# Kiondre Thomas

Kiondre Thomas (born February 7, 1998) is an American professional football cornerback for the DC Defenders of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Kansas State and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns after the 2021 NFL draft.

## College career

Thomas was ranked as a three–star recruit by 247Sports.com coming out of high school. He committed to Minnesota on November 12, 2015. After three seasons at Minnesota, Thomas decided to transfer from Minnesota on February 3, 2020. He committed to Kansas State shortly thereafter.

## Professional career

Pre-draft measurables :
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
| 5 ft 11+3⁄4 in (1.82 m) | 186 lb (84 kg) | 31+5⁄8 in (0.80 m) | 8+1⁄8 in (0.21 m) | 4.44 s | 1.56 s | 2.50 s | 4.35 s | 6.94 s | 37.5 in (0.95 m) | 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) | 10 reps |
| All values from Pro Day ||||||||||||

### Cleveland Browns

Thomas was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns on May 3, 2021. Thomas was waived by the Browns with an injury designation on August 16, 2021, and placed on injured reserve. Thomas was waived from injured reserve with an injury settlement on August 20, 2021.

### Los Angeles Chargers

On September 6, 2021, Thomas was signed to the Los Angeles Chargers practice squad.

### Green Bay Packers

On January 26, 2022, Thomas signed a reserve/future contract with the Green Bay Packers. He was waived on August 30, 2022, and signed to the practice squad the next day. On October 1, 2022, Thomas was elevated to the active roster from the practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract on January 10, 2023. He was released on August 29, 2023. A day later, he was signed to the Packers' practice squad. He was released on October 17.

### Houston Roughnecks

On March 2, 2024, Thomas signed with the Houston Roughnecks of the United Football League (UFL).

### Carolina Panthers

On July 26, 2024, Thomas signed with the Carolina Panthers, but was waived a week later.

### Pittsburgh Steelers

On August 15, 2024, Thomas signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was waived on August 26.

### Houston Roughnecks (second stint)

On October 30, 2024, Thomas re-signed with the Houston Roughnecks of the United Football League (UFL).

### DC Defenders

On November 6, 2024, Thomas was traded to the DC Defenders in exchange for QB Jalan McClendon.

## NFL career statistics

Legend :
| | Led the league |
| Bold | Career-high |

### Regular season

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR |
| 2021 | LAC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | GB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | Career | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Source: pro-football-reference.com |||||||||||||||||