Once considered a fringe college prospect, the Saints' Michael Thomas has distinguished himself among NFL wide receivers. As a junior wide receiver in Southern California, Thomas barely had seen the football field for Taft. Thomas has turned doubts into fuel for his immense capacity for work, and the work has turned him into perhaps the best wide receiver in the NFL. I think he’s the best receiver right now.”Thomas’s absurd catch rate owes first to his hands, strengthened by years of squeezing. Thomas became Ohio State’s best wide receiver, but he never gained 800 yards or caught 60 passes in a season.

Source: Washington Post January 19, 2019 12:11 UTC