Michael Thomas

Overall rank

WR117

2022

New Orleans Saints

Height

6' 3"
Weight

212 lbs
Arm Length

32 1/8" (61st)

Draft Pick

2.16 2016
College

Ohio State
Age

29.9

Overall rank

WR117

2022

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Workout Metrics

4.57 41st

Pro Day 4.57

99.9 71st

122.5 57th

10.93 83rd

10.20 80th

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Burst Score

Agility Score

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Michael Thomas Bio & Season Stats

Year Year	Games Played Games	Targets Tgts	Receptions Rec	Receiving Yards Rec Yds	Yards Per Reception YPR	Air Yards Air Yds	Receiving TDs Rec TD	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game
2022	3	22	16	171	10.7	232	3	17.0
2020	7	55	40	438	11.0	523	0	12.0
2019	16	186	149	1725	11.6	1539	9	23.4 (#1)
2018	16	147	125	1405	11.2	1175	9	19.7 (#6)
2017	16	149	104	1245	12.0	1428	5	16.2 (#4)
2016	15	121	92	1137	12.4	992	9	17.0 (#7)

College Dominator

39.6% (82nd)
College YPR

13.9 (40th)
College Target Share

25.9% (78th)
Breakout Age

21.5 (24th)

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Michael Thomas Advanced Stats & Metrics

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
22 (7.3 p/g)	20.0% (21.4% rz)	20.0%	77.5%	28 (19.3% rate)	110 (36.7 p/g)	95.7%
#126	-	-	#45	#152	#135	-

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
232 (77.3 p/g)	17.7%	10.5	1 (0.3 p/g)	3 (3 rec)	3.96	59.1% (13 tgts)
-	-	-	#167	#106	-	-

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
16 (5.3 p/g)	171 (57.0 p/g)	19 (0.9 p/tgt)	80 (3.6 p/tgt)	3 (18.8% rate)	17.0	13.5 (+3.51 diff)
#115	#124	#156	#156	#50	-	#22

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
7.5	1.55	-	7.8	10.7	1.49	123.1% (72.7% actual)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
1.32	4.67	+6.7%	47.5%	0.0%	0 (0.0% rate)	60.0% (5 tgts)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
+20.7	+16.2	134.7	25.0 (8.3 p/g)	0.46	2.32	51.10
-	#82	-	#70	-	-	#117

Total Route Wins	Route Win Rate	Routes vs Man	Win Rate vs Man	Target Rate vs Man	Target Separation vs Man Tgt Separation vs Man	Fantasy Points Per Target vs Man Fantasy Pts/Tgt vs Man
35	31.5%	30 (79 zone)	26.7% (32.9% zone)	36.7% (13.9% zone)	0.82 (2.00 zone)	2.92 (1.73 zone)
#164	-	#160	-	-	-	-

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
55 (7.9 p/g)	27.9% (26.2% rz)	27.9%	69.6%	48 (14.3% rate)	197 (28.1 p/g)	97.0%
#77	#4	#4	#64	#138	#109	-

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
523 (74.7 p/g)	42.5%	9.5	2 (0.3 p/g)	11 (7 rec)	5.24	74.5% (41 tgts)
#82	#1	#67	#135	#36	#71	#71

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
40 (5.7 p/g)	438 (62.6 p/g)	82 (1.5 p/tgt)	167 (3.0 p/tgt)	0 (0.0% rate)	12.0	13.7 (-1.72 diff)
#68	#81	#110	#108	#143	-	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
160.0	2.22	2.00	8.0	11.0	1.02	97.6% (72.7% actual)
#75	#15	-	#63	#83	#72	#1

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
1.45	3.88	-21.8%	0.0%	-	1 (1.8% rate)	75.0% (12 tgts)
#82	#43	#174	#1	-	#113	#6

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
-14.5	+19.5	88.3	27.8 (4.0 p/g)	0.43	1.53	83.90
#198	#73	#82	#71	#35	#95	#95

