NFF National Scholar-Athletes

Thomas Lawhorne

  • School
    Georgia
  • Induction
    1967

Georgia linebacker Thomas Lawhorne played a key role on a Bulldogs defense that allowed just 10.8 points per game in 1967, ranking No. 11 in the country.

Compiling a 97.7 GPA in chemistry, he was a two-time Academic All-SEC selection and Georgia’s valedictorian in 1968. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Lawhorne served as senior class president and a member of the Governor’s Youth Council.

He started on the 1966 SEC Champion team that finished 10-1 after a 24-9 win against SMU in the Cotton Bowl.  In 2001, Lawhorne received the Bill Hartman Award, the highest honor a Georgia student-athlete can attain. He also received the Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award from the University of Georgia Chapter of the National Football Foundation.

Lawhorne currently is a vascular surgeon in Columbus, Ga.