FEW WORDS FROM PIERRE THOMAS

SINCE THE BEGINNING I HAD A TOUGH ROAD AND HAD TO "EARN MY KEEP" EVERYWHERE I PLAYED, FROM POP WARNER TO THE PROS. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A RICH CHILDHOOD IN TERMS OF HAVING LOTS OF FRIENDS AND A GOOD FAMILY. I WAS ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING SPORTS AND OTHER GAMES WITH THE KIDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OFTEN I WAS TOLD THAT I AM TOO SMALL AND I WILL NEVER MAKE IT IN THE NFL, BUT I DIDN'T CARE WHAT THEY TOLD ME. I JUST SIMPLY BELIEVED IN MY SELF, WHICH IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY PLAYING RUNNING BACK FOR THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS!

GOING UNDRAFTED WAS A SURPRISE AND AT THE SAME TIME NO SURPRISE AT ALL. I KNEW I HAD MY WORK CUT OUT FOR ME. SHORTLY AFTER THE DRAFT I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS INVITING ME TO ATTEND THEIR CAMP WHERE I WOULD COMPETE FOR A ROSTER SPOT. I KNEW IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE EASY, BUT I NEVER GAVE UP. I ALWAYS BELIEVED. I EARNED A SPOT ON THE ROSTER AS A ROOKIE PLAYING ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

THINGS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT PIERRE
• PIERRE GREW UP PLAYING BASEBALL.
• THE FIRST TIME HE PLAYED ORGANIZED FOOTBALL WAS WHEN HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD.
• PIERRE IS A BIG WHITE SOX AND FRANK THOMAS FAN AS A KID.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
• ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION IN 2004
• BROKE THE RECORD FOR CAREER KICKOFF RETURN YARDAGE WITH 1,495 YARDS.
• LONGEST KICK RETURN FOR A T.D. IN U OF I HISTORY: 99 YDS VS. W. MI., 9/18/04
• #2 IN CAREER ALL-PURPOSE YARDS AT U OF I WITH 4,451

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
• SUPER BOWL XLIV CHAMPION
• PIERRE'S FIRST TOUCHDOWN WAS ON A DEFENSIVE SPECIAL TEAMS UNIT. HE SCOOPED UP A FUMBLE AND DOVE INTO THE ENDZONE.
• FIRST PLAYER IN NEW ORLEANS SAINTS HISTORY TO GAIN MORE THAN 100 YARDS RUSHING AND 100 YARDS RECEIVING IN THE SAME GAME. THIS WAS IN HIS FIRST NFL START AS A ROOKIE IN HIS HOME TOWN OF CHICAGO AGAINST THE BEARS.
• PIERRE SCORED THE FIRST EVER SUPER BOWL TOUCHDOWN FOR THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS.

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