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Derrick Thomas may have been nearing the end of his football career, but he was in the prime of his life. Thomas, a 6-foot-3, 243-pound physical specimen, had just finished his 11th season as an All-Pro linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs. He was dominant on the football field and a pleasure off it. That all changed Jan. 23, 2000.

Derrick Thomas. Derrick Vincent Thomas Position: LB 6-3, 243lb (190cm, 110kg) Born: January 1, 1967 in Miami, FL. Died: February 8, 2000 in Miami, FL. College: Alabama (College Stats) Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 104 (103rd overall since 1960) High School: South Miami

Derrick Vincent Thomas was born January 1, 1967. The son of Robert Thomas (US Air Force Captain) and Edith Morgan. His father was a veteran of the Vietnam war. He began playing football at the age of 3. He went on to play for South Miami High School in Miami, Florida. He graduated in 1985.

Thomas, a member of the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1990s, was named first-team All-AFC seven times during an eight-year stretch from 1989 through 1996. His contribution to the Chiefs franchise was nearly immeasurable. Prior to his arrival in Kansas City, the team had made just one playoff appearance since 1971.

Derrick Thomas, the Kansas City Chiefs' Pro Bowl linebacker known for his ferocious play on the field and his charity work off it, died unexpectedly yesterday morning in a Miami hospital, 16 days...

When Thomas was left paralyzed from the chest down following a car crash in late January 2000, it sent shock waves through the NFL and college football. Two weeks later, at 33, he died of a ...

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Derrick Thomas, one of the NFL's most dominant defensive players of the 1990s, was hospitalized with serious injuries from a one-car accident that killed a close friend.

Derrick Thomas and his Kansas City teammate Neil Smith, right, started the Third and Long Foundation to fight illiteracy and to help children in troubling situations.