 Thurmond with the Seattle Seahawks in 2011 | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | August 12, 1987 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | West Covina (West Covina, California) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Oregon | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2010 / Round: 4 / Pick: 111 | ||||||||||||
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Walter Riley Thurmond III (born August 12, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League. He was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He won Super Bowl XLVIII with the Seahawks over the Denver Broncos, and he also played for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football for the Oregon Ducks.
Thurmond was a founding member of the Seahawks defensive unit nicknamed the Legion of Boom.