Mike Thomas

#88 · WR · Southern Miss6′1″ · Chicago, IL

Mike Thomas: WR · Southern Miss · #88.

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Mike Thomas

WR · Southern Miss · #88

Beats you over the top. A two-star recruit with two seasons on the field at Southern Miss since. A game that shows it: 190 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Washington — Bowl, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Southern Miss in the news

Former WR arrested for murderSuperTalk Mississippi Media Oct 23

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Southern Miss	71	1,391	19.6	14	69
2014	Southern Miss	41	592	14.4	5	44
Career		112	1,983	17.7	19	69

Season	Team
2015	Southern Miss	311
2014	Southern Miss	625
Career		936

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-34vs Mississippi State	4	33	8.3	0	17	2 TD catches
Wk 3	W 56-50@ Texas State	2	27	13.5	0	14
Wk 4	L 28-36@ Nebraska	5	121	24.2	0	53
Wk 5	W 49-14vs North Texas	7	155	22.1	3	62	3 TD catches
Wk 6	L 10-31@ Marshall	7	109	15.6	1	31
Wk 7	W 32-10vs UTSA	5	103	20.6	1	47
Wk 8	W 44-10@ Charlotte	6	105	17.5	1	69
Wk 9	W 34-13vs UTEP	4	84	21.0	1	39
Wk 11	W 65-10@ Rice	5	126	25.2	2	51	2 TD catches
Wk 12	W 56-31vs Old Dominion	4	86	21.5	1	35
Wk 13	W 58-24@ Louisiana Tech	7	162	23.1	1	43	162-yard receiving day
Wk 14	L 28-45@ Western Kentucky	6	90	15.0	1	28
Bowl	L 31-44vs Washington	9	190	21.1	2	56
Total		71	1391	19.6	14	69

Signature game

Bowl · 2015

L 31-44

vs Washington · neutral site

9 rec · 190 yds · 2 TD

With T. Sarrazin — 22 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.0 · N. Mullens — 331 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.3

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Washington · 2nd and 23 · Q1 · EPA +6.72Nick Mullens pass complete to Michael Thomas for 56 yds for a TD, (Stephen Brauchle KICK)
Week 8 · Charlotte · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +6.41Nick Mullens pass complete to Michael Thomas for 69 yds for a TD, (Stephen Brauchle KICK)
Week 11 · Rice · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +5.87Nick Mullens pass complete to Michael Thomas for 50 yds for a TD, (Stephen Brauchle KICK)
Week 5 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.95Nick Mullens pass complete to Michael Thomas for 62 yds for a TD, (Parker Shaunfield KICK)
Week 13 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 20 · Q3 · EPA +4.76Nick Mullens pass complete to Michael Thomas for 43 yds to the LaTch 2 for a LOUISIANA TECH Penalty, roughing passer (Vernon Butler) to the LaTch 1 for a
Week 9 · UTEP · 3rd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.97Nick Mullens pass complete to Michael Thomas for 39 yds to the UTEP 32 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Rice · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Nick Mullens pass complete to Michael Thomas for 51 yds for a TD, (Stephen Brauchle KICK)
Week 6 · Marshall · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.73Nick Mullens pass complete to Michael Thomas for 31 yds to the Marsh 39 for a
Week 7 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.61Nick Mullens pass complete to Michael Thomas for 47 yds for a TD, (Stephen Brauchle KICK)
Week 1 · Washington · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.33Nick Mullens pass complete to Michael Thomas for 27 yds for a TD, (Stephen Brauchle KICK)

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Todd Monken — 12-14 over that span.

2014Southern Miss3-9HC: Todd Monken · Pass-leaning

2015Southern Miss9-5HC: Todd Monken · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#16 / 684 · 98th pct

25.7%

Yards / catch#17 / 684 · 98th pct

19.8

EPA / target#25 / 684 · 96th pct

0.99

TD rate#36 / 684 · 95th pct

11.9%

Catch rate#423 / 684 · 38th pct

64.2%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#5 / 521 · 99th pct

Rec yards#7 / 521 · 99th pct

1391

Yards / catch#22 / 521 · 96th pct

19.6

Receptions#40 / 521 · 92nd pct

Long catch#89 / 521 · 83rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

48th → 96th percentile

Explosive rate

67th → 98th percentile

Catch rate

38th → 38th percentile

TD rate

82nd → 95th percentile

Yards / catch

77th → 98th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.8	92.2	18.7	1.2
Road7g	5.4	106	19.2	0.9

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	105	17.9	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	109	20.6	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Todd Monken

Pass share

51.9%

531 pass / 492 run

Plays / game

73.1

14 games

Team sack rate

4.6%

565 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Impact starter

71 catches in 13 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Mike Thomas

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Two seasons at Southern Miss, drafted

Moves

2014 12 games

2016