UGA Football OL Andrew Thomas Earns MASSIVE Contract with NY Giants
ATHENS - Former UGA Football offensive lineman Andrew Thomas is getting PAID.
The former Bulldog and 2017 SEC champion signed a massive 5-year, $117.5 million extension that includes an offensive-lineman record $67M fully guaranteed at signing, keeping him with the New York Giants through the 2029 season.
The deal was made through John Thornton and Roc Nation Sports.
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Thomas has been one of the most consistent offensive tackles in the league and helped the Giants improve to 9-7-1 last year after a miserable 4-13 season in 2021. The No. 4 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, Thomas was a Second-Team All-Pro selection in 2022. The Lithonia native and former Pace Academy (GA) standout dominated on the left side in New York last year, helping quarterback Daniel Jones improve more and more each season.
Thomas was a former high four-star prospect in Georgia’s impressive 2017 class, starting at right tackle for the Bulldogs in 2017 before moving to left tackle for his final two seasons in Athens. He entered the NFL Draft after his junior season and was the first offensive tackle selected in an outstanding 2020 draft class. The Giants made the right pick that night, and now they have their premier left tackle locked in until 2029.
According to FanDuel, the Giants NFL odds of making the 2023 NFL Playoffs stand at +172.
2019:
Walter Camp All-America 1st Team...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 1st Team by Coaches and Associated Press...a key player on Georgia teams that won 11 or more games three straight seasons, won three straight SEC Eastern Division titles, and played in three straight New Year’s Six Bowl game (2018 Rose, 2019 Allstate Sugar, 2020 Allstate Sugar)...started at left tackle in all 13 games in which he played...Semifinalist for the 2019 Outland Trophy...Outland Trophy National Player of the Month for October...twice named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week this season: after wins over Vanderbilt (Aug. 31) and Florida (Nov. 2)...Mid-Season All-American by The Sporting News, CBS Sports, Athlon, ESPN.com and Associated Press...played every offensive snap in six games: Notre Dame, South Carolina, Kentucky, Florida, Auburn and Texas A&M...played over 95 percent of snaps in three others: Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Missouri...named one of three team captains for Murray State, Tennessee and Georgia Tech games...Outland Trophy Watch List...Sports Illustrated Preseason All-America First Team...CBS Sports Preseason All-America First Team...Athlon Sports Preseason All-America First Team Offense...Sporting News Preseason All-America Second Team...All-SEC First Team Offense by media.
2018:
2018 SI.com All-America First Team...2018 Associated Press & Walter Camp All-America Second Team...2018 Coaches All-SEC First Team...2018 Associated Press All-SEC Second Team...Started at LT in all games (13) in which he played...earned SEC Offensive Line Co-Player of the Week honors after Georgia’s win at Kentucky, against which the Bulldogs racked up a then-season-high 331 rushing yards...left South Carolina game early in 3rd quarter with an injury and missed the subsequent contest vs. MTSU...still managed to play in 72 percent of the Bulldogs’ offensive plays vs. SEC teams...selected as one of three game captains vs. Vanderbilt, Auburn and Georgia Tech....was selected as the student-athlete speaker at the Bulldogs’ new West End Zone dedication in August...one of two players to win Offensive Up Front award at team's post-season awards gala.
2017:
Named to Freshman All-America Teams by ESPN, USA Today and the Football Writers Association of America...played in all 15 games, making 15 starts as a true freshman at right tackle...one of three offensive Newcomers of the Year, given at team's post-season awards gala...earned his first-team status from early days of pre-season camp.
High School: Pace Academy, coached by Chris Slade…Selected to represent the East in the 2017 U.S. Army All-America Bowl…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #37 player nationally on the Top 150 Dream Team…ESPN.com four-star prospect, #40 player nationally, #7 OT nationally, #5 player in the state of Georgia...247Sports.com four-star prospect, #42 player nationally, #9 OT nationally, #4 player in the state of Georgia…Rivals.com four-star prospect, #88 player nationally, #10 OT nationally, #10 player in the state of Georgia…Scout four-star prospect, #55 player nationally, #9 OT nationally…2016 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11 in Georgia and Class AAA All-State offense…Helped Pace Academy to a 14-2 record in 2015, winning the Class AAA State Championship...played both offensive tackle and defensive line, recording 59 tackles his senior season.
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