Tra Thomas
OT, Florida St.

Name	Jsy	College	HT	WT
Tra Thomas	70	Florida St.	6076	349

40	BP	SS	LS	VJ	BJ	Grade	Rd.
5.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.15	1

Background 1997- Earned Jacob Blocking Trophy as the ACC's top offensive tackle...first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer at tackle...started all 10 games...did not allow a sack of QB Thad Busby all season...named to the second team AP All-American squad...twice named FSU's Dominator of the Week...1996- Saw action in every game as a junior...gave up only sacks...part of an offensive line that was named Dominators of the week by the coaching staff...started the final three games of the season,,,1995- Played as backup to Jesus Hernandez at split tackle...playing time increased...valuable member of the special teams...1994- Spent most of the season as a back up to tight tackle...saw playing time in short yardage and goal-line situations...1993- Redshirted...

High School Received honorable mention Super 24 honors as a senior at Deland High School (Fla.)...honorable mention all-state...rated one of the top 40 players in the state by Super Prep...played both sides of the ball...

Academics Majoring in Criminology at Florida State.

Summary He is probably the most physically gifted OT in the draft, although he is behind some of the other prospects, in terms of experience. He has only had one full year as a starter at FSU. He is a 5th year senior that struggled early in his career and appeared to be a player that had more talent than production. He was perceived as not a real dedicated guy. He has, however, had a real solid Sr. year, and he is very agile for a man of his size and has natural bend and ability to bend and slide at the POA...He plays with good leverage most of the time, although like many big OTs, he will have streaks where he plays a little high. He has natural overall pass protection skills, and has been taught very well in FSU's pro style offense. He is not an accomplished run blocker at this stage, and with all his size and natural power, he is almost a finesse guy in the run game. He will need some development on the NFL level to become a more explosive and dominating run blocker, although he still has a big body that can wall off. He is not a complete player, but he has the best upside of any of the big men in this draft. Because of it, will probably be a fairly high 1st round pick. He is also the most pure LOT in this draft.