Brian Thomas Jr.
2025 Season Outlooks
Three. That's the number of wide receivers selected before Thomas in the 2024 draft and it's also the number of wide receivers who outscored him in fantasy during his rookie season. The LSU product finished in the top 5 among receivers in both yards and TDs despite ranking 29th in routes and 19th in targets. Thomas' volume will need to increase in Year 2 in order to sustain WR1 fantasy production and, while it's reasonable to expect that boost, it's worth noting he had six 10-plus target games with backup Mac Jones (22.9 fantasy PPG those six weeks) but zero with starter Trevor Lawrence (14.4). The bottom line is Thomas appears to be the real deal and, even with Travis Hunter added to the mix, he has a path to a massive target share in a Liam Coen scheme that was extremely generous to Tampa Bay's wide receivers. Thomas is a good back-end WR1 target.
Thomas gained at least 13 PPR points in each of his final seven games and an average of 21.5 points. This was third behind only Ja’Marr Chase and Puka Nacua. He played at least 84% of snaps in all but one of those games.
His 3.12 yards per route run out of the slot were the most for any wide receiver with at least 100 slot snaps last season.
New head coach Liam Coen has had a lot of fantasy success with his slot receivers. In 2022, Cooper Kupp only played nine games, but in those games, he led the league in fantasy points per game at 22.4. Kupp lined up in the backfield or the slot for 53.1% of his snaps. In 2024, Chris Godwin played seven games, and in that time, he averaged 19.7 PPR points per game. Godwin lined up in the slot on 61.7% of his snaps.
2025 Fantasy Football Rankings
Standard
#15
PPR
#14
Half-PPR
#17
Superflex
#21
2025 Fantasy Football Draft Projections
| Rush Yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | 91.3 | 1298.6 | 7.7 |
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2025 Average Draft Position (ADP)
Standard
#14
Pick 2.02
PPR
#15
Pick 2.03
Half-PPR
#15
Pick 2.03
Superflex
#20
Pick 2.08
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