Daniel Thomas, RB, Dolphins

Position/Rank	NFL Team	Status	Experience	Age	Height	Weight
RB - #50	MIA	Injured Reserve	2 years	25	6'1	233

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2012 Outlook: Fantasy Handcuff

Last updated on May-15-2012 by Chris Weeks

Last season was Thomas' first year in the NFL. In 13 games Daniel carried the ball 165 times for 581 yards with no rushing touchdowns. This year we don't expect much of an improvement in Thomas' numbers. Daniel will likely spend most of his time playing behind Bush in the Dolphins' west coast offense. When on the field with Bush, Thomas will likely be held in to block. If you're a Reggie Bush owner you have to grab Thomas at some point in the draft. If Bush goes down, Thomas will be the primary back in Miami.

Average Draft Position

Daniel Thomas was drafted in 43% of MyFantasyLeague.com leagues with an average drafting position of 240.75

2012 Mock Draft Results

Month	Position	Franchise/Comments
MyFantasyLeague Expert Draft May 2, 2012	10.04	ProFootballFocus
2012 Experts Mock Draft (June) June 6, 2012 - June 25, 2012	9.09	KFFL.com - Thomas intrigues me this season. Reggie Bush probably enjoyed a career year in 2011, and Lamar Miller may be more of a slot receiver than RB in the NFL. Thomas may not belong to this coaching staff, but he does belong to Jeff Ireland and is only in his second year. A healthy start to the season should do wonders for Thomas. Last year, his confidence was shot, and the injuries robbed him of his speed.
2012 Experts Mock Draft (July) July 16 - 27	11.08	FFToday.com - At the last pick I had Pierre Thomas pretty high on my cheat sheet relative to other available RB, but really thought he was completely off the radar of most fantasy people. In fact, I'd say he is pretty far off the radar, but he did get snapped up. With a do-over I take Thomas (Pierre) first and see if Quick falls to the 11th round. I'll settle for Daniel Thomas, who backs up Reggie Bush and will compete with Lamar Miller for playing time. Thomas (Daniel) seems to me to be a little unfairly evaluated from last season. He played hurt and as is common with too many rookie RBs to list in recent years, just wasn't ready to make an impact in his first year. He should have learned a lot from that experience which will give him a leg up holding off Miller. Even though we aren't expecting much of anything from the Dolphins offense, Reggie Bush's backup is a position battle to pay attention to as there are good odds that player's value will shoot up quickly.
2012 Experts Mock Draft (August) Aug 14 - 24	14.01	FantasySharks.com - No whammies! I still feel like I need to pad at RB so I'll throw Daniel Thomas into the mix. Reggie Bush isn't exactly renowned for his ability to stay healthy and Thomas has come in stronger and healthier this year.

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