Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 3, Pk 16
- College
- Pittsburg State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 3, Pk 16
- College
- Pittsburg State
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 213
- TOT
- 456
- SOLO
- 307
- AST
- 149
- SACK
- 93.5
- INT
- 4
- PD
- 12
- FF
- 11
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  MIN | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | MIN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | MIN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | MIN | 13 | 55 | 40 | 15 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | MIN | 16 | 54 | 40 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1995 | DET | 16 | 65 | 44 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1996 | DET | 15 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | NE | 16 | 69 | 45 | 24 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | NE | 16 | 63 | 41 | 22 | 6.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1999 | NE | 16 | 62 | 42 | 20 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | NE | 16 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 11
- TOT
- 25
- SOLO
- 16
- AST
- 9
- SACK
- 3.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 2
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 213
- TOT
- 2.1
- SOLO
- 1.4
- AST
- 0.7
- SACK
- 0.4
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.1
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | MIN | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | MIN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | MIN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | MIN | 13 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | MIN | 16 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | DET | 16 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 1996 | DET | 15 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | NE | 16 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | NE | 16 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | NE | 16 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2000 | NE | 16 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Henry Thomas's career stats?
Henry Thomas played 14 seasons for the Vikings, the Lions and the Patriots. He recorded 456 tackles, 93.5 sacks and 4 interceptions. His best season was 1997: 69 tackles and 7.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 7 postseasons, 1987 to 2000
All-time career rank
- 55th in sacks (93.5)
Among the 9,235 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
More on Henry Thomas
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