Pierre Thomas (born December 18, 1984) is an American football running back for the New Orleans Saints.
Pierre attended Thornton Fractional South High School from 1999-2003 in Lansing, Illinois where he led the Rebels to the state semi-finals in his senior year. He was recruited by the University of Illinois.
For the Fighting Illini, Pierre started as a true freshman, and keep the job for the whole of his college career. As a freshman, he was the team's second-leading rusher with 233 yards on 43 carries. He also caught three passes for 12 yards and returned seven kicks for 134 yards and had two total Touchdowns. In 2004, as a Sophomore, Pierre won the team Most Valuable Player award. He earned honourable mention All Big 10 Conference while leading the conference in all purpose yards (151.4 per game) and became the 31st player in Illinois history to rush for more than 1,000 career yards (1,126). The next year Pierre was again voted Team MVP and voted team captain. He led the team in rushing for the second straight year with 664 yards on 127 carries, scoring five touchdowns. He also caught 28 passes for 225 yards and a touchdown. Thomas finished the season ranked 13th on the all-time Illinois rushing list. He caught a career-long 52-yard pass at University of California and finished the game with more than 200 all-purpose yards after rushing for 57, 59 yards receiving and 92 yards in kickoff returns. He had seven games with more than 100 all-purpose yards and scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime of Illinois' season opener against Rutgers. As a senior, he ended his season ranking seventh on the Illini career rushing list with 2,393 yards and third on the Illini career all-purpose yardage list with 4,099. He ranks second on the Illini career kickoff return yardage list with 1,328, needing just 56 to break Clinton Lynch's record. Pierre declared for the 2007 NFL Draft.
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