25 Big-Name Athletes Who Are Now Working 9-to-5 Jobs

Blair Thomas

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Former Nittany Lion Blair Thomas was an utterly brilliant running back in Happy Valley. Conversely, the 5-foot-10, 198-pound Thomas absolutely reeked as a Jet in the swamps of Jersey. Thomas, acquired by the Jets out of Penn State with the second pick in 1990, crashed in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and he wasn’t re-signed following the 1993 campaign. Thomas, who also competed for the New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers, carried the pigskin 533 times for 2,236 yards and seven touchdowns in 64 contests as a NFL employee. The 51-year-old Thomas, who was out of the league by 1995, now owns a chain of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based sports bars called KoKoMos.