Khyri Thornton
College career
College career
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Thornton was well recruited coming out of school and had received interest in a number of schools including Arkansas, Clemson, Florida State, and South Florida. After originally committing to [South Florida](/wiki/South_Florida_Bulls_football "South Florida Bulls football"), he had not been approved by USF's academic committee, despite meeting the NCAA standard. He enrolled instead at [Southern Miss](/wiki/Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles_football "Southern Miss Golden Eagles football"), and was given a redshirt designation in 2009\.

Thornton started his career with the Golden Eagles by playing in all 13 games in 2010 and recording 17 tackles, five [tackles for loss](/wiki/Tackles_for_loss "Tackles for loss"), and 2\.5 sacks. He had his best game of the season against [Prairie View A\&M](/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_Panthers_football "Prairie View A&M Panthers football") where he recorded three tackles. At the end of the season, he was selected to the [Conference USA](/wiki/Conference_USA "Conference USA") All\-Freshman team as voted on by the league's head football coaches.

In 2011, he appeared in 14 games, starting seven at defensive tackle, and tallied 24 tackles, nine tackles for loss and 1\.5 sacks with one [pass batted](/wiki/Pass_batted "Pass batted"), one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. During the [2011 Hawaii Bowl](/wiki/2011_Hawaii_Bowl "2011 Hawaii Bowl"), Thornton had two tackles and one half\-sack.

Thornton was Southern Miss's primary defensive tackle in 2012, playing in 12 games and starting 11 of them. During the game against Western Kentucky, He [intercepted](/wiki/Intercepted "Intercepted") a pass and returned it 12 yards. He ended his junior campaign with 36 tackles, 23 of which were solo, 9\.5 tackles for loss which was the second\-best on the team. He also had one sack and a forced fumble.

In his final year with the Golden Eagles, Thornton started 11 games and was voted a team captain by the other players. He had his best game of the season against Florida International University, where he had a season\-high seven tackles, 2\.5 of those for a loss, and added on half a sack. In eight games he had at least three tackles, and five stops in four contests. Thornton missed the final contest of his collegiate career due to a deep bone bruise that caused some internal bleeding he sustained the week before against Middle Tennessee. He finished up the year with 39 tackles (16 solo), 6\.5 tackles for loss and half a sack. For his efforts, he was named to the All\-Conference USA second\-team as a [defensive lineman](/wiki/Defensive_lineman "Defensive lineman") by the league's coaches. He was a finalist for the [Conerly Trophy](/wiki/Conerly_Trophy "Conerly Trophy"), which is given annually to the state's top collegiate player. Although he was beaten for the award by [Gabe Jackson](/wiki/Gabe_Jackson "Gabe Jackson"), an offensive guard from [Mississippi State](/wiki/Mississippi_State "Mississippi State").

He finished his collegiate career with 50 games played, 28 starts, 116 tackles (58 solo), 30 tackles for a loss, 5\.5 sacks, two forced fumbles (one recovered), an interception, and three defended passes.


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