Awards and Honors:
UAC Special Teams Player of the Week: Sept. 18 (2023)
ASUN Special Teams Player of the Week: Oct. 3 (2022)
ASUN Freshman of the Week: Aug. 29, Oct. 17 (2022)
Dean's List (S22)
Athletics Director's Honor Roll (F21)

2022: Played in 10 games and was the Govs primary kick and punt return specialist… Returned a pair of punts for 28 yards in the season opener at Western Kentucky (Aug. 27)… Had two catches for 22 yards – his first collegiate receptions – to go along with four punt returns for 27 yards against Mississippi Valley State (Sept. 10)… Returned two kicks for 27 yards and two punts for 50 yards – with a 46-yard long – to post 77 combined return yards against Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 24)… Returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown at Central Arkansas (Oct. 1), it was the first punt return for a touchdown by a Gov since Tee Howell in 2011 and topped a 71-yard return by Terrence Holt in 2009 as the longest in program history… The 92-yard punt return was tied for the longest in Division I football during the 2022 season… Also caught one pass for five yards against UCA… Returned a kick 94 yards for a touchdown in the Govs’ next game against Murray State (Oct. 15), it was the first kick return for a touchdown by a Gov since Kyran Moore in 2017 and was the seventh-longest kick return touchdown in program history… Finished the Murray State contest with 112 combined return yards on two kick and three punt returns… Had a pair of 20-yard kick returns at North Alabama (Nov. 5)… Returned four kicks for 74 yards, with a 23-yard long, in the season finale at Alabama (Nov. 19)… Finished the season with 15 punt returns for 201 yards and a 13.4-yard average… His 201 punt return yards ranked ninth in the FCS and are the ninth-best single-season mark in program history while his 13.4-yard average ranked ninth in the FCS and was the second-best single-season mark in APSU history… Totaled 14 kick returns for 318 yards and a 22.7-yard average… Ranked 27th in the FCS and second in the ASUN with 519 combined kick return yards… Was one of six Division I football players to return a kick and punt for a touchdown in 2022.

2021: Played in four games for the Governors as a return specialist… Returned three kicks for 71 yards, including a season-long return of 60 yards, in the season opener against Chattanooga (Sept. 2)… Returned four punts for 63 yards, including a season-long 41-yard return, against Morehead State (Sept. 18)… Returned a pair of kicks for 49 yards and caught four punts at Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 25)… Finished the season with five kick returns for 120 yards and 10 punt returns for 65 yards.

High School: Prepped as a wide receiver and cornerback for head coach Rueben Nelson at Ramsay High School, where he helped lead the Rams to a 5A Region 5 title in 2020… Played on the North All-Star team in the 62nd Alabama High School Athletic Association North-South All-Star Football game… An honorable mention at wide receiver for the 2020 Birmingham All-Region team… Also participated in both indoor and outdoor track and field for the Rams… Finished second in both the 100-meter (10.93s) and the 200-meter dash (22.08s) and third in the 400-meter dash (49.49s) at the 2021 AHSAA Class 5A State Outdoor Track & Field Championships… Also finished second in both the 60-meter (6.94s) and 400-meter (49.66) dashes while also a member of the Ramsay State Champion 4x400 relay team at the 2021 State Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Personal: Kameron Jahmon Thomas is the son of Stephanie Williams and Starling Thomas IV… Birthday is July 3… Has three siblings: Starling V, Kayln, and Christian… Brother, Starling, is a cornerback at UAB… A finance major.

Kam Thomas