Keith Thomas
| YEAR INDUCTED: | 2023 |
| SPORT(S): | Football |
| YEARS PLAYED: | 1972-1973 |
Keith Thomas
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Named NJCAA 1st Team All-American in 1973
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Won NCAA National Championships at Oklahoma in 1974 and 1975
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Assistant Coach for 1989 Navarro College Football in which the team claimed the NJCAA National Champion title
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Member of the NJCAA Football Hall of Fame
Thomas starred on first-year Head Coach Harold Hern’s Texas Junior College Football Conference co-champions (10-1) in 1973 and fashioned Navarro bowl-record performances in a 17-0 Wool Bowl victory over Fort Scott, KS. He transferred to the University of Oklahoma, joining three other Bulldogs, Horace Ivory, Billy Brooks (Senior Receiver) and Reggie Mathis (Sophomore Linebacker) on the Sooners’ 1974 and 1975 NCAA Championship squads.
Thomas, an NJCAA and JC Grid-Wire First Team All-American, caught 42-1038-11 in 1973 and capped that season with a Wool Bowl MVP performance of six receptions for 172 yards in the game at Roswell, NM. At Oklahoma, Thomas played strong safety as a sophomore and switched to tight end for his final two seasons.
