Career
The Essendon Football Club picked him up in the 2004 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft but was delisted at the end of the 2005 American Federation of Labor-Congress season after eight games for Essendon. Thomas returned to Central District in 2006 and was appointed club captain in 2007. He was captain of the Bulldogs winning SANFL Grand Final teams in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
On 26 May 2012 Thomas was given the honor of captaining South Australia when they defeated Western Australia by 14 points, 15.11 (101) to 13.9 (87) at Gliderol Stadium Glenelg in Adelaide.
Thomas"s father Jamie Thomas played 153 games for Central Districts in the 1980s.
