I have seen Thomas multiple times over the last year, both at practice and workouts with Coach Breen at Hawg Performance. Over said year Thomas has taken big strides, improving and developing into a D1 level OL. He has really improved his body this off season as well, trimming down extra weight and putting on good muscle. Thomas is now a thick build yoked up strong dude with good length ready to take defenders out of the play. He’s a natural knee bender who can drop his weight, sink, and create a strong base. Coates fires off low and has a strong hip roll that allows him to get nice leverage on the defender, hands powering up into the chest and using his legs to drive DL down the field. A high level athlete for the position as well, Thomas is light on his feet and can run. Gets up to the second level with acceleration and explosiveness, while also having fluid lateral movement. He can open up his hips/re-direct to turn run.

Thomas is a powerful athletic OL prospect who should get a lot of strong college interest after next fall. He mainly plays OT for Urbana but I see him best inside as an OG for the next level. With his ability to move and run, he can slide inside easily and be dominate. I can Mr. Coates to being an All Area lineman this fall and is a must see player.