before Michael Thomas would be drafted by the New Orleans Saints in 2016 going
47th overall and would set franchise records in receptions receiving yards
and touchdowns in his rookie season before Michael Thomas would clock in six
hundred and seventy thousand followers on Instagram under the handle can't
guard Mike which doesn't seem like a whole lot but I'll explain that a little
later in this video before Michael Thomas would become the
richest NFL wide receiver with his five-year extension worth ninety six
point two five million dollars now putting together this fans before
they're famous it was a little trickier than most videos we make here now I
purged this dude social media and there isn't one
TBT photo from his entire life prior to football he's also got a pretty common
name there's another Michael Thomas he plays for the Giants and there's a Mike
Thomas with the Rams and then I even found this kid with the same name who's
also from California but I'm pretty sure just it ain't him all right we're at
Norco high school today with class of 2017 athlete there are Michael Thomas's
everywhere yeah no one's making things easy on the good old facts got but I
have found you some interesting information I'm Michael Thomas you know
the one in our thumbnail now this guy he told his grandma when he was young that
he was going to make it all the way to the NFL and not focused on growing its
Instagram profile well that seems to be a discipline he required while he was
attending a military boot camp that was post high school now this man he's also
said it himself he ain't in it for the fame he's in it to make the history
books and to be the best in the league now speaking about other players that
have been living life well on the gram well he told bleacher report all these
dudes out here trying to be somebody they're not supposed to be they're
confused and it's easy for me to pass somebody who's confused because they're
never gonna get it they're never gonna figure it out I
think that's some shade in Odell Beckham jr. I'm just guessing that was ambition
and his attitude is similar to his childhood hero Allen Iverson a man
Michael has been obsessed with too his youth and now someone he's become
close friends with I guess then be the perks when you're the highest-paid wide
receiver in the league but the man has faced hardships including injuries and
tragedy and back-to-back deaths yes grandmother and his great aunt these are
two women he credited with getting to where he is today
well he passed away just before he went to college what's going on guys it's
your boy Michael Accrediting hitting you with a brand new before they are famous
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Michael William Thomas jr. was born on March 3rd 1993 in Los Angeles California
now for those of you who don't know his uncle is forward Pro Bowl wide out an
NFL star Keyshawn Johnson you used to call me and ask me stuff about playing
I'm like man go Friday you two know as I mentioned Michael he likes to keep his
private life private but we do know that he told his
grandmother about his plans to make it to the NFL when he was just a boy now
before we got into organized sports he would spend his free time getting messy
outside playing games a pickup and he was obsessed with Allen Iverson like
super obsessed he would read up on every book and every magazine he could find
about the basketball star and he would also write his own book reports on him
in the 76ers then we also had all the gear he had the wristbands he had the
shoes even sported the number three and he had his aunt sew together for him and
Iverson sleeve the guy even watched all the Allen Iverson documentaries which
makes me think he's probably watched our Allen Iverson before their famous video
which is strange yeah that's when everyone at high school switched from
wearing Jordans to wear and Iverson's I myself even had a pair the answer Ford's
in black but I wrote he pulled a faster on me and he said they were just for gym
class but I never saw them again
yeah if he did watch that that's really awkward now what he loved so much about
Iverson was that he wasn't the biggest guy on the court but he was the toughest
he also wasn't a pretty boy the two have since met and they constantly keep in
contact via text and FaceTime another childhood hobby of his was reading the
Bible that's right there's like no dirt on this guy that was grandmother's she
got him it's a prayer and there is one verse that has stayed with him all this
time for many are called but few are chosen
growing up with his uncle Keyshawn Johnson is Superbowl champion well he
would watch over all his old tapes and having an uncle who made it to the top
well it made that goal all the more attainable for a young Michael and I
remember just watching you play you did a tap high school in Woodland Hills
California and as a senior he had 86 receptions for a state leading 1656
yards and 21 touchdowns and he was also ranked a four-star recruit now of course
we've gone ahead and we found you guys a few clips from him playing back in the
day I really hope this is the right Michael Thomas it's got to be it looks
like him
now we spend a semester at Fort Union Military Academy which upheld Christian
values and it's located just outside of Richmond Virginia now you might think
this sounds like some kind of detour but it's actually described as the following
the military boarding school that transforms boys into men a new
generation of would-be NFL stars is learning to live by the rules of
Huysmans and Hall of Famers before them the rules at Fort Union are as follows
no cell phones no social media no facial hair and no cursing now while computers
and internet usage is monitored and beds they must be made clothes must be folded
and hung neatly room inspections they take place daily violations are
punishable through demerits and tours or marching and more serious offenses can
result in expulsion now if cellphones they were getting
confiscated on the daily and there was actually an electric razor kept on-site
at all times if you can't shave yourself well the
staff will do it for you now this military school it sounds harsh and it
was expensive at costume around 20k for admission but well the school taught him
a lot about his academics and his football career and it looks like it
paid off in the long run
and contribute and then you know the ultimate goal is to win a national
championship playing behind is lovely now this article was actually a little
confusing it threw me for a Michael Thomas loophole of course we're talking
about the guy that's in the thumbnail that this video is about I mean it looks
just like him in the photos but then the interviewer asked them some questions
and this guy was a quarterback and he also said he was from Washington DC I
guess there's another Michael Thomas to add to the list my god I don't know
what's going on it was soon after that he completed his time here that he chose
his Instagram handle of can't guard bike a message that he wanted to put out to
the world now over on IG he shows a lot of love to west coast rappers like
Nipsey Hussle Tupac and now we even show some love for new orleans rapper master
p huh let me know by hitting that like button if you thought I was gonna say
Lil Wayne now I've been completed his drill camp well Michael he committed to
Ohio State but just before college while he was hit with a devastating blow he
lost both his aunt and his grandmother and both these deaths they were
unexpected that was detailed in his interview with bleacher report well he
took ownership of the tragedies to become the man those two women helped
raise there the reason he didn't fold at Ohio State and will not fold in the pros
if it weren't for them Thomas admits he'd never know how to overcome
adversity that ordeal taught him how to harness pain how to move forward only
forward so high offense Barrett looks to throw Michael Thomas no Michael spent
three years at Ohio State he played 11 games in his freshman year but the next
season he was benched that was after the coaches well they felt he struggled in
fall camp now the next season he was a backup player but eventually he took
over as the starting wide receiver now he ended this season leading the team in
receptions with 54 for 799 yards and nine touchdowns helping his team acquire
a college football national championship and the following year well he announced
his eligibility for the 2016 NFL Draft st. select Michael Thomas white receiver
Ohio State he was chosen 47th overall in the second round and was actually the
6th wide receiver to be selected that year he came after Corey Coleman will
fueler Josh dachshund laQuan Treadwell and sterling Shepherd and those men they
must be spending more time on their Instagram because I ain't done up before
they were famous on any of them no shade let me know if you want any that was
done in the comments down below that was original contract it was for four years
at 5.1 million dollars with 2.6 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of 1.9 2
million not bad and it was money well spent because he said franchise records
for rookie in receptions receiving yards and touchdowns in his rookie year I'm
sure you guys would like to know more about his 100 million-dollar extension
but that to me sounds more like the rich like video which will produce if you
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you guys well as for the rest of the story well you know the story because
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nose grandmother she got him into prayer and there is one verse that has stayed
with him all this time the path of the righteous man is beset on all sides the
rules at Fort Union are as follows no cell phones no social media no facial
hair and no cursing you will not laugh it will not cry you will learn by the
numbers I will treat you