 0 1 3 2003-09-21 vs BUF W 17–7 10 0.0 0 1 5 2003-10-05 @ NYG W 23–10 11 0.0 0 1 6 2003-10-12 @ JAX W 24–10 8 0.0 0 0 7 2003-10-19 vs NE L 13–19 OT 14 0.0 0 0 8 2003-10-27 @ LAC W 26–10 6 0.0 1 2 9 2003-11-02 vs IND L 17–23 19 0.0 0 0 11 2003-11-16 vs BAL W 9–6 OT 7 0.0 0 0 12 2003-11-23 vs WAS W 24–23 10 0.0 0 0 13 2003-11-27 @ DAL W 40–21 6 1.0 1 1 14 2003-12-07 @ NE L 0–12 11 0.0 0 0 15 2003-12-15 vs PHI L 27–34 9 0.0 1 2 16 2003-12-21 @ BUF W 20–3 12 0.0 0 1 17 2003-12-28 vs NYJ W 23–21 9 0.0 0 1
2002 game log (16 games) 2002 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2002-09-08 vs DET W 49–21 7 0.0 0 0 2 2002-09-15 @ IND W 21–13 11 0.0 0 0 3 2002-09-22 vs NYJ W 30–3 5 0.0 0 0 4 2002-09-29 @ KC L 30–48 8 0.0 0 0 5 2002-10-06 vs NE W 26–13 9 0.0 0 0 6 2002-10-13 @ DEN W 24–22 12 0.0 0 0 7 2002-10-20 vs BUF L 10–23 12 0.5 0 0 9 2002-11-04 @ GB L 10–24 12 0.0 0 0 10 2002-11-10 @ NYJ L 10–13 12 0.0 0 0 11 2002-11-17 vs BAL W 26–7 7 0.0 0 0 12 2002-11-24 vs LAC W 30–3 6 0.0 1 1 13 2002-12-01 @ BUF L 21–38 11 0.0 0 1 14 2002-12-09 vs CHI W 27–9 11 0.0 0 1 15 2002-12-15 vs LV W 23–17 9 0.0 0 0 16 2002-12-21 @ MIN L 17–20 8 0.0 0 0 17 2002-12-29 @ NE L 24–27 OT 16 0.0 0 1
2001 game log (16 games) 2001 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2001-09-09 @ TEN W 31–23 9 0.0 1 2 2 2001-09-23 vs LV W 18–15 18 0.0 0 0 3 2001-09-30 @ LA L 10–42 7 0.0 0 0 4 2001-10-07 vs NE W 30–10 7 0.0 0 0 5 2001-10-14 @ NYJ L 17–21 9 1.5 0 0 7 2001-10-28 @ SEA W 24–20 7 0.0 0 0 8 2001-11-04 vs CAR W 23–6 8 0.0 0 0 9 2001-11-11 @ IND W 27–24 8 0.0 1 1 10 2001-11-18 vs NYJ L 0–24 7 0.0 0 0 11 2001-11-25 @ BUF W 34–27 10 0.0 0 0 12 2001-12-02 vs DEN W 21–10 13 0.0 0 0 13 2001-12-10 vs IND W 41–6 9 0.0 0 0 14 2001-12-16 @ SF L 0–21 13 0.0 0 0 15 2001-12-22 @ NE L 13–20 16 0.0 0 0 16 2001-12-30 vs ATL W 21–14 14 1.5 0 1 P18 2002-01-13 vs BAL L 3–20 22 0.0 0 0
2000 game log (12 games) 2000 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2000-09-03 vs SEA W 23–0 10 0.5 0 0 2 2000-09-10 @ MIN L 7–13 8 0.0 0 0 3 2000-09-17 vs BAL W 19–6 13 0.0 0 0 4 2000-09-24 vs NE W 10–3 11 0.0 0 0 8 2000-10-23 @ NYJ L 37–40 OT 8 0.0 0 0 13 2000-11-26 @ IND W 17–14 9 0.0 0 0 14 2000-12-03 @ BUF W 33–6 8 0.0 0 0 15 2000-12-10 vs TB L 13–16 10 1.0 0 0 16 2000-12-17 vs IND L 13–20 9 0.0 0 0 17 2000-12-24 @ NE W 27–24 6 0.0 1 1 P18 2000-12-30 vs IND W 23–17 OT 7 0.0 0 0 P19 2001-01-06 @ LV L 0–27 12 0.0 0 0
1999 game log (18 games) 1999 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 1999-09-13 @ DEN W 38–21 10 1.0 0 0 2 1999-09-19 vs ARI W 19–16 10 0.0 1 2 4 1999-10-04 vs BUF L 18–23 8 0.0 0 1 5 1999-10-10 @ IND W 34–31 10 0.0 0 1 6 1999-10-17 @ NE W 31–30 2 0.0 0 2 7 1999-10-24 vs PHI W 16–13 10 0.0 0 1 8 1999-10-31 @ LV W 16–9 5 0.0 0 1 9 1999-11-07 vs TEN W 17–0 11 0.0 0 1 10 1999-11-14 @ BUF L 3–23 9 0.0 0 0 11 1999-11-21 vs NE W 27–17 9 0.0 0 0 12 1999-11-25 @ DAL L 0–20 9 0.0 0 0 13 1999-12-05 vs IND L 34–37 12 0.0 0 0 14 1999-12-12 @ NYJ L 20–28 6 0.0 0 0 15 1999-12-19 vs LAC W 12–9 13 0.0 0 0 16 1999-12-27 vs NYJ L 31–38 4 0.0 0 0 17 2000-01-02 @ WAS L 10–21 6 0.0 0 0 P18 2000-01-09 @ SEA W 20–17 9 1.0 0 2 P19 2000-01-15 @ JAX L 7–62 10 0.0 0 0
Data through 2026 week 9. Play-by-play, schedules, rosters and player details: nflverse (CC BY 4.0). EPA is nflfastR’s; WPA is our model’s. Stabilised rates and 90% intervals: see the leaderboards’ notes.