De'Anthony Marquies Thomas (born January 5, 1993) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist who is a free agent.

He played college football for the Oregon Ducks and was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL draft.

Thomas rushed for 1,299 yards and 18 touchdowns on offense and collected five interceptions on defense while leading Crenshaw (12–2) to its second straight city championship.

Thomas was also a track sprinter, named a 2013 NCAA Division I All-American as anchor of Oregon's 4x100 relay team.

[6] In high school, he won the Los Angeles City Section Championship in the 100m in 2009, and went on to finish 6th in the 100m and 2nd in the 200m at the California state meet.

In 2010, he won the LACS championship in both the 100m and 200m, but at the California state meet failed to move past the preliminary rounds in the 100m and finished last in the 200m final.

[7] It came as a shock when Thomas announced his decision to attend the University of Oregon over USC, which was 10 minutes from where he lived.

[8] On January 29, 2011, Thomas secretly visited Oregon on a recruiting trip and decided to play for the Ducks in Chip Kelly's blur offense.

[9] Thomas was the only player in the 2011 college football year to amass 400 yards each in rushing, receiving, and returns.

[10] On January 2, 2012, Thomas recorded two touchdowns and 314 all-purpose yards in the Rose Bowl where Oregon won 45–38 over #10 Wisconsin.

[18] On September 9, 2013, he was named the Pac-12 offensive player of the week after tying a career-best with three touchdowns (all rushing) at Virginia.

On January 5, 2014, Thomas announced he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2014 NFL draft.

[20] 2011 2012 2013 Thomas was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round (124th overall) of the 2014 NFL draft.

[23] On August 7, 2014, Thomas returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown in the Chiefs' first preseason game.

After being drafted, Thomas was expected to play a wide receiver and running back hybrid position in the offense, as well as being the punt returner, similar to the way Dexter McCluster had been used in previous seasons before leaving the team in the offseason.

[28] He saw much of his role decrease, especially as a return specialist, with the emergence of rookie speedster Tyreek Hill.

Thomas also played in the Ravens Divisional Round Playoff game against the Tennessee Titans where he added 3 kick returns for 71 yards in the loss.