Mike Thomas

WR · LA/CIN · 2016–2022

Born August 16, 1994 · College Southern Mississippi; Dodge City CC; College of DuPage · Drafted 2016, round 6, pick 206 (LA) · 6-1, 197 lb

EPA per target by season

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

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2020	CIN	11	1	1	0	1.00	−0.443		0.0	−0.4	−0.00

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2016	LA	8	9	3	37	0	33.3	−0.386	−0.056−0.243 to +0.132	3.3	12.6	−3.5	−0.04
2017	LA	4	7	5	93	0	71.4	+0.312	−0.056−0.245 to +0.132	5.3	14.7	+2.2	−0.03
2019	LA	4	5	2	14	0	40.0	+0.170	+0.022−0.168 to +0.212	3.6	10.4	+0.8	−0.04
2020	CIN	11	21	13	132	1	61.9	−0.313	+0.102−0.081 to +0.284	4.9	8.6	−6.6	+0.30
2021	CIN	7	11	5	52	0	45.5	−0.245	−0.009−0.195 to +0.178	5.6	9.9	−2.7	−0.02
2021 playoffs	CIN	2	1	1	17	0	100.0	+0.595		1.5	9.0	+0.6	+0.02
2022	CIN	4	10	2	38	0	20.0	−0.494	−0.046−0.233 to +0.141	6.3	12.2	−4.9	−0.30
Career	CIN	38	63	30	366	1	47.6	−0.233		4.7	10.8	−14.6	−0.13

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	Forced fumbles
2016	LA	8	6	1
2017	LA	4	1	0
2019	LA	4	2	0
2020	CIN	11	2	0
2021	CIN	7	3	1
2021 playoffs	CIN	2	3	0
2022	CIN	4	1	0
Career	CIN	38	15	2

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
2016	LA	14	107	12.2	–	–
2017	LA	8	100	20.3	–	–
2019	LA	7	38	7.7	–	–
2020	CIN	14	225	23.7	–	–
2021	CIN	12	140	19.1	–	–
2021 playoffs	CIN	3	12	6.4	–	–
2022	CIN	10	196	29.4	–	–

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	10	50.0	0	0.0	1	0.0

Game logs

2022 game log (4 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs PIT	L 20–23 OT	5	1	5	−2.7	0
5	2022-10-09	@ BAL	L 17–19	3	1	33	+1.3	0
8	2022-10-31	@ CLE	L 13–32	1	0	0	−0.8	1
11	2022-11-20	@ PIT	W 37–30	1	0	0	−2.7	0

2021 game log (9 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs MIN	W 27–24 OT	3	1	5	−2.6	0
3	2021-09-26	@ PIT	W 24–10	1	1	19	+1.2	0
4	2021-09-30	vs JAX	W 24–21	1	1	0	−0.9	0
9	2021-11-07	vs CLE	L 16–41	1	1	16	+1.4	1
11	2021-11-21	@ LV	W 32–13	1	1	12	+1.4	0
12	2021-11-28	vs PIT	W 41–10	1	0	0	−1.1	1
18	2022-01-09	@ CLE	L 16–21	3	0	0	−2.1	1
P19	2022-01-15	vs LV	W 26–19	0	0	0	0.0	1
P22	2022-02-13	vs LA	L 20–23	1	1	17	+0.6	2

2020 game log (11 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs LAC	L 13–16	0	0	0.0	3	2	17	0	−0.2	0
2	2020-09-17	@ CLE	L 30–35	0	0	0.0	4	4	31	1	+2.9	0
3	2020-09-27	@ PHI	T 23–23 OT	0	0	0.0	2	2	9	0	−0.3	0
4	2020-10-04	vs JAX	W 33–25	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	0	+0.0	0
5	2020-10-11	@ BAL	L 3–27	1	1	−0.4	1	1	6	0	−9.3	0
6	2020-10-18	@ IND	L 27–31	0	0	0.0	3	1	10	0	−0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	vs CLE	L 34–37	0	0	0.0	3	2	54	0	+4.8	0
10	2020-11-15	@ PIT	L 10–36	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−2.0	0
13	2020-12-06	@ MIA	L 7–19	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2020-12-13	vs DAL	L 7–30	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5	1
16	2020-12-27	@ HOU	W 37–31	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.9	0

2019 game log (4 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
8	2019-10-27	vs CIN	W 24–10	1	0	0	−0.7	0
10	2019-11-10	@ PIT	L 12–17	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2019-11-17	vs CHI	W 17–7	3	1	9	−1.3	0
15	2019-12-15	@ DAL	L 21–44	1	1	5	+2.9	1

2017 game log (4 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
11	2017-11-19	@ MIN	L 7–24	1	1	12	+1.0	0
14	2017-12-10	vs PHI	L 35–43	1	1	6	+0.3	1
16	2017-12-24	@ TEN	W 27–23	1	0	0	−3.4	0
17	2017-12-31	vs SF	L 13–34	4	3	75	+4.3	0

2016 game log (8 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2016-09-25	@ TB	W 37–32	1	0	0	−0.8	0
5	2016-10-09	vs BUF	L 19–30	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2016-10-23	vs NYG	L 10–17	1	0	0	−0.5	0
10	2016-11-13	@ NYJ	W 9–6	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2016-12-04	@ NE	L 10–26	1	0	0	−0.7	3
14	2016-12-11	vs ATL	L 14–42	1	1	16	+1.0	0
15	2016-12-15	@ SEA	L 3–24	4	1	6	−3.9	0
17	2017-01-01	vs ARI	L 6–44	1	1	15	+1.5	1