Demaryius Thomas Biography | Demaryius Thomas

Demaryius Thomas (full name: Demaryius Antwon Thomas) is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia Tech and was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. With Denver, Thomas made five consecutive Pro Bowls and won Super Bowl 50 over the Carolina Panthers.

Demaryius Thomas Age

Demaryius Antwon Thomas is 31 years old as of 2018. He was born on 25 December 1987, in Montrose, Georgia, United States

Demaryius Thomas Height

The Denver Broncos wide receiver shows excellent vertical speed, agility, and unique balling skills all thanks to his well-built body. He is very tall, standing at a height of 6 feet 3 inches with a commensurate body weight of 224 pounds. Additionally, his arm length is 33 inches while his hands are 10.5. He has black hair and brown eyes.

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Demaryius Thomas High school career

Thomas attended West Laurens High School in Dexter, Georgia, where he was a three-sport star in basketball, football, and track. He played as a wide receiver for the Raiders football team under the direction of then-head coach John Kenny. As a junior in 2004, he recorded 32 receptions for 330 yards and three touchdowns. Thomas was named an all-region and all-Heart of Georgia player.

The following season, he recorded 82 receptions for 1,234 yards and ten touchdowns. After the game, he participated in the North-South All-Star game. Thomas was again selected as an all-region and all-Heart of Georgia, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution named him to it’s Class AA all-state first team and PrepStar to its All-Region team.

Scout.com assessed him as the 22nd-ranked college prospect in the state of Georgia, and Rivals.com rated him the 34th-ranked such prospect. He received scholarship offers from Duke, Georgia, and Georgia Tech.

In addition to playing football, Thomas competed in track & field at West Laurens. He earned a fourth-place finish in the triple jump event at the 2006 Georgia Olympics after clearing a personal-best mark of 13.92 meters (45-4). As a sprinter, he posted a personal-best time of 10.99 seconds in the 100-meter dash and was a member of the 4 × 100 m relay squad.

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Demaryius Thomas Personal life

Demaryius Thomas was born to Bobby Thomas and Katina Smith in Montrose, Georgia, on Christmas Day, 1987. When Thomas was a child, the police raided the house where his mother and grandmother lived. His mother and grandmother were arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison and life in prison respectively for crack distribution. By all accounts a shy and introverted child, he grew up with his aunt and uncle after his mother was sent to prison.

As a child, he was given the nickname “Bay Bay” by his uncle in reference to the bad kids from the movie Bebe’s Kids. On July 13, 2015, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of his mother, Katina Smith. She was released at midnight on November 11–12, 2015, and saw her son play football for the first time on January 17, 2016. On August 2, 2016, Obama commuted the sentence of his grandmother, Minnie Pearl Thomas.

He is an Evangelical Christian. Demaryius Thomas frequently posts about his faith on his Twitter account. Thomas has a tattoo of a portrait of Jesus with the phrase “Jesus Saves” under the portrait on his left arm.

Demaryius Thomas Legal matters

In 2010, a woman contacted Denver police suspecting she was drugged and raped after being at a party that Thomas attended, in the company of his Broncos teammate Perrish Cox. A DNA test later proved she was pregnant with Cox’s child.

Thomas was a prosecution witness and testified that Cox spoke to him before the act, saying that he was going to sleep with the girl and that she had consented beforehand and even offered for Thomas to sleep with her instead. However, Thomas said no, that he would have no part of it, that Cox was drunk and that he was messed up; Thomas left the party immediately after the conversation.

Later when asked about the conversation, Thomas said that based on Cox’s erratic behavior and the speech he didn’t fully believe Cox was serious, thinking that Cox was having some kind of drunken delusion.

Although Cox was eventually acquitted, the woman filed a civil suit against both Thomas and Cox, suing them, inter alia, for battery, conspiracy, and negligence. The claims against Thomas have since been dismissed.

