Accolades
2019 - Second Team All-MAC Punt Returner
2018 - First Team All-MAC Kick Returner
2016 - Third Team All-MAC Kick Returner
Career
Ranks first in school history with 114 career kick returns and 2,525 kick return yards.
2019: Second Team All-MAC punt returner … had 41 carries for 204 yards … averaged 22.3 yards a kick return, including a 97-yard return in the MAC Championship game … averaged 12.6 yard per punt return … had a career-long 30-yard return in a win at Ohio.
2018: Played in all 12 games making five starts … earned first-team All-MAC as a kick returner … led the conference with a 26.7 yard return average … had seven returns for 237 yards, including a 99-yard touchdown versus Western Michigan … had three returns for 82 yards at Army … also rushed for 233 yards and a touchdown on the season … had a season-high 48 yards rushing and a touchdown at Bowling Green.
2017: Played in three games before being sidelined for the rest of the season with an injury … had 11 carries for 38 yards … also caught five passes for 71 yards, and racked up 98 yards in kick returns … ran for 17 yards and added 69 yards through the air against Cincinnati, including a 55-yard reception.
2016: Third-team All-MAC as a kick returner … played in 11 games, making 1 start … recorded 258 yards rushing on 37 carries for an average of 7.0 yards per carry … added 11 catches for 105 yards on the season … had nine carries for 60 yards at Iowa … had seven carries for 82 yards in a win at Eastern Michigan … also served as the team’s main kick returner, averaging 24.2 yards per return … had a 94-yard return at Cincinnati, the longest play in Miami football history to not result in a touchdown.
2015:Â Played in eight games, starting one ... totaled 206 yards rushing on 18 attempts ... had a season-long run of 77 yards in a win over Eastern Michigan, also posting a season-high in total rush yards with 80 ... also recorded one catch for 17 yards ... returned 27 kickoffs for a total of 467 yards, with a long of 54 yards.
High School: Attended Talawanda High School ... rushed for over 300 yards on three different occasions, including an Ohio High School Athletic Association state record 414 yards during his senior season ... finished the season with 2,780 yards rushing and 31 touchdowns ... his season total for rushing yards ranks 17th all-time in the state ... was named the Division III all-state first-team ... named 2014 AP Southwest Ohio Division III Player of the Year ... rushed for 4,749 yards and 65 touchdowns in his career.
Personal: Full name -- Maurice Thomas ... born Aug. 21, 1996 ... son of Michelle and Randi Malcolm Thomas ... majoring in sport leadership & management.
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