Brian Thomas

Brian Thomas finished 2025 as the number 42 wide receiver in total PPR scoring and the number 45 in PPR per game. After a rookie year that had him pegged as a top-shelf fantasy asset, this season got muffed. Thomas played 14 games and never found the rhythm with Trevor Lawrence that managers drafted him for. The Jaguars went 13-and-4 and won the AFC South — but Thomas wasn't the engine. Parker Washington led the team in receiving with 58 catches for 847 yards. Thomas was a piece, not the centerpiece, and that's the whole fantasy story.

Now let's dig into the numbers. Thomas turned 91 targets into 48 catches for 707 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns across 14 games, adding a rushing score for good measure. The volume was there — a 19 percent average target share and a 32 percent average air yards share say the offense kept designing shots his way. The conversion didn't follow. A 53 percent catch rate, and just 2 receiving touchdowns on a team where Lawrence threw 29 of them — that's the line that sinks the ranking. The week-to-week was boom-or-bust, with bust winning most Sundays. Thomas averaged 9.9 PPR per game, topped 17 points exactly twice — a 23-point game against the Seahawks and a 17-point game against the Jets — and finished single digits in eight of his 14 outings, including a 3.8 against Denver and a 4.8 against Tennessee. Floor problem and ceiling problem at the same time.

The play that captures the year came in Week 9 at Las Vegas. Third and 11, fourth quarter, Jaguars down 13 to 16, ball on their own 25. Lawrence found Thomas on a short right route, and Thomas turned it into a 34-yard catch-and-run that flipped the field — 15 air yards, 19 after the catch, and a Jaguars win in overtime. He was also injured on the play. That's the season in one snapshot: the talent to break a game open is still in there, the chemistry on third down still flashes — and then the durability question writes itself.