Thomas chose to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) where he majored in management. Under head coach Chan Gailey, Thomas sat out the 2006 season as a redshirt freshman. In 2007, he saw action in all 13 games including 10 starts and recorded 35 receptions for 558 yards, which ranked second on the team behind Greg Smith.

In the 2007 Humanitarian Bowl, he made four receptions for 69 yards and a touchdown. The Sporting News named Thomas to its freshman All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) first team and a freshman All-America honorable mention.

Sophomore season
In 2008, Paul Johnson was hired as the head coach and implemented the run-heavy triple option offense. Thomas considered transferring but decided against doing so. During the season, he recorded 39 receptions for 627 yards and three touchdowns as the leading receiver.

Despite playing in a heavily run-oriented system, as one of the team’s few experienced players, Thomas recorded relatively high numbers for the Yellow Jackets. Still, compared with other receivers in the Atlantic Coast Conference Thomas’s statistics were much smaller. He said, “Sometimes I think about [not getting many passes], but most of the time I just want to win.” Thomas’s mark was the best of any wide receiver from the school since Calvin Johnson in 2006. Against Duke, he caught nine receptions for 230 yards, the second-most in a single game in school history.

Junior season
In 2009, during his redshirt junior year at Georgia Tech, Thomas had a breakout season with 46 receptions for 1,154 yards and eight touchdowns. This earned him 1st team All-ACC honors. He finished collegiate career with 120 catches for a conference-leading 2,339 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Many draft experts had him gaining momentum with NFL scouts going into the last couple weeks leading up to the draft and most had him as the number one or two-rated wide receiver along with Dez Bryant in the 2010 NFL Draft, including Sporting News. On January 8, 2010, he declared for the 2010 NFL Draft.

Demaryius Thomas Professional career

Thomas broke his foot and was unable to participate in combine drills. He scored second highest among wide receivers with 34 on the Wonderlic test, second only to friend, fellow wide receiver, and future teammate Eric Decker, who had the highest score in the Combine with 43.
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Thomas in his rookie season with the Broncos
Thomas was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the first round with the 22nd overall selection in the 2010 NFL Draft.[20] On July 31, 2010, the Broncos signed him to a five-year, $12.155 million contract with $9.35 million guaranteed.

2010 season
Thomas had eight receptions for 97 yards and scored one touchdown in his NFL debut against the Seattle Seahawks. He was just the ninth player since 1970 to record at least eight catches in his first game. This was also the second most catches by a rookie in franchise history. The highlight of Thomas’s season came when he beat All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis for a touchdown when the Broncos hosted the New York Jets on October 17, 2010.

Thomas was plagued by injuries during his rookie season. He first missed playing time due to a forearm injury and a concussion; an ankle injury also rendered him inactive for five more games late in the season.

Thomas ended his rookie season having played in 10 games, with 22 receptions for 283 yards and two touchdowns.

2011 season
On February 10, 2011, it was announced that Thomas had torn his Achilles tendon while working out and was expected to miss a majority, if not the entirety, of the 2011 season. However, he was surprisingly activated from the Physically Unable to Perform List prior to the start of the season – Broncos general manager Brian Xanders said that Demaryius had responded to rehab well and was “ready to go.”Unfortunately, during his very first practice back, Thomas broke his left pinkie finger and missed the first five games of the season.

Thomas made his season debut on October 23, 2011, against the Miami Dolphins. He linked up with quarterback Tim Tebow for the Broncos’ first score of the game, which Denver would go on to win in overtime. Despite this early promise, he only had four receptions in the next five games as the Broncos moved towards a run-heavy option offense.

Thomas broke his leg in a game against the Minnesota Vikings on December 4, 2011, recording 144 yards and two touchdowns on just four receptions. He would end the season strongly, emerging as Tebow’s favorite receiver and setting a franchise record by leading the Broncos in both receiving and targets over the final seven games.

However, it was during the first round of the playoffs that Thomas truly made his presence felt. On January 8, 2012, Thomas caught the game-winning, an 80-yard touchdown pass from Tebow on the opening play of overtime to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Wild Card game, 29-23. This was the first non-sudden death playoff game in NFL history but Denver’s touchdown score ended the game.