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
186 (11.6 p/g)	33.2% (30.6% rz)	34.2%	90.7%	183 (20.5% rate)	544 (34.0 p/g)	93.6%
#1	#1	#2	#24	#43	#1	#2

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
1539 (96.2 p/g)	40.0%	8.3	9 (0.6 p/g)	26 (20 rec)	6.05	84.4% (157 tgts)
#12	#4	#89	#72	#1	#40	#8

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
149 (9.3 p/g)	1725 (107.8 p/g)	550 (3.0 p/tgt)	364 (2.0 p/tgt)	9 (6.0% rate)	23.4	-
#1	#1	#3	#69	#3	#1	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
8.0	3.17	-	9.3	11.6	2.97	94.9% (80.1% actual)
#1	#3	-	#21	#70	#1	#3

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
1.36	3.60	-11.2%	32.0%	-	3 (1.6% rate)	63.3% (30 tgts)
#75	#96	#78	#12	-	#61	#5

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
+16.6	+140.4	121.4	230.4 (14.4 p/g)	0.69	2.01	374.60
#16	#1	#8	#1	#3	#23	#1

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
147 (9.2 p/g)	28.8% (30.5% rz)	30.2%	90.7%	172 (19.2% rate)	487 (30.4 p/g)	93.8%
#9	#4	#7	#23	#46	#16	#5

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
1175 (73.4 p/g)	29.6%	8.0	-	29 (24 rec)	6.89	95.2% (140 tgts)
#26	#27	#94	-	#2	#11	#1

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
125 (7.8 p/g)	1405 (87.8 p/g)	477 (3.2 p/tgt)	247 (1.7 p/tgt)	9	19.7	-
#1	#6	#3	#96	#8	#6	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
8.2	2.89	-	9.6	11.2	2.71	89.3% (85.0% actual)
#3	#7	-	#19	#80	#3	#12

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
1.47	3.48	+6.3%	30.5%	-	4 (2.7% rate)	73.9% (23 tgts)
#46	#100	#38	#9	-	#36	#7

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
+19.7	-	121.2	155.7 (9.7 p/g)	0.65	2.15	315.50
#10	-	#9	#11	#5	#14	#6

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
149 (9.3 p/g)	28.1% (20.0% rz)	28.9%	86.0%	72 (8.5% rate)	515 (32.2 p/g)	96.1%
#6	#5	#5	#22	#66	#8	#21

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
1428 (89.2 p/g)	40.8%	9.6	-	16 (9 rec)	-	79.2% (118 tgts)
#20	#6	#80	-	#14	-	#26

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
104 (6.5 p/g)	1245 (77.8 p/g)	442 (3.0 p/tgt)	625 (4.2 p/tgt)	5 (0.1% rate)	16.2	-
#3	#6	#5	#30	#27	#4	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
-	2.42	-	8.4	12.0	2.32	88.1% (69.8% actual)
-	#9	-	#31	#69	#7	#11

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
1.52	3.86	+23.7%	25.2%	-	8 (5.4% rate)	56.5% (23 tgts)
#46	#36	#17	#24	-	#10	#35

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
+7.5	-	97.9	120.9 (7.6 p/g)	0.50	1.73	258.50
#30	-	#28	#9	#9	#35	#6

Targets	Target Share	Target Rate	Snap Share	Slot Snaps	Routes Run	Route Participation Route %
121 (8.1 p/g)	19.4% (18.4% rz)	-	-	51	-	-
#20	#40	-	-	#87	-	-

Air Yards	Air Yards Share	Average Target Distance (ADOT) Target Depth (ADOT)	Deep Targets	Red Zone Targets Red Zone Tgts	Target Quality Rating	Catchable Target Rate
992 (66.1 p/g)	21.6%	8.2	-	19 (13 rec)	-	-
#47	#60	#93	-	#11	-	-

Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yards	Yards After Catch YAC	Unrealized Air Yards	Total TDs	Fantasy Points Per Game Fantasy Pts/Game	Expected Fantasy Points Per Game Expected Fantasy Pts/Game
92 (6.1 p/g)	1137 (75.8 p/g)	458 (3.8 p/tgt)	313 (2.6 p/tgt)	9 (9.8% rate)	17.0	-
#9	#9	#6	#84	#6	#7	-

