‘”I wish this would have come first and pro football was the last one just to go through the progression of my whole career,” Thomas said Thursday. “But this is obviously a great honor. There have been so many great college football players to come through the ranks in Division I, II, III and so on. To be up there, especially as part of the class I’m going in with, it’s a great feeling. It’s just awesome. It just solidifies some of the things I did in my life and my career.”‘