The entire play took 10 seconds and is the fastest ending to an overtime in NFL history to date. It is also the longest playoff overtime touchdown in NFL history. Thomas ended with a stat-line of 4 receptions, 204 yards and 1 touchdown in his playoff debut. It marked the most receiving yards by a Bronco in playoff history and the 2nd-highest receiving average (51.0) in a single game in NFL annals.

Thomas had six receptions for 93 yards the following week in a divisional round 45–10 loss to the New England Patriots.

Thomas ended the 2011 regular season with 32 receptions for 551 yards and four touchdowns.

2012 season
Thomas was coming off surgery to remove pins in his left pinkie when quarterback Peyton Manning signed with the Broncos during the 2012 offseason. This meant that, unlike fellow receiver Eric Decker, he was unable to participate in workouts with Manning.

Thomas, however, made an effort to improve his route-running and quickly caught up. Manning noted during training camp that Thomas’s “size, strength, and speed just allow you to do certain things with him that other players just can’t do.”

Despite reports describing the connection between Thomas and Manning as “balky”, Thomas found success again in the Broncos’ very first game of the season against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Down 13 to 7, Thomas, in a move reminiscent of his game-winning touchdown in the playoffs, burned the Steelers with a 71-yard catch-and-run.

The touchdown was notable because it was the first touchdown Manning had thrown in the NFL for a team other than the Indianapolis Colts, and it was also the 400th of Manning’s career, making Manning just the third player in NFL history to reach that milestone.

Thomas set regular-season career highs in both catches (9) and yards (180) at New England on October 7, 2012. He tied his career high in catches in games against the Carolina Panthers and the Cleveland Browns. Demaryius registered three catches for 37 yards and one touchdown in the Broncos’ Divisional Round loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the playoffs.

Thomas would go on to have a breakout year in 2012, recording 94 receptions for 1,434 yards and 10 touchdowns. He led the team in targets, receptions, and yards, and ranked 8th in the league in receptions, 4th in yards, and 7th in touchdowns. He was selected to his first Pro Bowl in the 2012 season after receiver Wes Welker withdrew due to injury. He was ranked 68th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2013.

2013 season
Starting the season strong, Thomas had five catches for 161 yards and two touchdowns in Week 1 win over Baltimore Ravens. As he had done in Week 1 of the 2012 season, Thomas took a screen pass for a 78-yard touchdown. This was quarterback Peyton Manning’s 7th touchdown pass of the game, which tied him with five other quarterbacks for the most in a single game in NFL history.

Thomas received AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career in the Broncos’ Week 10 win over the San Diego Chargers. He posted seven receptions, 108 yards, and three touchdowns.

Thomas made other contributions to the Broncos’ historic season on offense. He caught Manning’s 55th touchdown, which set an NFL record for the most touchdowns thrown by a quarterback in a single season. Manning also broke the single-season passing yardage mark on that same pass to Thomas.

His 633 yards after catch was 2nd in the entire league. Manning, who said that Thomas “got great speed and power and it’s fun to watch once he gets it in his hands”, attributed part of Thomas’ success to “all the runs he had to practice at Georgia Tech”.

Recording 92 catches for 1,430 yards and 14 touchdowns during the 2013 regular season, Thomas ranked 9th in the league for receptions, 4th in yards, and 2nd in touchdowns. His 14 touchdowns paced all wideouts in the NFL. Thomas led the team in targets, receptions, and yards for the second consecutive year. He also led the team in receiving touchdowns.

Thomas was again voted to the Pro Bowl in 2013. He was selected to the Associated Press All-Pro team for the first time in his career.

Thomas averaged 9.33 receptions and 102 yards per game during the 2013-2014 playoffs, including the Super Bowl. He also scored a touchdown in every playoff game. Thomas set a then NFL record for most catches in a Super Bowl game by a player (James White broke the record in Super Bowl LI with 14 catches), despite reportedly playing most of the game with a separated shoulder.