Target Accuracy	Yards Per Route Run	Formation Adjusted Yards Per Route Run Formation Adjusted YPRR	Yards Per Target YPT	Yards Per Reception YPR	Yards Per Team Pass Attempt Yards/Team Pass Attempt	True Catch Rate
-	-	-	9.4	12.4	1.80	- (76.0% actual)
-	-	-	#10	#60	#23	-

Target Separation	Average Cushion	Target Premium	Dominator Rating	Juke Rate	Drops	Contested Catch Rate Contested Catch %
-	-	+40.9%	23.2%	-	4 (3.3% rate)	69.2% (13 tgts)
-	-	#7	#36	-	#40	#18

Production Premium	Expected Points Added (EPA) EPA	QB Rating Per Target QB Rating Per Target	Best Ball Points Added Best Ball Pts Added	Fantasy Points Per Route Run Fantasy Points Per Route	Fantasy Points Per Target Fantasy Points Per Target	Total Fantasy Points Total Fantasy Pts
+28.9	-	-	109.1 (7.3 p/g)	-	2.11	255.70
#4	-	-	#7	-	#6	#7

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	ATL	A.J. Terrell	59.3%	30 (79.0% rate)	8 (2 rz)	5 (2 tds)	57 (90 air)	22.7 (#8)
2	TB	Jamel Dean	79.7%	41 (89.1% rate)	9 (1 rz)	6 (1 tds)	65 (103 air)	18.5 (#18)
3	CAR	Jaycee Horn	92.2%	39 (92.9% rate)	5	5	49 (39 air)	9.9 (#47)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	TB	Carlton Davis	85.7%	31	5 (2 rz)	3	17 (42 air)	4.7 (#79)
9	TB	Carlton Davis	44.3%	27	6 (1 rz)	5	51 (47 air)	10.1 (#49)
10	SF	Jason Verrett	60.9%	23	7 (2 rz)	2	27 (59 air)	4.7 (#70)
11	ATL	A.J. Terrell	85.5%	30	12 (4 rz)	9	104 (105 air)	19.4 (#13)
12	DEN	-	68.3%	13	6 (1 rz)	4	50 (80 air)	9.1 (#46)
13	ATL	A.J. Terrell	64.4%	31	11 (1 rz)	9	105 (122 air)	19.5 (#16)
14	PHI	Darius Slay	90.5%	42	8	8	84 (68 air)	16.4 (#22)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	HOU	Bradley Roby	90.6%	36	13	10	123	22.3 (##18)
2	LA	Marcus Peters	100.0%	34	13 (1 rz)	10	89	18.9 (##12)
3	SEA	Tre Flowers	90.0%	27	7 (1 rz)	5 (1 tds)	54	16.4 (##22)
4	DAL	Byron Jones	100.0%	28	9	9	95	18.5 (##11)
5	TB	Vernon Hargreaves	92.5%	34	13 (2 rz)	11 (2 tds)	182	41.2 (##2)
6	JAC	A.J. Bouye	100.0%	34	12 (5 rz)	8	89	16.9 (##15)
7	CHI	Prince Amukamara	95.9%	34	11 (2 rz)	9	131	22.1 (##5)
8	ARI	Patrick Peterson	90.3%	41	11 (2 rz)	11 (1 tds)	112	27.3 (##5)
10	ATL	Isaiah Oliver	100.0%	44	14 (2 rz)	13	152	28.2 (##5)
