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[DawgOnKing]

Problems Solved!

Joe Thomas
2006 Outland Trophy Finalist
2006 Lombardi Award Semifinalist
2006 Consensus First-Team All-Big Ten
Career

* Has appeared in 47 games, including 38 starts (one was as a DE vs. Auburn in 2003 Music City Bowl)
* three-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 and Academic All-Big Ten selection

2006

* One of three finalists for the Outland Trophy (college football’s top interior lineman)
* First-team All-American according to American Football Coaches Association and Rivals.com
* Second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American as selected by CoSIDA
* consensus first-team All-Big Ten choice
* one of 11 finalists for the Wuerffel Trophy (community service, academic and athletic achievement)
* named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 team (as voted by CoSIDA)
* a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award
* named to Mid-Season All-America teams by SI.com and collegefootballnews.com
* winner of National Football Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship ($18,000) and finalist for the Draddy Trophy as college football’s top scholar-athlete
* made 38th start vs. Buffalo on Nov. 18
* named UW’s offensive player of the week for Michigan game
* team captain
* projected to be among the top three overall selections in the 2007 National Football League Draft by ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. and by Scouts, Inc.
* named to 2006 Playboy All-America team
* 2006 preseason first-team All-American and the nation’s No. 2 offensive tackle according to The Sporting News
* second-team preseason All-American according to Lindy’s and Street & Smith’s
* selected to 2006 preseason watch lists for the Outland Trophy and Lombari Award

2005

* First-team All-American according to Pro Football Weekly
* second-team All-American by Walter Camp, SI.com and Rivals.com
* consensus first-team All-Big Ten
* Lombardi Award semifinalist
* ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 honoree
* Academic All-Big Ten choice
* started all 13 games at left tackle
* started all 13 games at left tackle
* named UW’s co-offensive player of the week vs. Bowling Green and Penn State
* earned third varsity letter
* injured right knee while filling in on depleted defensive line in Capital One Bowl game vs. Auburn

2004

* Earned second varsity letter
* started all 12 regular season games at left tackle
* consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten pick
* named Academic All-Big Ten and first-team academic all-district
* set UW indoor record in shot put with throw of 62-0 ¼ feet, set in 2005
* 2005 NCAA indoor and outdoor qualifier in shot put

2003

* Earned first varsity letter
* played much of season as a blocking TE (wearing No. 82)
* first true freshman OL to see action during the Alvarez era
* started at DE vs. Auburn in Music City Bowl and assisted on seven tackles

High School

* No. 4 offensive tackle in the nation according to Tom Lemming
* among top 20 offensive tackles nationally, top 25 players in the Midwest and No. 3 player in Wisconsin according to Rivals.com
* PrepStar All-American
* second-team All-America offensive tackle according to USA Today
* member of Detroit Free Press All-Midwest team
* Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first-team all-state defensive lineman and second-team all-state offensive tackle as a senior
* also first-team all-state honors at DE from Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and Associated Press
* WFCA 2002 Defensive Player of the Year with fellow Badger Justin Ostrowski
* 85 tackles and 12 QB sacks as a senior and 70 tackles and eight sacks as a junior
* three-time all-conference selection
* four-year letterwinner in football, track and basketball
* captained football and basketball teams his senior year
* finished fifth in nationals in shot put as a junior
* all-conference, all-area and all-state selection in shot put and discus
* four-year honor roll student
* U.S. Army Academic All-America team
* coached in football by Rick Synold at Brookfield Central High

 

[cdt]

I've been pimping Joe Thomas and Jared Geathers a while now..

 

[The George]

there is a mock draft somewhere that has us taking Alan Branch at number 5

I hope thats not true cause I want big Alan to stay at UM but Alan would be a deadly defensive end for us...big quick strong fast...he is the kind of guy our defense needs


but you cant go wrong with Joe Thomas either....you could slot him in at LT for the next 10 years....

Thomas...Coleman...Bently...Tucker...Schaffer....thats a major improvement in one year

 

[Smooth]

Right there with you Pilot.. I'd love to have a guy like Thomas who can be a anchor for us and most important a guy to protect our QB's..

The thing I like most about this pick, is the fact that drafting offensive lineman in the 1st round, is usually one of the safest picks.. Just go back in recent years and see the lineman taken and how they've turned out..

Joe Thomas is probably one of the best tackles to come out in awhile.. He probably would of challenge D'Brickashaw Ferguson last year for the first tackle taken in the draft.. That's how good he is.

George, I'd love to get Alan Branch too.. The guy is an absolute beast and is a great run stopper.. Although I wouldn't want him as a DE in 3-4, I'd rather him be a NT.. Because Ted Washington just doesn't seem to be getting the job done anymore.

Outside of those two, I'd like to see us take a look at a QB like Brian Brohm if we choose to go that direction, Adrian Peterson if we want a RB and my favorite pick, Gaines Adams.. Willie McGinest, just like Washington, doesn't look like he has a lot of gas left in the tank..

But really, how scary for QB's, would it be to have Gaines Adams on one side and Kamerion Wimbley on the other side?

No matter what Savage does, I have total faith in him with the 1st pick..

 

[Deadlock]

there is a mock draft somewhere that has us taking Alan Branch at number 5

I hope thats not true cause I want big Alan to stay at UM but Alan would be a deadly defensive end for us...big quick strong fast...he is the kind of guy our defense needs


but you cant go wrong with Joe Thomas either....you could slot him in at LT for the next 10 years....

Thomas...Coleman...Bently...Tucker...Schaffer....thats a major improvement in one year

Hope not every DE we draft is a bust. Plus we need an o-line.

 

[crazedcav333]

O LINEMAN!!! That's first.

 

[crazedcav333]

There's only one guy I'd take over a O lineman...Troy Smith.

He's a leader and a proven QB.

 

[DawgOnKing]

There's only one guy I'd take over a O lineman...Troy Smith.

He's a leader and a proven QB.

Sure. Take a guy in the top 5 that's not projected to go in the top 25. I'm sure we'd start winning games overnight with Troy running for his life behind our OL. Sounds a lot like someone who wears #9 already. :thumbdown

 

[CornerThree]

I think the Browns should take Troy Smith in the first round.

 

[DawgOnKing]

I think the Browns should take Troy Smith in the first round.

Oh sh*t, sorry. Why didn't you just say so earlier? This changes everything.

ps.

 

[crazedcav333]

No O line is first. But Smith seems like the real deal.

Basically, I dunno. I'll go with O line. A couple of guys have been mentioned hopefully one will break through during camp.