FORMER PIRATE THOMAS ONE GAME FROM ARENABOWL XXII
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Former Hampton University football player Jason Thomas and the San Jose SaberCats have advanced to the American Conference Championship Round of the Arena Football League Playoffs. With a win over Grand Rapids on Saturday, the SaberCats will advance to ArenaBowl XXII.
The SaberCats will play host to the Grand Rapids Rampage on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The game will be televised live on ESPN and can heard of SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel 127.
San Jose, the No. 2 seed in the American Conference, beat the Colorado Crush 64-51 in the divisional round behind quarterback Mark Grieb’s 25-for-34 passing, 283 yards and seven touchdowns.
Thomas (Savannah, Ga.), in his second year in the AFL, played for the Chicago Rush last season, starting 14 regular-season and two playoff games. The SaberCats were 11-5 in the regular season, undefeated in the AFL’s American Western Division.
A seventh-round draft pick by the San Diego Chargers in 2000, Thomas played for the Baltimore Ravens in 2002 and 2003. Thomas blocked for the Pirates from 1997-99 after transferring from South Carolina, earning All-MEAC honors his final two years.
Thomas also was an NCAA Division I-AA All-American as a senior. He graduated from Hampton in December 1999 with a degree in sports management and has been pursuing a master’s in secondary education at Morgan State.
Virgin Mobile ArenaBowl XXII will be played Sunday, July 27 in New Orleans Arena. The game will begin at 3 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN on ABC and ABC HD.
For more information on the AFL and the AFL playoffs, visit www.arenafootball.com.
For more information on Hampton University football, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811 or visit the official athletics website at www.hamptonpirates.com.
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