11	TB	Sean Murphy-Bunting	82.5%	34	11 (3 rz)	8 (1 tds)	114	25.4 (##4)
12	CAR	James Bradberry	87.7%	37	11 (1 rz)	10 (1 tds)	101	26.1 (##5)
13	ATL	Isaiah Oliver	77.6%	26	8	6	48	10.8 (##39)
14	SF	Ahkello Witherspoon	98.5%	41	15 (1 rz)	11 (1 tds)	134	30.4 (##4)
15	IND	Rock Ya-Sin	73.0%	30	12 (3 rz)	12 (1 tds)	128	30.8 (##3)
16	TEN	LeShaun Sims	87.3%	38	17 (3 rz)	12 (1 tds)	136	31.6 (##2)
17	CAR	James Bradberry	69.7%	26	9	4	37	7.7 (##51)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	TB	Vernon Hargreaves	100.0%	43	17 (3 rz)	16 (1 tds)	180	39.0 (##1)
2	CLE	Denzel Ward	96.6%	32	13 (4 rz)	12 (2 tds)	89	31.9 (##2)
3	ATL	Robert Alford	97.4%	49	10 (2 rz)	10	129	22.9 (##8)
4	NYG	Janoris Jenkins	92.4%	29	4 (2 rz)	4	47	8.7 (##61)
5	WAS	Josh Norman	80.3%	25	5 (1 rz)	4	74	11.4 (##38)
7	BAL	Jimmy Smith	91.3%	27	9 (2 rz)	7 (1 tds)	69	19.9 (##12)
8	MIN	Holton Hill	96.2%	23	6	5	81	13.1 (##27)
9	LA	Marcus Peters	91.4%	36	15 (1 rz)	12 (1 tds)	211	39.1 (##1)
10	CIN	William Jackson	63.5%	23	8 (5 rz)	8 (2 tds)	70	27.0 (##3)
11	PHI	Rasul Douglas	81.2%	29	4	4 (1 tds)	92	19.2 (##14)
12	ATL	Robert Alford	92.6%	22	6	4	38	7.8 (##53)
13	DAL	Byron Jones	100.0%	28	8 (1 rz)	5	40	9.0 (##47)
14	TB	Ryan Smith	95.1%	30	13 (3 rz)	11	98	20.8 (##11)
15	CAR	James Bradberry	97.0%	33	9 (1 rz)	7	49	11.9 (##26)
16	PIT	Joe Haden	94.9%	39	13 (3 rz)	11 (1 tds)	109	27.9 (##4)
17	CAR	James Bradberry	81.6%	19	7 (1 rz)	5	29	7.9 (##55)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	MIN	-	98.3%	36	8	5	45	9.5 (##42)
2	NE	-	96.8%	44	10 (2 rz)	5	89	13.9 (##20)
3	CAR	-	94.6%	29	8 (2 rz)	7 (1 tds)	87	21.7 (##13)
4	MIA	-	97.1%	38	11 (1 rz)	8 (1 tds)	89	22.9 (##4)
6	DET	-	82.4%	28	6	3	11	4.1 (##72)
7	GB	-	83.8%	36	11 (1 rz)	7	82	15.2 (##12)
8	CHI	-	89.7%	27	8	7	77	14.7 (##12)
9	TB	-	83.1%	26	11	8	65	14.5 (##21)
10	BUF	-	75.3%	23	10	9	117	20.7 (##10)
11	WAS	-	82.8%	41	11	6	91	15.1 (##18)
12	LA	-	87.8%	33	8 (1 rz)	5	52	10.2 (##38)
13	CAR	-	77.4%	31	9 (3 rz)	5 (1 tds)	70	18.0 (##12)
14	ATL	-	90.0%	33	14 (2 rz)	10 (1 tds)	117	27.7 (##4)
15	NYJ	-	90.6%	35	11 (4 rz)	9 (1 tds)	93	24.3 (##3)
16	ATL	-	64.4%	23	5	4	66	10.6 (##32)
17	TB	-	83.9%	30	8	6	94	15.4 (##20)

