Free agent wide receiver Michael Thomas, who spent the past eight seasons with the New Orleans Saints, continues to search for a new home in the NFL.
If Thomas signs with a team sometime next week, he will not be eligible to take the field during the NFL's opening week. The league determined that the two-time All-Pro violated the NFL's personal conduct policy in November.
Thomas was arrested in November 2023 in Kenner, Louisiana, after a confrontation with a construction worker. He was subsequently accepted into a pretrial diversion program.
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New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas during a game against the Houston Texans at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on August 27, 2023. (Stephen Lew/USA Today Sports)
In Kenner, pretrial diversion is essentially a six-month probationary period for first-time offenders, Kenner spokeswoman Valerie Brolin said in March. In addition to avoiding subsequent arrests while in the program, defendants may also have to attend classes, undergo treatment and pay fines.
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The construction worker told police that Thomas began yelling at him for parking in front of his home on Nov. 10 and allegedly “verbally threatened to harm him.”
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas warms up before a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on September 18, 2022. (Stephen Lew/USA Today Sports)
Thomas picked up a brick and threw it at the window of a truck, but caused “little damage,” the worker told police. Thomas then grabbed the victim's phone from his hand, pushed him and told him he didn't want to be recorded, police said.
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas runs during training camp at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie, Louisiana, on July 28, 2022. (Stephen Lew/USA Today Sports)
The Saints selected Thomas in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He finished his rookie campaign with 1,137 receiving yards and nine touchdowns.
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He finished each of his first four seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards. He was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year after recording a league-high 1,725 receiving yards in 2019.
But Thomas's last four seasons have been marred by injuries. Thomas missed the entire 2021 season due to an ankle injury and appeared in just 20 games from 2020-23.
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