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SOLOMON THOMAS
Shown with his parents on the field at AT&T Stadium, Solomon Thomas signed with his hometown team, the Dallas Cowboys, in March of 2025. In high school, he played defensive end on the Coppell Cowboys football team and was a star player who graduated in 2014. He played for Stanford University and then started his NFL career with the San Franciso 49ers. After playing for the Las Vegas Raiders and NY Jets, he came home to Dallas in 2025. On March 11, 2026, he was traded to the Tennessee Titans. He was nominated for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in 2022, 2023 & 2024 by the NY Jets and 2025 by the Dallas Cowboys for his community service work.
Shown with his parents on the field at AT&T Stadium, Solomon Thomas signed with his hometown team, the Dallas Cowboys, in March of 2025. In high school, he played defensive end on the Coppell Cowboys football team and was a star player who graduated in 2014. He played for Stanford University and then started his NFL career with the San Franciso 49ers. After playing for the Las Vegas Raiders and NY Jets, he came home to Dallas in 2025. On March 11, 2026, he was traded to the Tennessee Titans. He was nominated for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in 2022, 2023 & 2024 by the NY Jets and 2025 by the Dallas Cowboys for his community service work.
Solomon and his parents founded The Defensive Line Foundation dedicated to mental-health resources and suicide-prevention programs. See: www.thedefensiveline.org