Week Wk	Opponent Opp	Primary Corner Primary Corner	Snap Share Snap Share	Routes Routes	Targets Targets	Receptions Receptions	Receiving Yards Receiving Yards	Fantasy Points Fantasy Points
1	OAK	-	82.8%	-	6 (0 rz)	6	58	11.8 (##43)
2	NYG	-	64.9%	-	5 (0 rz)	4	56	9.6 (##52)
3	ATL	-	93.5%	-	11 (4 rz)	7	71	20.1 (##14)
4	SD	-	80.0%	-	9 (2 rz)	4	44	14.4 (##21)
6	CAR	-	74.3%	-	5 (1 rz)	5	78	18.8 (##13)
7	KC	-	88.6%	-	13 (0 rz)	10	130	23.0 (##8)
8	SEA	-	87.1%	-	6 (0 rz)	6	63	12.3 (##34)
9	SF	-	88.9%	-	8 (2 rz)	5	73	24.3 (##5)
10	DEN	-	88.0%	-	6 (0 rz)	4	40	6.0 (##61)
11	CAR	-	87.0%	-	5 (1 rz)	5	68	11.8 (##31)
12	LA	-	72.5%	-	10 (1 rz)	9	108	31.8 (##2)
13	DET	-	94.6%	-	5 (0 rz)	4	42	8.2 (##53)
15	ARI	-	87.5%	-	10 (2 rz)	7	52	18.2 (##13)
16	TB	-	89.2%	-	8 (2 rz)	6	98	15.8 (##23)
17	ATL	-	90.4%	-	14 (4 rz)	10	156	31.6 (##1)

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Michael Thomas Injury History

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Dislocated toe

Week 3 (2022)

Ankle surgery rehabilitation

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Hamstring strain

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Hamstring strain

Week 7 (2020)

High ankle sprain

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Ankle strain

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Michael Thomas College Stats

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Year Year	Games Games	Receptions Recs	Receiving Yards Rec Yds	Target Share Tgt Share	Catch Rate Catch Rate	Receiving Touchdowns Rec TDs	Age Age	School School
2012	11 (WR)	3 (5 tgts)	22 (7.3 ypr)	1.8%	60.0%	0	19	Ohio State
2014	15 (WR)	54 (75 tgts)	799 (14.8 ypr)	18.3%	72.0%	9	21	Ohio State
2015	13 (WR)	56 (84 tgts)	781 (13.9 ypr)	25.9%	66.7%	9	22	Ohio State

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Who is Michael Thomas

Despite lackluster 4.57 (40th-percentile) 40 time, Michael Thomas found himself selected by the New Orleans Saints in the middle of the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft. As a rookie WR, he would become the 1A option in a Drew Brees’ passing offense, finishing with 92 receptions for 1137 yards and 9 touchdowns. Accomplishing this feat as a rookie is impressive, but to do that while playing alongside a 1100 yard second-year WR drafted in the first round the previous year in Brandin Cooks put Thomas on another level.

From his rookie season in 2016 to 2019, Thomas would finish top-7 each season in fantasy points per game. From 2017 to 2019, Thomas would finish inside the top-10 in targets and he would lead the league in receptions in back-to-back season in 2018 and 2019 (125 and 149, respectively). Tied to Drew Brees while the quarterback broke NFL records, Michael Thomas was impossible to knock off his pedestal as the top-drafted wide receiver in fantasy football.

Unfortunately for Thomas, Brees would be approaching retirement and the natural question would be, “how good is Thomas without the future hall-of-fame quarterback?” In Thomas’ last season with Brees in 2019, he would lead the league in receptions, yards (1725), Target Share (33.2-percent), Completed Air Yards (1175), Red Zone Target (26), and fantasy points per game (23.4).

Thomas had been blessed with excellent health in his NFL career up to this point too. Besides a minor ankle sprain suffered in the preseason of his rookie season in 2016, Thomas had no other documented injuries during his initial rookie contract. The wear and tear caught up to Thomas in 2020 when he ruptured his ankle deltoid ligament in Week 1. Since the injury, Thomas has played in seven total games. This includes opting for surgery late in the 2021 offseason that cost him the entire season. His 2020 season saw him finish with 40 receptions for 438 scoreless yards. Two years removed from being on top if the WR landscape, it’s fair to question how close can Thomas approach his glory years as he approaches his age-29 season.

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