ESPN released its list of second-year breakout candidates heading into the 2021 NFL season, and Andrew Thomas of the New York Giants cracks the list at 11. The fourth overall selection in the 2020 NFL Draft had a tumultuous season that was almost night and day. ESPN reiterates that point in the blurb written about Thomas:
“It was a tale of two seasons for Thomas, whose head was spinning after the first few weeks of his rookie campaign. Only one tackle recorded a worse pass-blocking grade through Week 7 than Thomas, who sat at an abysmal 45.