Good UNT PR via Jamario

DeepGreen · August 10, 2014

Austin paper had a big article on Adrian Peterson's freshman year at OU, and subsequent rushing record. Jamario Thomas is listed along side some impressive running backs.

BEST FRESHMEN YEARS
The top five single-season rushing seasons in NCAA history:

Yards;Player;School;Year

1,925;Adrian Peterson;Oklahoma;2004
1,863;Ron Dayne;Wisconsin;1996
1,801;Jamario Thomas;North Texas;2004
1,799;Dion Lewis;Pittsburgh;2009
1,732;Chance Kretschmer;Nevada;2001

Notables

1,616;Herschel Walker;Georgia;1980
1,586;Tony Dorsett;Pittsburgh;1973
1,429;Marshall Faulk;San Diego St.;1991
1,410;Johnny Manziel;Texas A&M;2012
1,341;Emmitt Smith;Florida;1987

FASTEST TO 1,000
Five freshmen have needed only seven games to reach the 1,000-yard mark their first season. Numbers in parenthesis are the players season yards after that game:

Player, team;Year;Opponent

Jamario Thomas, North Texas;2004;La.-Monroe, Oct. 30 (1,216)
Marshall Faulk, San Diego St.;1991;Colorado St., Nov. 9 (1,157)
Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma;1987;Kansas, Oct. 23 (1,023)
Emmitt Smith, Florida;1987;Temple, Oct. 17 (1,011)
P.J. Hill, Wisconsin;2006;Minnesota, Oct. 14 (1,011)

Edited August 10, 2014 by DeepGreen

H-towngreen · August 10, 2014

Still wonder what could've been had he not put on the extra weight and had those hammy issues.

SilverEagle · August 10, 2014

Still wonder what could've been had he not put on the extra weight and had those hammy issues.

He had "hammy issues" all during his record setting freshman year. Is gaining more muscle weight the standard way to resolve chronic hammy issues? If so, someone sure called it wrong for Jamario.

Rudy · August 10, 2014

I wish there was a copy of his performance against Colorado floating around out there.

Some people handle putting weight on better than others. Imagine Coach Wintrich working with Jamario.

UNT 90 Grad · August 10, 2014

Seems like a good thread to re-post this video for the youngsters that don't know much on Jamario.

DeepGreen · August 11, 2014

"UNT keeps cranking out those great running backs....for a small school.....blah, blah, blah".

Wish we had the highlights from the Colorado game. Jamario was fantastic!

Edited August 11, 2014 by DeepGreen

aztecskin · August 11, 2014

Playing with Cobbs + Thomas in NCAA was the most fun ever had by me ever.

Ben Gooding · August 11, 2014

This video is 10 years old and the perception in DFW hasn't changed. We must beat SMwho. In my eyes it's a must win. 6-6 is bearable at best if one of those 6 is against smu.

Ibleedgreen · August 11, 2014

Jamario is/was my all time favorite Mean Green player.

Edited August 11, 2014 by Ibleedgreen

UNTLifer · August 11, 2014

He had "hammy issues" all during his record setting freshman year.

He did? I don't recall him missing any time.

Marty · August 11, 2014

Anyone know what Jamario is up to these days & does he ever come back for games?

All About UNT · August 11, 2014

looks like he is playing for the Oklahoma Defenders in the Champions Professional Indoor Football League

http://www.cpifl.org/stats/okd.htm

All About UNT · August 11, 2014

here is his huddle

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1356509/jamario-thomas

Mean Green 93-98 · August 11, 2014

He did? I don't recall him missing any time.

He did. I know he was out for the Arky State game, and James Mitchell got the start.

UNTLifer · August 11, 2014

Forgot about that. Was that his freshman year?

UNTLifer · August 11, 2014

here is his huddle

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1356509/jamario-thomas

Ummm, I think that is a different JT.

All About UNT · August 11, 2014

Ummm, I think that is a different JT.

then he needs to clean up his wiki article

untjim1995 · August 11, 2014

I remember that Southen Miss bowl game where we tried to establish the run against them over and over and Jamario just got crushed by their speed and size in the front seven. That was back when USM was legit and would take on and beat P5 powers. I've always thought Jamario--and the rest of the program--were never the same after that game. When the Tulsa debacle occurred the next fall, it was completely apparent that we were doing good to just compete with SBC teams at that point, that the other non-AQ teams around us that we thought were peers (Tulsa, La Tech, USM, etc..) were decidedly ahead of us still.

Part of what I felt the 2013 season represented to a lot of us is that we are finally at a place as a program where we have the potential to keep going upward. Those teams of 2001-2004, while being solid, were never going to get any attention from the DFW media and potential fans because of the conference at the time and the fact that we never beat anyone that really garnered much attention form those two groups. We didn't necessarily do that, either in 2013, even though the wins over Ball State, Rice, and UNLV were nice victories, but having Dan McCarney at the helm and being in CUSA instead of the SBC just gives me a lot more belief in the next few years of progress at UNT, versus how I felt during the Dickey years.