Khyri Jerome Thornton was born on November 21,1989 and is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League.
47 Facts About Khyri Thornton
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Khyri Thornton played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 2014 NFL draft.
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Khyri Thornton was a member of the New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, New York Giants, St Louis BattleHawks and Toronto Argonauts.
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Khyri Thornton played fullback, recording 678 yards rushing with 10 touchdowns.
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Khyri Thornton did not qualify academically for the NCAA standards, leading him to spend one year at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia.
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Khyri Thornton was ranked 16th among prep school prospects, and the 20th best prospect at defensive tackle in 2008 by ESPN.
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Khyri Thornton was named to the Orlando Sentinel Top 100 and played in the North-South Football All-Star Classic.
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Khyri Thornton worked construction while he was in high school.
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Khyri Thornton was well recruited coming out of school and had received interest in a number of schools including Arkansas, Clemson, Florida State, and South Florida.
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Khyri Thornton enrolled instead at Southern Miss, and was given a redshirt designation in 2009.
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Khyri Thornton started his career with the Golden Eagles by playing in all 13 games in 2010 and recording 17 tackles, five tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks.
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Khyri Thornton was Southern Miss's primary defensive tackle in 2012, playing in 12 games and starting 11 of them.
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Khyri Thornton ended his junior campaign with 36 tackles, 23 of which were solo, 9.5 tackles for loss which was the second-best on the team.
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Khyri Thornton had his best game of the season against Florida International University, where he had a season-high seven tackles, 2.5 of those for a loss, and added on half a sack.
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Khyri Thornton missed the final contest of his collegiate career due to a deep bone bruise that caused some internal bleeding he sustained the week before against Middle Tennessee.
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Khyri Thornton finished up the year with 39 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and half a sack.
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Khyri Thornton was a finalist for the Conerly Trophy, which is given annually to the state's top collegiate player.
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Khyri Thornton finished his collegiate career with 50 games played, 28 starts, 116 tackles, 30 tackles for a loss, 5.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, an interception, and three defended passes.
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Khyri Thornton received an invitation and played in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, becoming only the second Southern Mississippi player to attend.
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Khyri Thornton entered the facility at six-foot-three inches tall and weighing 300 pounds.
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Khyri Thornton was projected to be drafted in the late fifth or early sixth round by NFL Scouts.
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Khyri Thornton was said to have short arms and small hands and could do a better job working off blocks and protecting his legs.
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Khyri Thornton missed a lot of tackles and did not have that many sacks.
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Khyri Thornton offered a rebuttal about taking plays off saying that he still ran towards the ball and that he never gave up on a play, and that he always encouraged his teammates to do the same.
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Khyri Thornton was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 2014 NFL draft.
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Khyri Thornton was the fifth defensive lineman drafted by Packers' general manager Ted Thompson in three years.
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Thompson has said that Khyri Thornton kept catching the Packers' eye even though he didn't play on a team that won a lot of games.
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Khyri Thornton was not projected to star in the scheme, but was expected to be part of the defensive rotation.
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On September 5,2015, Khyri Thornton was waived by the Packers.
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Khyri Thornton was waived on September 17,2015, but was re-signed on October 1,2015.
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On October 22,2015, Khyri Thornton was released by the Patriots.
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On October 25,2015, Khyri Thornton was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions.
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Khyri Thornton took over as a starting defensive tackle for the Lions midseason due to struggles from Tyrunn Walker, but eventually lost his starting job to rookie A'Shawn Robinson and became a rotational defensive tackle.
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On March 7,2017, Khyri Thornton signed a two-year contract extension with the Lions.
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On June 20,2017, Khyri Thornton was suspended the first six games of the 2017 season for violating the league's policy on substances of abuse.
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Khyri Thornton was reinstated from suspension on October 16,2017.
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On November 21,2017, Khyri Thornton was released by the Lions.
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On November 29,2017, Khyri Thornton signed with the New York Giants.
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Khyri Thornton was suspended 10 weeks by the NFL on December 23,2017, which was served over the final two weeks of the 2017 season and the first eight weeks of the 2018 season.
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Khyri Thornton was reinstated from suspension on October 30,2018.
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In October 2019, Khyri Thornton was selected by the St Louis BattleHawks of the XFL in the 2020 XFL Draft.
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Khyri Thornton was placed on injured reserve on December 18,2019.
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Khyri Thornton had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10,2020.
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Khyri Thornton signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League on February 2,2021.
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Khyri Thornton was placed on the suspended list on July 20,2021.
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Khyri Thornton's cousin attended high school with him and is a wide receiver at Florida International University.
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Khyri Thornton traveled and spoke to high-school and middle-school students while in college.