Lawrence Thomas weighs 290 lbs and Groucho Mark thinks he still may be a LB??!! 290 is that a typo?? It can't be in 2 spots.
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OT: Lawrence Thomas
June 21st, 2012 at 10:01 AM
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OT: Lawrence Thomas
June 21st, 2012 at 10:06 AM
#2
Maybe that's just a nice way
Maybe that's just a nice way of saying he's a poor D-lineman.
June 21st, 2012 at 10:10 AM
#3
That's big for Alabama's
That's even big for Alabama's standards. I don't think it's a typo. Just wishful thinking. Put your hand on the ground, LT. It's where you belong.
June 21st, 2012 at 10:15 AM
#4
Well obviously Dantonio knows
Well obviously Dantonio knows what he's doing so they have nothing to worry about.
June 21st, 2012 at 11:09 AM
#5
You
WHO LET THAT ASSHOLE GET UP TO 290 LBs WHILE I WAS IN THE WEEDS? FUCK THIS, IM GOING ON AN INTERGALACTIC RECRUITING EXTRAVAGANZA
June 21st, 2012 at 6:44 PM
#6
I truly wish we could vote
I truly wish we could vote this pic/post into at least the triple digit range. Well done, sir. Well done.
June 21st, 2012 at 10:16 AM
#7
Doesn't matter, I have faith
Doesn't matter, I have faith in any of our O-Line guys to block him whether he is on the D-Line or at the second level. Technique>Size.
June 21st, 2012 at 10:16 AM
#8
He is 290
He did put on a very large amount of weight. The reason he is practicing at linebacker is because he is a freshman, and they can get his weight down.
June 21st, 2012 at 10:24 AM
#9
Sounds eerily like another
Sounds eerily like another highly recruited prospect out of Detroit.
June 21st, 2012 at 10:34 AM
#10
Vince Helmuth?
Vince Helmuth?
June 21st, 2012 at 11:43 AM
#11
pretty sure he's from Saline.
pretty sure he's from Saline.
June 21st, 2012 at 5:50 PM
#12
Sounds like
Brandon Graham
June 21st, 2012 at 10:47 AM
#13
Still growing?
I guess so! If the weights are accurate he put on 55 pounds in one year! Since he apparently had a shoulder injury that led to his redshirt and precluded him from participating in Spring practice, he could not have been spending much time in the weight room bulking up. Just wow...55 pounds...still the same height...wow again.
June 21st, 2012 at 10:49 AM
#14
Oprah ' ish
Somebody who gains that much has to have had some indicators. How big is his dad/mom? Doesn't tell all but if the Dad for example is a monster then you at least have something to chew on in terms of predictions.
This happens at schools but how can a program at this level not keep this from happening with a scholarship athlete? This can't just happen in the few weeks in the summer where he may be able to be around less frequently.
June 21st, 2012 at 2:44 PM
#15
I can has cheezburger???
June 21st, 2012 at 10:25 AM
#16
290!
Laying in the weeds eating gorditas by the bushel.
June 21st, 2012 at 10:48 AM
#17
This is not that big of a deal.
This is not that big of a deal. 290 is a typical size for linebackers in the Galgamex system where Dantonio does a lot of his recruiting.
June 21st, 2012 at 10:58 AM
#18
Maybe that's why the car he was in rolled over
It was a little top heavy
I kid, I kid
June 21st, 2012 at 11:14 AM
#19
I think
I think LT probably wants to be a LB and the coaches are saying "We'll find a spot for him on the field somewhere" is a nice way of them saying "you're probably not a LB anymore, time to put a hand down". At this point he went from 30 tech to 3 tech.
June 21st, 2012 at 11:14 AM
#20
The Insight
""I see him as a 290(-pound) football player,"" - Dantonio, quoted in the article
The insight of the man never ceases to amaze.
Yeah, I would imagine that, now that he has DE size (heavier and shorter than Gholston though, I think), that he'll probably find his way onto the field that way if Mark Dantonio says they will find a place for him. That might be the logical spot for the new Lawrence Thomas. Of course, if he is wise, he will probe the area where he puts down his hand first - he would, after all, be putting his hand down in the weeds.
June 21st, 2012 at 6:05 PM
#21
Huh. I see him as a
Huh. I see him as a 290-pound synchronized swimmer. Wait 'til you see his leg kick!
June 21st, 2012 at 6:10 PM
#22
He would probably be pretty
He would probably be pretty buoyant at that weight.
June 21st, 2012 at 11:58 AM
#23
Dantonio doesn't sound to
Dantonio doesn't sound to fond of him. Who gains that much weight when you are recruited as a linebacker at 6'2" unless they wands move him to d.tackle?
June 21st, 2012 at 2:01 PM
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June 21st, 2012 at 4:52 PM
#25
I seem to remember Brandon
I seem to remember Brandon Graham's weight ballooning as well, causing him to work at the 3-tech for a short period. He was also a highly rated 250 lb-ish linebacker from Detroit as a recruit. Not that I hope he turns into that but gaining weight was likely bound to happen.
June 21st, 2012 at 5:54 PM
#26
Yeah, umm, I'm thinking
he's probably a LB/NT now, with an emphasis on NT.
June 21st, 2012 at 6:35 PM
#27
Theres a bunch of reports
Theres a bunch of reports about this, I don't even know what's right and what's wrong anymore. He's been reported from being anyhwere from 250-290 (as listed here), and a week or two ago he said he and narduzzi were both all-in for him being a DE, yet this article says he could still play LB? All i hope is that his shoulder heals and he's on the field ASAP, as a LB or DE
June 21st, 2012 at 6:47 PM
#28
I doubt he'll be on the field
I doubt he'll be on the field that much any time soon, regardless of position. He won't be playing LB since you guys are pretty set at LB for the starters and he's probably way too out of shape for that, and he won't play much at DE since he won't be better than Rush or Gholston, and he'll have a lot of technique to learn playing on the DL for the first time.
That's OK for you guys since he's a RS frosh this fall. He might be the heir apparent to Gholston, though.
June 21st, 2012 at 8:59 PM
#29
The heir apparent to Gholston
The heir apparent to Gholston is Joel Heath who could push for some PT this year (he's a RS Fresh). Coaches said he looks like Gholston 2.0 in the spring. maybe on the other side he could spell Marcus Rush since his backup, Shillique Calhoun, was said to be a beast also after a spring scrimmage, but then Narduzzi said "he has to decide if he wants to be a scout team member the rest of his career".
