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Originally Posted by Hog Farmer
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Julius Thomas never played one down of varsity football during his high school athletic career at Tokay (Lodi, Calif.). He never played one down of college football until his fifth year at Portland State University.
"I played football a lot when I was younger," Thomas told MaxPreps. "I played Pop Warner in seventh and eighth grade. I spent a lot of time watching the game."
He tried out for the freshman football team at Tokay, but never got through preseason practice due to lower back pains.