Dolphins MVP and Newcomer of the Year by South Florida media (1996) AFC Defensive Player of the Month (September 1998) 2× NFL Alumni Association's Linebacker of the Year (1998, 2006) First-team All-Pro selection by the USA Today, College & Pro Football Newsweekly and Football Digest (1998) 1998 All-Madden Team (1998) 3× Dolphins' Leadership Award (1998, 1999, 2005) Weeks 1 & 16 2001 AFC Defensive Player of the Week (2001) Dolphins MVP by South Florida media and fans (2001) All-Iron Team as selected by CBS analyst Phil Simms (2001) PFWA Dolphins Chapter "Good Guy" Award (2001) First-team Pro Football Weekly All-AFC (2002) First-team Sports Illustrated All-Pro (2003) Second-team Football Digest All-Pro (2003) Week 14 AFC Defensive Player of the Week (2005) All-AFC selection by Pro Football Weekly and the Pro Football Writers of America (2006) Only two linebackers currently in the Hall of Fame have more combined tackles. Ray Lewis (2,061) and Junior Seau (1,846). In 2006, Zach Thomas was inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame. In 2015, Thomas was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and the following year in 2016, was inducted into the Texas Tech Red Raiders Ring of Honor. In 2012, Thomas was inducted into the Miami Dolphins Honor Roll along side his teammate Jason Taylor. Thomas became eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame beginning in 2014, and would become a semi-finalist for the first time in 2019. He would then reach being a finalist for election the next three years from 2020-2022. After being a finalist for a 4th consecutive year in his 10th overall year of eligibility, on February 9, 2023, Zach Thomas was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. NFL career statistics Regular season Personal life Thomas was raised in Pampa, Texas by his parents, Steve and Bobby Thomas. He has an older brother, Bart Thomas, and younger sister, Katina Thomas. Katina was married to Thomas' Dolphins' teammate, Jason Taylor, from 2000 to 2015 and has three children with him. Katina filed for divorce on January 25, 2015, and it was officially finalized on February 10, 2015. Thomas' father, Steve Thomas, is the builder and proprietor of the second largest cross in the Western Hemisphere, located in Groom, Texas. Thomas is married to Maritza Thomas. For the first three-years of his career Thomas earned the league minimum and lived with teammate Larry Izzo. References External links