Andrew Thomas

Has played in 61 regular-season games with 60 starts and started both postseason games in which he played at left tackle.

HONORS

• Second-team All-Pro: 2022

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Has played in 61 regular-season games with 60 starts and started both postseason games in which he played at left tackle.
• In 2024, started the season's first six games at left tackle…Suffered a Lisfranc injury vs. Cincinnati (10/13/24) and underwent surgery…Was placed on season-ending injured reserve on 10/16/24.
• In 2023, started all 10 games in which he played at left tackle…Sustained a hamstring injury vs. Dallas (9/17/23) and was inactive the next seven games…Returned to action at Las Vegas (11/5/23), started the season's final nine games, and did not miss a snap in the last seven games.
• In 2022, started each of the first 16 games…Inactive with numerous other starters at Philadelphia (1/8/22)…Selected second-team All-Pro...Started at left tackle in the NFC Wild Card Game at Minnesota (1/15/23) and divisional round at Philadelphia (1/21/23)…Key member of an offensive line that helped the Giants finish 4th in the NFL in rushing yardage with an average of 148.2 yards a game and 5th with 4.8 yards a carry, and was instrumental in Saquon Barkley rushing for a career-high 1,312 yards.
• In 2021, Thomas started all 13 games in which he played at left tackle…Played 100% of the offensive snaps in each of the first four games…Part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack at New Orleans (10/3/21) and helped average the 4th-most yards per play (8.08) by a Giants team since the merger…Played in 29 offensive snaps the Rams (10/17/21) before suffering an ankle injury and spent the next three weeks on injured reserve…Started the next seven games at left tackle and he did not allow a sack during that span.
• As a rookie in 2020, Thomas played in all 16 games with 15 starts at left tackle…Thomas played 976 of the team's offensive snaps (96.4%)…The offensive line helped the Giants exceed 100 rushing yards in seven consecutive games from Oct. 18 - Dec. 6, their longest streak since they hit the century mark in nine straight games in 2010.

NOTES TO KNOW

• Against Tampa Bay on 11/22/21, caught a 2-yard touchdown pass to become the first Giants offensive lineman in the Super Bowl era to record a touchdown reception…Was one of six NFL offensive linemen in the 2021 regular season to catch a touchdown.
• Thomas also caught a pass and successfully scored on a 2-point conversion at Dallas (10/11/20)…Thomas was the first player in NFL history whose listed position is on the offensive line to score on a 2-point conversion (which were instituted in 1994).
• Thomas was the highest-drafted offensive lineman by the Giants since Ohio State's John Hicks was selected 3rd overall in 1974.

COLLEGE

• Started all 41 games in which he played in three seasons at Georgia – 15 at right tackle as a true freshman in 2017 and 13 at left tackle in both 2018 and 2019…Two-time first-team All-SEC (2018-19)…Freshman All-America…Second-team All-America in 2018, first-team All-America in 2019…A key player on Georgia teams that won 11 or more games in three straight seasons, won three consecutive SEC Eastern Division titles, and played in New Year's Six Bowl games three years in a row (2018 Rose, 2019 Allstate Sugar, 2020 Allstate Sugar)…Entered the NFL Draft after his junior season.
• As a junior in 2019, started at left tackle in all 13 games in which he played…Walter Camp first-team All-America…Winner of the SEC's Jacobs Blocking Trophy, UGA's first recipient of the award in 21 years...Named one of four permanent team captains...Co-winner of Vince Dooley Offensive MVP, given at team's post-season awards gala...All-SEC first-team selection by the league's coaches and the AP...Semifinalist for the 2019 Outland Trophy.
• In 2018, started all 13 games in which he played…Named 2018 SI.com first-team All-America and Associated Press & Walter Camp second-team...Coaches All-SEC first-team and Associated Press All-SEC second-team.
• As a true freshman in 2017, joined the first team early in preseason camp and started all 15 games at right tackle, including the national championship game vs. Alabama.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY

• Named an NFLPA Community MVP for renting out a movie theater for children from New City Kids and Boys and Girls Club of Newark to watch the movie "IF"… Visited New City Kids in Jersey City to play musical instruments and learn about this after-school faith-based program sending 99% of their inner-city high school seniors to college… Hosted his annual youth football camp in Dekalk County, Ga.… Helped honor the firefighters who gave their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, with a visit to Engine 15, Ladder 18, Battalion 4 where they learned about the firefighters who passed away and spent time and shared a meal with firefighters… Hosted 50 children from the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund who are experiencing cancer for a holiday shopping spree… After the team practice in Germany prior to the Sunday game, met with the 120 students that participated in the NFL Flag clinic… Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants.

PERSONAL

• Hometown is Lithonia, GA…Studied business at Georgia.
• Starred at Pace Academy in Atlanta…Selected to represent the East in the 2017 U.S. Army All-America Bowl…Was a four-star prospect and consensus top-50 recruit…Named to Atlanta Journal-Constitution's 2016 Super 11 team in Georgia and Class AAA All-State offense…In 2015, helped Pace Academy to a 14-2 record and the Class AAA State Championship...Played both offensive tackle and defensive line, recording 59 tackles his senior season.
• Also played baseball and basketball and was a member of the school's concert band (plays the drums and piano).

MAIN TRANSACTIONS

• Originally a 1st-round (4th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2020.