De’Anthony Thomas’ Mediocre Combine Indicates He Will Slide in 2014 NFL Draft

February 26, 2014   ·   Jesse Reed   ·   Jump to comments

Former Oregon Ducks running back De'Anthony Thomas underwhelmed at the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine. His inability to wow scouts means he's sure to slide into the final day of the draft this upcoming May in New York City. 
Thomas was one of the players fans and scouts were excited to see perform at the combine, but he failed to live up to expectations.
Here's a quick look at his combine numbers. 
Even before this disappointing performance, Thomas was always going to be a gimmick player, as pointed out by Mike Mayock in an interview with Tyson Alger of The Oregonian:

(You) got to have a plan in place for how you use him. He's a kickoff guy, plus we got to get him 10 touches a game. How do we manufacture those 8 to 10 touches a game so he can make those plays for us that he did at Oregon?
Because of his speed and playmaking ability, in today's NFL he's more valuable that he would have been six, eight, 10 years ago.
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