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ZAVION THOMAS 2024 PROFILE


By LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN

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Transferring from Mississippi State, WR Zavion Thomas became LSU's second transfer of the "off-season", carrying explosive potential in the receiving or return game.

Returning back home was a major pull for Thomas, especially with WRs Coach Cortez Hankton selling him on their recent ability to turn Louisiana-born "prodigal sons" into successful Tigers: to name a few, Kelly and his staff brought home Logan Diggs, Greg Brooks Jr, Jarrick Bernard-Converse, and while disappointing across his limited action debut season, WR Aaron Anderson holds all the tools to be another special talent at WRU.

Over 11 games last fall for Miss St, the former John Ehret High standout caught 40 passes from 58 targets for 502 yards & 1 single receiving TD; Thomas put up 224 yards after catch, dropped 3 passes, made 5 contested grabs from 9 total contested targets, hauling in a season-long gain of 35 yards, made 12 defenders miss tackles, earned 25 first downs, fumbled the ball once, and stamped an NFL Rating of 87.0....all pretty lukewarm production within a pisspoor offense on a terrible team....but there's more to the story:

Zavion shined more as a returner, scoring a punt return and a kick return (tackled by Emery Jones Jr last season before scoring another), registering 365 punt return & 297 kick return yards (662 total return yards from 39 total return attempts, averaging 16.97 per return).

Still raw, Thomas could be boom or bust, although I hear he's "in a new mindset", specifically after "leaving Miss St and watching offers come in" but also "watching LSU's 2023 offense got him excited"....just like Aaron Anderson, the Louisiana-born Thomas could experience a few growing pains, but the skill set to do something special as a returner, or contributing receiver are there for all to see.

Zavion Thomas was a 4 star-rated prospect out of Marrero's John Ehret High and this was his second trip into the portal, entering back in December of 2022 before deciding to stay at Miss State.

Thomas could very well be the return game skeleton key the Tigers have been unable to find since the final two seasons of Ed Orgeron's tenure and into the first pair of campaigns under Brian Kelly; however, expectations towards Zavion becoming LSU's #1 receiver for 2024 immediately upon arrival should be calmed for now.


By LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN

©️ 2023 Uninterrupted Writings Inc

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BayouTigerGal
BayouTigerGal
28 déc. 2023

I’m so happy to see Savion will be in P&G in 2024!

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