Another four-year football letterwinner (1993-96), Thrash turned in a banner senior season with a team-leading 44 catches for 694 yards and four touchdowns. He went on to earn first-team All-MIAA honors that season.

A fractured clavicle ended Thrash s 1995 season, a year after he earned the Lions  Most Improved Player Award after an 18-catch, 289-yard campaign in 1994.

Thrash finished his MSSU career with 79 grabs in 30 career games for 1,222 yards and seven receiving touchdowns. He also returned 10 kickoffs for 255 yards as a senior, scoring on a 100-yard return against Missouri-Rolla.

The Wewoka, Okla. native broke into the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1997. Released prior to training camp by the Eagles, he joined the Washington Redskins in July of that year. He played four seasons with Washington before signing a free agent deal with the Eagles in 2001. Thrash then rejoined the Redskins in 2004. All told, he has played nine seasons in the NFL and has career totals of 260 receptions for 3,307 yards and 18 touchdowns. He has also returned 120 kickoffs for 2,756 yards.

Thrash was also a track star during his time in the Green & Gold. He earned All-America honors in the 200-meter dash and won MIAA titles in the 100- and 200-meter dashes.