Ian Thomas

TE · CAR/LV · 2018–2026

Born June 6, 1996 · College Indiana; Nassau CC · Drafted 2018, round 4, pick 101 (CAR) · 6-3, 253 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2018	CAR	10	49	36	333	2	73.5	−0.021	+0.151−0.015 to +0.317	13.9	6.2	−1.0	+0.01
2019	CAR	9	30	16	136	1	53.3	−0.130	+0.109−0.066 to +0.283	8.2	6.8	−3.9	−0.02
2020	CAR	13	31	20	145	1	64.5	−0.177	+0.093−0.081 to +0.267	7.3	6.3	−5.5	−0.05
2021	CAR	14	30	18	188	0	60.0	−0.526	+0.005−0.170 to +0.179	6.4	6.1	−15.8	−0.35
2022	CAR	13	30	21	197	0	70.0	+0.134	+0.114−0.061 to +0.289	8.5	2.3	+4.0	+0.11
2023	CAR	7	9	5	56	0	55.6	−0.853	+0.048−0.138 to +0.234	4.1	8.7	−7.7	−0.11
2024	CAR	3	6	3	7	0	50.0	−0.854	+0.097−0.091 to +0.285	7.6	4.0	−5.1	−0.12
2025	LV	8	13	13	114	0	100.0	+0.390	+0.179−0.005 to +0.363	5.2	3.2	+5.1	+0.08
2026	LV	4	5	5	60	1	100.0	+1.542	+0.206+0.017 to +0.395	3.2	5.0	+7.7	+0.13
Career	LV	81	203	137	1,236	5	67.5	−0.109		7.6	5.5	−22.2	−0.32

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2018	CAR	10	1
2020	CAR	13	1
2021	CAR	14	1
2022	CAR	13	1
2023	CAR	7	1
2025	LV	8	1
Career	LV	81	6

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2018	CAR	15	514	52.5	–	–
2019	CAR	16	299	27.1	–	–
2020	CAR	16	665	65.1	–	–
2021	CAR	17	690	60.8	–	–
2022	CAR	17	555	55.2	–	–
2023	CAR	12	215	26.5	–	–
2024	CAR	5	92	32.9	–	–
2025	LV	15	314	35.4	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	30	86.7	2	7.7	0	–
2023	9	66.7	0	0.0	1	0.0
2024	6	66.7	0	0.0	0	–
2025	13	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0
2026	5	100.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (4 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2026-09-20	@ LAC	W 26–14	1	1	11	0	+0.7
4	2026-10-04	vs KC	L 27–30	2	2	32	1	+3.6
5	2026-10-11	@ NE	L 17–45	1	1	9	0	+1.5
7	2026-10-25	vs LA	L 21–35	1	1	8	0	+1.9

2025 game log (8 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2025-09-28	vs CHI	L 24–25	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2025-10-05	@ IND	L 6–40	3	3	20	+1.2	0
6	2025-10-12	vs TEN	W 20–10	1	1	4	−1.3	0
9	2025-11-02	vs JAX	L 29–30 OT	1	1	9	+0.6	0
11	2025-11-17	vs DAL	L 16–33	1	1	20	+1.3	0
12	2025-11-23	vs CLE	L 10–24	4	4	36	+0.8	0
13	2025-11-30	@ LAC	L 14–31	1	1	8	+0.5	0
14	2025-12-07	vs DEN	L 17–24	2	2	17	+1.9	0

2024 game log (3 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
6	2024-10-13	vs ATL	L 20–38	3	0	0	−5.0
7	2024-10-20	@ WAS	L 7–40	2	2	4	+0.2
10	2024-11-10	vs NYG	W 20–17 OT	1	1	3	−0.3

2023 game log (7 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2023-09-24	@ SEA	L 27–37	1	1	8	−0.5	0
4	2023-10-01	vs MIN	L 13–21	1	0	0	−0.9	0
5	2023-10-08	@ DET	L 24–42	2	1	28	−4.5	0
12	2023-11-26	@ TEN	L 10–17	1	1	9	+0.9	1
13	2023-12-03	@ TB	L 18–21	1	1	6	+0.3	0
17	2023-12-31	@ JAX	L 0–26	1	0	0	−1.6	0
18	2024-01-07	vs TB	L 0–9	2	1	5	−1.3	0