In Super Bowl XLVII, Thomas had a then-Super Bowl record 13 receptions for 118 yards and a touchdown, but the Broncos lost 43-8 to the Seattle Seahawks. He was ranked #49 by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014.
2014 season

Thomas with the Broncos in 2014
On October 5, 2014, against the Arizona Cardinals, Thomas made eight receptions for 226 receiving yards, breaking the old franchise record for receiving yards in a single game held by Shannon Sharpe. He earned his second AFC Offensive Player of the Week honor for his performance against the Cardinals. On October 19, 2014, against the San Francisco 49ers, Thomas caught Peyton Manning’s all-time record-breaking 509th touchdown pass.

On Sunday, November 16, 2014, against the St. Louis Rams, Thomas caught seven passes for 103 yards, extending his own franchise record for consecutive 100-yard games to seven. Thomas finished second only to Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown in receiving yards for the 2014 season, with a career-high 1,619 yards off a career-high 111 catches.

He was named to his third consecutive Pro Bowl for the 2014 season. He was ranked 20th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2015

2015 season
On March 3, 2015, the Denver Broncos placed the franchise tag ($12.823 million) on Thomas. Reports indicated that the tag is non-exclusive, which means that Thomas can negotiate with other teams, and the Broncos have the right to match any offer or receive two first-round picks as compensation.

ESPN’s Jeff Legwold reported Thomas said he views himself as one of the elite receivers in the NFL and “I hope the Broncos agree.” “Thomas has also said if no long-term deal could be worked out, he would eventually sign his franchise tender and play the 2015 season ‘to help us win the Super Bowl,’” Legwold continued.

On June 9, Mike Klis of the Denver Post reported Thomas wouldn’t attend mandatory minicamp, and noted the holdout could extend into training camp. However, on June 9, Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak said he was “confident” a deal would get done before that point, according to Legwold.

On July 15, 2015, Thomas signed a 5-year, $70 million contract extension with the Broncos, just hours before the deadline for franchise players. The deal was similar in structure to Dez Bryant’s contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys. Bryant was also franchise tagged and signed just hours before Thomas. He has also drafted just two picks after Thomas, going 24th overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Between Peyton Manning struggling with a plantar fasciitis injury and Brock Osweiler never having a career start before this season, Thomas’s production dropped, but he still had 105 receptions, six touchdowns, and 1,304 yards. The Broncos finished the season 12-4 and earned the #1 seed for the AFC playoffs.

Thomas was also named to the 2016 Pro Bowl but did not attend because of his team’s playoff finish, but was still awarded a Pro Bowl berth retroactively. The Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Divisional Round and the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship to make it to Super Bowl 50, where they defeated the Carolina Panthers by a score of 24–10 to give Thomas his first Super Bowl title. Thomas had one catch for eight yards in the Super Bowl. He was ranked 62nd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2016.

2016 season
Going into the 2016 season, the Denver Broncos lost both quarterbacks Manning, to retirement, and Brock Osweiler, to the Houston Texans. Before the 2016 season started, Trevor Siemian was named the starter for Thomas and the Broncos. After his fifth consecutive 1,000-yard season, Thomas was selected to the 2017 Pro Bowl. Although Thomas eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark, his total of 1,083 yards was his fewest in a season since 2011.
2017 season

Thomas remained a strong presence for the Broncos despite inconsistent quarterback play from the Broncos in 2017. His best statistical game came against the New York Giants on NBC Sunday Night Football. In the 23–10 loss, he had ten receptions for 133 yards. He finished with 83 receptions for 949 yards and five touchdowns as the team struggled to a 5–11 record.

2018 season
Going into the 2018 season, the Broncos had a new quarterback in Case Keenum. In the first four games of the season, Thomas totaled 20 receptions for 168 yards and a touchdown. In Week 5, he had his best output of the season to that point with five receptions for 105 yards and a touchdown in a loss to the New York Jets.

