Meet the New Orleans Saints coaches: Joel Thomas (1 Viewer)

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Thomas is entering his seventh season with New Orleans

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Joel Thomas enters his seventh season as the New Orleans Saints running backs coach after 15 years of coaching in the college ranks. Since arriving in 2015, the club has led the NFL with 124 rushing touchdowns, including a club-record and league-best 30 in 2020, tied for the sixth-highest total in NFL record books.

In the past four seasons, Thomas has helped his players earn five Pro Bowl selections – Mark Ingram II (2017) and Alvin Kamara(2017-20). He has also been the position coach for three seasons of at least 1,500 total yards of scrimmage by Kamara and one by Ingram. Since his debut in 2017, Kamara is the only player in the NFL with at least 6,000 yards from scrimmage and at 55 touchdowns. In total, Thomas' running backs have registered 20 individual 100-yard performances.

In 2020, Thomas oversaw the NFL's sixth-ranked rushing attack as Kamara became the fastest player in franchise history to reach 55 career touchdowns (60 games), only 14 away from becoming the team record holder. As part of the effort, Kamara, selected to his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl, shattered the team record and led the NFL with 21 touchdowns, ranking second with 93 first downs and third with a career-best 1,688 yards from scrimmage. ...

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