De'Anthony Thomas in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: BoboMejor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Oregon, 2011–⁠13

De’Anthony Thomas

Number
No. 6
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA
Born
Jan 5, 1993, in Los Angeles, California

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De’Anthony Thomas played running back at Oregon (2011–⁠13). The Kansas City Chiefs took Thomas in round 4, No. 124 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
701
Rushing yards, 2012 (Oregon, 12–⁠1)
Drafted
No. 124
Round 4, 2014 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Career highs

155rushing yards, career highvs. Wisconsin, 20113rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Virginia, 201310catches, career highvs. Oregon State, 2011114receiving yards, career highvs. California, 20112receiving touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Arkansas State, 2012

Honors

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2011

All-America: Scout.com second team 2011 and 2012

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011*Oregon5559510.8791
2012Oregon927017.61159
2013Oregon965946.2840
Career2431,8907.82691

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2011*Oregon3698323520
2012Oregon163891132221
2013Oregon215131–––
Career731,8854162741

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011*Oregon4660513.2969
2012Oregon454459.9549
2013Oregon2224611.2128
Career1131,29611.51569

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Oregon6RB
2012Oregon6RB
2013Oregon6RB5′9″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Oregon1090.2897th (n=226)0.0730.318%0.07

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Oregon 10 games, 594 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.NichollsW 66–⁠3181282–––
Sep 7atVirginiaW 59–⁠10111243231–
Sep 14vs.TennesseeW 59–⁠1413861258–
Sep 28vs.CaliforniaW 55–⁠16–––127–
Oct 26vs.UCLAW 42–⁠1410311–––
Nov 7atStanfordL 20–⁠266300253–
Nov 16vs.UtahW 44–⁠2141102119–
Nov 23atArizonaL 16–⁠4216830570–
Nov 29vs.Oregon StateW 36–⁠35158816130–
Dec 30 ✦vs.TexasW 30–⁠73130125–
2012 Oregon 13 games, 701 rushing yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.Arkansas StateW 57–⁠343641––1
Sep 8vs.Fresno StateW 42–⁠2571022––2
Sep 15vs.Tennessee TechW 63–⁠143621––4
Sep 22vs.ArizonaW 49–⁠012480––1
Sep 29atWashington StateW 51–⁠2662614532
Oct 6vs.WashingtonW 52–⁠2110751235–
Oct 18atArizona StateW 43–⁠2112250–––
Oct 27vs.ColoradoW 70–⁠145971––2
Nov 3atUSCW 62–⁠51390368–
Nov 10atCaliforniaW 59–⁠175130126–
Nov 17vs.StanfordL 14–⁠1774312261
Nov 24atOregon StateW 48–⁠24171223261–
Jan 3 ✦vs.Kansas StateW 35–⁠1721502120–
2011 Oregon 14 games, 595 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.LSUL 27–⁠404221253–
Sep 10vs.NevadaW 69–⁠208810330–
Sep 17vs.Missouri StateW 56–⁠7106701352
Sep 24atArizonaW 56–⁠311302451
Oct 6vs.CaliforniaW 43–⁠152181237–
Oct 15vs.Arizona StateW 41–⁠2777325106–
Oct 22atColoradoW 45–⁠24500–––
Oct 29vs.Washington StateW 43–⁠2842605182–
Nov 5atWashingtonW 34–⁠17191285–
Nov 12atStanfordW 53–⁠305170483–
Nov 19vs.USCL 35–⁠383303162–
Nov 26vs.Oregon StateW 49–⁠214710240–
Dec 2vs.UCLAW 49–⁠31––––––
Jan 2 ✦vs.WisconsinW 45–⁠38215525125–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height5′8⅝″
Weight174 lb
Arm length29⅞″
Hand size8⅛″
40-yard dash4.50 s
10-yard split1.55 sW
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump10′4″
Bench press8 reps
3-cone drill6.94 s
20-yard shuttle4.23 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 65 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2014Kansas City Chiefs1214113123156
2015Kansas City Chiefs10934117140
2016Kansas City Chiefs104290735
2017Kansas City Chiefs1414014143
2018Kansas City Chiefs5160329
2019Baltimore Ravens1425016
NFL career6531191265509

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2022CFLBC Lions *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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