JMU Safety's NFL Prospects: A Green Bay Visit

0:00It's April 2nd. Welcome to NFL News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Jacob Thomas, the standout safety from James Madison University, started as a high school quarterback in Virginia, leading his team to back-to-back. Stay titles. He passed on a scholarship to play offense and walked on a J.M.U., switching to defense where he became a star over four seasons. As a sophomore, he started 13 games at safety, then locked down the position for 27 more starts as a junior and senior. His team went 12-1, his final year, making school history by reaching the college football playoff, though they fell to Oregon in the first round. Thomas earned team captain honors and second team all-sun-belt nods that senior season with 71 tackles, two sacks, two picks, and seven pass. Breakups. Over his career, he racked up five interceptions, 21 pass breakups, 13 tackles for loss and a forced fumble. As six feet and 215 pounds, he lit up pro-day with a 4.4540 yard dash, a 36 and a half-inch

1:05vertical, and a blazing 6.83 cone drill. Packer scouts see him as a bigger, stronger version of their recent fourth-round pick, Evan Williams. He set to visit Green Bay the week of April 6th, hoping to prove group of five players like him belong in the NFL spotlight and keep the J.M.U. Pipeline flowing to the pros.