Houston Texans
On October 30, 2018, the Broncos traded Thomas and a seventh-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft to the Houston Texans for a fourth and seventh round pick in the 2019 draft. In his debut with Houston, he beat the Broncos, his former team, 19-17. He made three catches for 61 yards in the win.

On December 23 during Week 16, Thomas has carted off the field in the second half in a 32-30 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles with an apparent Achilles injury. It was revealed that he suffered a torn Achilles and was placed on injured reserve on December 24, 2018.

On February 12, 2019, Thomas was released by the Texans.

New England Patriots
On April 16, 2019, Thomas signed a one-year contract with the New England Patriots.

Demaryius Thomas Net Worth

Houston Texans WR Demaryius Thomas has career earnings of $70.11M over nine seasons, which ranks 76th among active NFL players entering 2018. He earned $12.03M in 2017, which ranked 10th among WRs and 47th overall in the NFL.

WHAT IS DEMARYIUS THOMAS’ CAP HIT FOR 2018?

Thomas ranks 12th on the Texans active roster with a $4.5M cap hit for 2018.

His 2018 cap hit is 2.4 percent of the Texans’ cap total for the season. Thomas had 949 receiving yards last season. The average for WRs with 1,000 or more receiving yards in 2017 was 7.7 percent of the team’s total cap hit.

Thomas’ cap hit for 2019 of $14M ranks 73rd overall in the NFL, including any and all roster and signing bonuses.

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As of 2017’s NFL off-season, Demaryius Thomas held at least 16 Broncos franchise records, including:

• Receptions: playoffs (53), playoff season (28 in 2013), playoff game (13 on 2014-02-02 SEA)
• Receiving Yds: season (1,619 in 2014), game (226 on 2014-10-05 ARI), playoff season (306 in 2013)
• Receiving TDs: season (14 in 2013), playoffs (6), playoff season (3 in 2013)
• Rec Yds/Game: career (76.3), playoffs (75.9)
• 100+ yard receiving games: career (34), season (10 in 2014), playoffs (3; with Vance Johnson)

Demaryius Thomas Contract

Ex-Texans WR Demaryius Thomas, Patriots Agree to Reported 1-Year, $6M Contract

Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas will join the third team of his career after the New England Patriots signed him to a contract, the team announced on Tuesday.

Per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the deal is a one-year contract worth $6 million.

This comes after the Houston Texans elected to release him this offseason following a torn Achilles. Houston acquired him from the Denver Broncos via trade in October, and he played seven games for the AFC South club before suffering the injury.

He also turned himself into police in February following a car crash in Denver and was charged with felony vehicular assault, reckless driving and no proof of insurance. Rick Sallinger of CBS Denver reported the news, noting he lost control while driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit.

Thomas was one of the best receivers in the league during his tenure with the Broncos, making four Pro Bowls and winning a Super Bowl. He topped 1,000 receiving yards five seasons in a row from 2012 through 2016 and tallied double-digit touchdown catches three times in that span.

He consistently demonstrated the height at 6’3″ to high-point passes in the end zone, the speed to beat defenders in press coverage and the agility to make tacklers miss in the open field.

However, the Georgia Tech product saw his 1,000-yard streak end in 2017 with 949 receiving yards, and he experienced a significant decline in production in 2018 with 59 catches for 677 yards and five touchdowns split between Denver and Houston.

There are reasons to worry given the dip in statistical production and the fact he is coming off a serious injury at 31 years old, although James Palmer of NFL Network noted Thomas recovered from a torn Achilles he suffered after his rookie season in just six months.

It is unreasonable for New England to expect the version of Thomas that was a sure-fire Pro Bowler who would top 1,000 yards every season given his injury status and age, but he adds a veteran presence to the locker room and is playoff-tested with 10 postseason games and two Super Bowl appearances on his resume.

He also stressed a desire to play in 2019, per Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle: “My main priority right now is getting back healthy. I can still play, man. I’m not thinking about retirement. I just don’t know where it will be.”

New England gave him that chance, and he will look to add to his postseason appearances on the league’s gold standard.