2022 game log (13 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs CLE	L 24–26	3	2	53	+4.0	0
2	2022-09-18	@ NYG	L 16–19	3	1	13	+0.3	0
3	2022-09-25	vs NO	W 22–14	3	2	13	+0.1	1
4	2022-10-02	vs ARI	L 16–26	3	1	6	−2.1	0
5	2022-10-09	vs SF	L 15–37	2	2	8	−0.2	0
6	2022-10-16	@ LA	L 10–24	2	2	22	+1.0	0
7	2022-10-23	vs TB	W 21–3	1	1	3	−0.4	0
8	2022-10-30	@ ATL	L 34–37 OT	1	1	2	−0.5	0
11	2022-11-20	@ BAL	L 3–13	4	3	24	−0.6	0
12	2022-11-27	vs DEN	W 23–10	2	2	21	+1.7	0
14	2022-12-11	@ SEA	W 30–24	2	2	11	+0.6	0
16	2022-12-24	vs DET	W 37–23	3	1	12	−0.7	0
17	2023-01-01	@ TB	L 24–30	1	1	9	+0.7	0

2021 game log (14 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs NYJ	W 19–14	2	1	17	+1.3	0
2	2021-09-19	vs NO	W 26–7	2	1	7	−0.2	0
4	2021-10-03	@ DAL	L 28–36	3	3	15	−0.2	0
5	2021-10-10	vs PHI	L 18–21	5	4	40	+1.7	0
6	2021-10-17	vs MIN	L 28–34 OT	2	1	41	+2.5	0
7	2021-10-24	@ NYG	L 3–25	2	0	0	−4.6	0
8	2021-10-31	@ ATL	W 19–13	1	1	10	−0.2	0
9	2021-11-07	vs NE	L 6–24	2	1	9	−11.0	0
11	2021-11-21	vs WAS	L 21–27	1	1	7	+0.2	0
12	2021-11-28	@ MIA	L 10–33	3	0	0	−4.8	1
14	2021-12-12	vs ATL	L 21–29	2	0	0	−2.0	0
15	2021-12-19	@ BUF	L 14–31	1	1	5	−0.4	0
16	2021-12-26	vs TB	L 6–32	1	1	4	−0.3	0
17	2022-01-02	@ NO	L 10–18	3	3	33	+2.3	0

2020 game log (13 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs LV	L 30–34	2	2	16	0	+1.0	0
3	2020-09-27	@ LAC	W 21–16	2	1	9	0	+0.8	0
4	2020-10-04	vs ARI	W 31–21	5	2	5	1	−4.1	0
5	2020-10-11	@ ATL	W 23–16	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
6	2020-10-18	vs CHI	L 16–23	1	1	9	0	−0.1	0
7	2020-10-25	@ NO	L 24–27	1	1	11	0	+1.5	0
8	2020-10-29	vs ATL	L 17–25	3	3	28	0	+1.2	0
9	2020-11-08	@ KC	L 31–33	2	1	8	0	+0.2	0
10	2020-11-15	vs TB	L 23–46	1	1	7	0	+1.3	0
12	2020-11-29	@ MIN	L 27–28	2	1	4	0	−1.0	0
14	2020-12-13	vs DEN	L 27–32	4	3	20	0	−1.3	0
15	2020-12-19	@ GB	L 16–24	4	3	29	0	+3.1	0
17	2021-01-03	vs NO	L 7–33	3	1	-1	0	−7.3	1

2019 game log (9 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2019-09-08	vs LA	L 27–30	1	0	0	0	−0.5
8	2019-10-27	@ SF	L 13–51	1	0	0	0	−1.2
11	2019-11-17	vs ATL	L 3–29	1	0	0	0	−0.4
12	2019-11-24	@ NO	L 31–34	2	1	4	0	−0.7
13	2019-12-01	vs WAS	L 21–29	4	4	24	0	+1.4
14	2019-12-08	@ ATL	L 20–40	10	5	57	1	−2.3
15	2019-12-15	vs SEA	L 24–30	3	2	23	0	+1.4
16	2019-12-22	@ IND	L 6–38	3	3	16	0	+0.3
17	2019-12-29	vs NO	L 10–42	5	1	12	0	−1.9

2018 game log (10 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs DAL	W 16–8	2	2	4	0	−1.3	1
2	2018-09-16	@ ATL	L 24–31	3	2	10	0	+0.1	0
3	2018-09-23	vs CIN	W 31–21	5	3	20	0	−1.8	0
5	2018-10-07	vs NYG	W 33–31	6	3	38	0	−9.1	0
8	2018-10-28	vs BAL	W 36–21	1	1	15	0	+0.8	0
13	2018-12-02	@ TB	L 17–24	5	5	46	0	+1.3	0
14	2018-12-09	@ CLE	L 20–26	11	9	77	0	+3.6	0
15	2018-12-17	vs NO	L 9–12	4	2	14	0	−2.5	0
16	2018-12-23	vs ATL	L 10–24	5	4	48	1	+3.9	0
17	2018-12-30	@ NO	W 33–14	7	5	61	1	+4.2	0