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13 Facts About Ratcliff Thomas

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Ratcliff Thomas was born on January 2,1974 and is a former American football linebacker.

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Ratcliff Thomas played four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and appeared in 34 games.

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Ratcliff Thomas amassed 55 career special teams tackles, leading the Colts with a career-high 31 special team tackles during the 1999 season, being named to Sports Illustrated All-Pro Team that same year and finished second on the club with 20 in 2000.

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Ratcliff Thomas played in each of the Colts postseason games during the 1999 and 2000 campaigns, recorded numerous tackles on defense and two special teams.

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Ratcliff Thomas led his team to several District championships and play-off berths each of his three varsity seasons.

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Ratcliff Thomas received a Division-1 scholarship University of Maryland BC to play basketball, which he later reneged to play football.

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Ratcliff Thomas led the Titans to several lofty national rankings, as high as 9th in the country USA Today and an undefeated season as Junior that ended in a loss in the Regional Championship.

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Ratcliff Thomas was named the state of Virginia Defensive player of the year.

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Ratcliff Thomas attended Hargrave Military Academy, where he played in the postgraduate football program.

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Highly recruited as a LB, Ratcliff Thomas choose University of Maryland, College Park.

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Ratcliff Thomas was named to the Freshman All-American team alongside the likes of Ray Lewis.

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Ratcliff Thomas recorded 427 career tackles, the then third-highest total in school history.

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In 2010, Ratcliff Thomas became defense coordinator for the Edison Eagles High School football team in Alexandria, Virginia.