Getting To Know Eastern Michigan's Latarrius Thomas

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Getting To Know...Eastern Michigan's Latarrius Thomas
Thomas joined the team in January 2009 and participated in 2009 and 2010 spring drills while sitting out as a transfer from the University of Louisville. The 2010 season will be his collegiate finale. He started as a true freshman in 2006 at Louisville and played through the 2008 season for the Cardinals. Thomas played in 23 total games, starting 11 times and finished with 43 career tackles. Read more about the senior defensive back from EMU below...

1. Why did you choose Eastern Michigan University:
For the coaching situation

2. What is the best advice you have received from Head Coach Ron English?
If you can be great, why wouldn't you be

3. What are your goals for this season?
Have a winning season and play my role on the team - whatever that may be.

4. How did you get started playing football?
My father is a football coach

5. What is your favorite beverage/food/desert?
Pizza

6. If you can have one animal be extinct, which would it be?
Cats

7. What would you like to be doing in ten years?
Relaxing somewhere far off the coast

8. What were you up to this summer?
Working out and summer classes

9. Besides football, what sport would you have pursued for a college scholarship?
Baseball

10. The artist that takes up most of my iPod...
Zac Brown