'It’s kind of crazy, but I'm still here': Five years after amputation, EWU's Brandon Thomas endures pain of playing on prosthetic leg

'It’s kind of crazy, but I'm still here': Five years after amputation, EWU's Brandon Thomas endures pain of playing on prosthetic leg

When Eastern Washington defensive end Brandon Thomas comes off the field at the end of exhausting fall camp drills, the smile shining through his face mask can be detected from 30 yards away. It turns out that Thomas is quite familiar with probing those places where others normally can’t go. Out past where pain and fatigue plumb inner resources, into that range of human improbability. He’s been pioneering that territory for five years.