player_team coach_years current_team birth_place player_years coach_team current_title sport birth_date current_conference image article_title name alma_mater
miami -lrb- fl -rrb- tampa bay buccaneers miami dolphins 2008-2010 2011-2012 2013 2014-present louisville ocala , florida 1989-1992 1993 -- 1995 1996 -- 2000 boynton wr -rrb- wku -lrb- wr -rrb- louisville -lrb- wr -rrb- beach community h.s. -lrb- pgc -rrb- hampton -lrb- wide receivers coach football 12 february 1970 acc dolphins_2013-12-15_02-10 . jpg lamar thomas
 lamar thomas university of miami
lamar thomas

lamar nathaniel thomas -lrb- born february 12 , 1970 in ocala , florida -rrb- is a former nfl player and former color commentator .
thomas played college football and college basketball and ran track at the university of miami before being drafted in the third round of the 1993 nfl draft by the tampa bay buccaneers .
he is a university of miami sports hall of fame inductee , class of 2014 with the miami hurricanes thomas set a then-school record for most receptions in a career -lrb- later eclipsed by reggie wayne -rrb- .
he was the victim of `` the strip '' , george teague 's strip of the football at the 10 yard line in the 1993 sugar bowl that continued an alabama rout of miami .
thomas was interviewed about his time at the university of miami for the documentary `` the u '' , which premiered december 12 , 2009 on espn .
thomas played eight seasons in the nfl as a wide receiver , three with the buccaneers and five with the miami dolphins , where he had his greatest success .
in his final year of nfl play , he had 43 receptions for 603 yards and five touchdowns .
his last two seasons were spent on injured reserve -lrb- shoulder and hip -rrb- .
he was fired from his color-commentary position due to his comments during an on-field brawl between the university of miami and fiu .