Thomas also figures to help make up for the lost production following tight end Rob Gronkowski’s retirement and could slide right into the starting lineup when he is fully healthy. The Patriots won the Super Bowl last season despite a lack of game-changing wide receivers outside of Julian Edelman, which is a testament to their overall system and the efficiency of Tom Brady under center.

Brady figures to maximize the talent Thomas still has and gives the veteran another chance at being a productive piece on a Super Bowl contender.

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Demaryius Thomas finds the best possible fantasy landing spot in New England

(PFF Fantasy is reacting to all the offseason moves from a fantasy football perspective. Follow along here.)

The New England Patriots have signed WR Demaryius Thomas, formerly of the Broncos and Texans, to a one-year contract worth up to $6 million, according to Ian Rapoport. We don’t yet know how much of that is made up in incentives, but if Thomas reached the full value of that deal, he’d be New England’s highest-paid receiver in 2019. This signing reunites Thomas with OC Josh McDaniels, who coached Thomas in his 2010 rookie campaign while in Denver.

From 2012 to 2017, Thomas was one of fantasy’s most dependable wide receivers, with fantasy finishes of fifth, first, second, ninth, 16th, and 16th over that span. You’ll notice a steady decline over the latter three seasons, though that might have been caused more by poor quarterback talent (Brock Osweiler, Trevor Siemian) than by play.

Still, that decline pales in comparison to what we saw from Thomas last year — a career-low PFF grade of 71.5 (42nd) and a ranking of just 36th in total fantasy points. Thomas reached 65 yards just once last season and has topped 100 yards just twice over his last 34 games.

Granted, Thomas had to contend with a change of scenery halfway through the season (traded for a fourth-round pick to the Texans), but he’s also now 31 years old and coming off of his second torn Achilles (suffered in Week 16 of last year). Reports are optimistic he’ll return sooner than expected but it’s likely he won’t be ready for the start of the season.

Although Thomas has major injury concerns and is likely now far removed from his physical peak, this was an ideal landing spot. The Patriots have ranked top four in points per game in each of the past nine seasons. They also lost Rob Gronkowski (72 targets) to retirement earlier this offseason and Chris Hogan (55) to free agency, and Josh Gordon‘s (68) status is still up in the air.

As soon as he steps onto the field, Thomas seems a near-lock to be third on the totem pole for targets (behind Julian Edelman and James White). Over the past five seasons, Tom Brady’s No. 3 receiver has averaged 87 targets per season — exactly Thomas’ total last year (good for 39th-most among wide receivers).

After balancing all of Thomas’ risks with this landing spot, I’m bumping him up to the fringe-WR4 range in my rankings. He’ll be touchdown-or-bust, but he should meet that value on a per-game basis by year’s end.

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Report: Patriots signing WR Demaryius Thomas

An early April meeting with Demaryius Thomas went well enough for the New England Patriots to make a move, as they are indeed signing the veteran wide receiver to a contract, according to ESPN’s Field Yates.

A 6-foot-3 threat, Thomas is coming off a 59-catch, 677-yard season split between the Denver Broncos and Houston Texans and comes to the Patriots while recovering from a significant Achilles injury suffered in Dec. 23 game for the Texans.

That injury likely made Thomas a perfect low-risk, high-reward addition for the Patriots, as his rehab and uncertainty at 31 years old will almost certainly keep the Patriots from any sort of significant financial commitment on this contract.

Familiar with Josh McDaniels from their time together in Denver, Thomas posted six straight seasons of at least 80 catches, 900 yards, and five touchdowns as a Bronco from 2012 through 2017, and certainly adds some experience to a New England receiving group short on much of anything outside of Julian Edelman and Phillip Dorsett.

With Thomas joining the Pats, New England’s receiving group now features Edelman, Dorsett, Thomas, Maurice Harris, Bruce Ellington, and Braxton Berrios. Josh Gordon, meanwhile, is still with the organization but is suspended indefinitely.

Thomas’ deal with the Patriots could be worth up to $6 million,

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