2013:Played in all 12 games, earning 11 starts ... Finished the season with 38 tackles, including 27 solo stops ... Also recorded 1.5 tackles for losses ... Was one of four Cardinal players to recorded at least two interceptions ... Also broke up four passes and blocked a kick on the season ... Recorded a six-tackle performance against Central Arkansas ... Also picked off a pass and returned it 28 yards against the Bears ... His other interception came at Oklahoma State ... The pick against the Cowboys came right before the half which set up the team's lone field goal.
2012: Named honorable mention All-Southland Conference ... Played in all 12 games with 11 starts ... Led the team and tied for the Southland Conference lead with four interceptions on the year ... Finished the season with 45 total tackles to rank fourth on the team ... Added six pass breakups on the year and ranked sixth in the Southland Conference in passes defended ... Finished with eight tackles at Northwestern State (10/6) and matched that total at Nicholls (11/10) ... Added an interception in the 34-24 win over the Colonels ... Finished with two interceptions in 52-21 win over McMurry (10/13) and returned the second back 53 yards for a touchdown ... Recorded five tackles, one interception and a breakup in 31-0 win over Prairie View A&M (9/8) ... Posted seven tackles, including one for loss, at Stephen F. Austin (11/3).
2011:?Battled injuries but still appeared in seven games with four starts, including the final three games of the year ... Finished the year with 11 total tackles ... Registered three tackles against Stephen F. Austin (11/5) and McNeese State (11/19) ... Also had a forced fumble, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry against the Lumberjacks ... Had his only interception of the year late in the game at Nicholls (11/12) as the Cardinals won 34-26 ... Had a pair of tackles and recovered a fumble against Northwestern State (10/8).
2010: Started all 11 games for the Cardinals ... Tied for fourth on the team with 44 tackles, including 34 solo tackles ... Led the team with nine pass breakups and tied for the team lead with three interceptions ... Had a season-high eight tackles at Georgia State (11/6) ... Finished with seven tackles, three passes defensed and a blocked field goal attempt in 14-0 win over Langston University (10/9) ... Added two tackles, four pass breakups and a pair of blocked punts, one of which Payton Ploch returned for a touchdown, in 44-6 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State (11/20) ... Had two tackles and two interceptions in 24-20 win over South Dakota (11/13) ... Other interception came in 29-28 win at Southeastern Louisiana (9/18) ... Forced a fumble at the goal line in the season opener at McNeese State (9/4) to keep the Cowboys out of the end zone.
High School: Three-year letterman and two-year starter for coach Donald Stowers (former Lamar defensive back) at Beaumont Central ... Was second-team All-District 20-4A selection as senior in 2008 after earning honorable mention in 2007. ... Made 56 tackles, including 32 of the unassisted variety as a senior ... Had five sacks, five pass breakups, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery for a touchdown ... Posted an 18.6-yard average on punt returns ... Logged 29 tackles, two interceptions and 10 pass breakups as a junior ... Jaguars went 9-4 and advanced to the Class 4A Division I quarterfinals in 2008 ... Was also a state qualifier as a member of Jaguar track and field team ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Junior NAACP.
Personal:?Branden Thomas was born on May 12, 1991 ... Son of Ernest and Keisha Thomas ... Majoring in kinesiology.
