TE Julius Thomas of Portland State Works Out in Miami (video included)

ckparrothead · Mar 14, 2011

As per www.jbscouting.com...

http://www.jbscouting.com/index.php/interviews/3-interviews/1638-jt-miami-visit

Julius Thomas' Draft Journal said:

I met with a Miami scout the next morning for breakfast and I got a call Friday afternoon that the Dolphins wanted to fly me out for a visit. I got in last night around 11pm.

The visit went well. I was kind of tired. My day started at 6am here, so 3am west coast time. I met with the tight ends coach and went over to the doctors and had to do the whole doctor thing all over again. I toured the facilities and met the coaches and GM. Sparano showed me around the weight room, training room, and bubble dome. I talked with the OC and tight end coach doing some football stuff. They wanted to see how well you could remember formations, shifts, motions, etc. They would draw something and erase and see all I could remember. I talked with Sparano about the expectations are and what their schedule was like.
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I did a YouTube Video of Julius just now, and thought I would share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKgTpd3EPDU

CK said:

Tight End Julius Thomas of Portland State hadn't played football for 7 years by the time he walked on at Portland State and had a sensational return to the gridiron that ended with an All Big Sky selection. His story will remind of Jimmy Graham, the basketball convert for the University of Miami Hurricanes drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 3rd round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Though raw in the extreme coming out of college, Graham earned increased playing time over the final 8 games of the 2010 NFL season, catching 26 balls for 307 yards and 5 touchdowns. With the release of Jeremy Shockey, Graham is now expected to start in only his third year playing football. Though Jimmy Graham was a little more impressive a physical specimen at about 1.5 inches taller and 14 lbs heavier, running a little bit faster 40 time with a little bit more explosive jump metrics, on the football field Thomas is actually more advanced and more natural of a football player at this stage than Graham was when he came out. Having attended East-West Shrine practices in Orlando, I saw firsthand a player that did not look like a basketball convert, but rather looked like a football player, with the fluid, quick twitch athleticism to consistently shake man coverage, instincts that reach beyond his football years, and the natural ability to track the ball in the air and pluck it with his hands away from his body. Perhaps just as intriguing is the physicality, though inconsistent, that he is able to put on display in blocking. He shares that with Graham, who was also inconsistent with his physicality in blocking but showed tremendous upside during some plays.
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Enjoy.

xphinfanx · Mar 14, 2011

Looks to have good size and hands on the vid. Can see him putting a bit more muscle on his frame. Was his best 40 a 4.68?

padre31 · Mar 14, 2011

xphinfanx said:

Looks to have good size and hands on the vid. Can see him putting a bit more muscle on his frame. Was his best 40 a 4.68?
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4.57 or so wasn't it?

Refuse to get excited over Thomas becoming a Phin after the hooplah over Jimmie Graham last draft, not gonna..do it..:no:

ToddsPhins · Mar 15, 2011

First DJ Williams, now Julius Thomas. Happy dance!

Add Jordan Cameron & Virgil Green to the mix and I'm willing to bet $100 that one of them will be a Dolphin.

ToddsPhins · Mar 15, 2011

Is it me or do his feet look better from the combine to his pro day?

ToddsPhins · Mar 15, 2011

I still like Cameron more, but I wouldn't be remotely upset if we landed Thomas. Some people look at his inexperience as a negative, but I like it because, like yourself, it gives me a better indication of what he's capable of. I'm curious if this "playmaking" approach will be a common theme come draft day or if it's more exclusive to TE.

I'm going with 1 playmaker at TE, WR, and RB.

Thanks for the vid by the way, Chris.

GMJohnson · Mar 15, 2011

If it means I dont have to see Mastrud or Shuler on the field, I'm all for it.

djphinfan · Mar 15, 2011

He looks like a 6th or 7th round project with some pass catching ability at this point..maybe later..boy better learn to how to train his body for the NFL, your not playing on a court anymore...poor footwork on the line..

finsbuck719 · Mar 15, 2011

What's his draft stock looking like right now? I remember watching him a little at the senior bowl and wanting to look at him some more, but I forgot his name. If he's projected in the 6th-7th, I wouldn't be opposed to drafting someone like Kendricks, Stocker, Williams, or Green in the 4th-5th and taking a chance on Thomas in the 6th or 7th. Then, we could have Thomas compete with Shuler and Mastrud for the 3rd TE position. I wouldn't mind that at all, tbh.

I am all for taking offensive players this draft. All for it.

ckparrothead · Mar 15, 2011

If you wait until the 6th to take Julius Thomas, you'll probably have waited too long. To me, he's clearly in the Top 8 at the Tight End position. Last year, 12 Tight Ends went before the 6th round. The year before, 11 Tight Ends went before the 6th. The average number of Tight Ends drafted prior to the 6th round over the last five years is 11.4. The lowest number of Tight Ends drafted prior to the 6th round was in 2007, which is funny because that Draft featured the likes of Greg Olsen, Zach Miller, Matt Spaeth, Kevin Boss, Dante Rosario and Brent Celek. I wonder if pundits also lamented how "poor" that class of Tight Ends was, like they have this one.

My guess is Julius could go in the 4th round, 5th at the latest.

ToddsPhins · Mar 15, 2011

I agree. He's too intriguing of a prospect to wait till the 6th. Someone will be enamored by his upside and jump the gun in at least the 5th.

CaribPhin · Mar 15, 2011

If he's there in the fifth, pull the trigger. Especially if we can't pull off a Zach Miller.

Dol-Fan Dupree · Mar 15, 2011

KingMotion said:

If he's there in the fifth, pull the trigger. Especially if we can't pull off a Zach Miller.
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I wouldn't mind both.

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