Thomas was posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

Derrick Thomas and his Kansas City teammate Neil Smith, right, started the Third and Long Foundation to fight illiteracy and to help children in troubling situations. (Photo courtesy of the Third ...

Robert Thomas, Derrick's father, was killed when his B-52G heavy bomber was shot down in combat during the Vietnam War back in 1972. Derrick didn't learn the cause of his father's death until he ...

Derrick Thomas is one of the greatest Kansas City Chiefs players to not win a Super Bowl ring. The Alabama alum spent his entire career with the Chiefs and was a crucial cog in their defense.

Neil Smith recently spoke about what made Derrick Thomas so productive and how the duo pushed each other toward greatness. “Marty [Schottenheimer] and Bill Cowher came to me and said, ‘You ...

Derrick Thomas died 24 years ago on Feb. 8, 2000. The Pro Football Hall of Famer was a first-round pick of the Chiefs out of Alabama in 1989.

"Derrick Thomas, the Kansas City Chiefs' Pro Bowl linebacker known for his ferocious play on the field and his charity work off it, died unexpectedly yesterday morning in a Miami hospital, 16 days ...

His son, Derrick Thomas Jr., is now 33 years old — the same age the linebacker was when he lost his life after a car accident. "It feels crazy because I still feel so young.