Thomas Retrospective: By the Numbers
Feb. 8, 2000
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas, who ranks ninth on the NFL's all-time sack list and holds the league's single-game sack record, died at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
Thomas recorded 126½ sacks in just 11 seasons, including seven in 1999. Over the course of his career — all of which was spent with the Chiefs — Thomas sacked 45 quarterbacks and posted sacks against 25 of the NFL's 31 franchises.