'08 FL RB Carlton Thomas (Georgia Verbal)

[irishunclebill]

Carlton Thomas - RB (5'7"/159lbs)
Frostproof HS (Frostproof, FL)

Combine
Forty: 4.5
Bench Reps:
Bench Max: 315
Squat Max: 440
Shuttle:
Vertical:
GPA:

Star Ratings
Rivals:
Scout:

Rankings & Accolades
2006 Leading Rusher/ Polk County, FL
#87 on Fla Varsity Pre-Eval 100 list for 2008 Class
Scout #13 RB
Rivals #11 APB

Statistics
2006- 2,280 yards, 24 Touchdowns

Schools of Interest
Arizona State
Arkansas
Auburn
Connecticut
Florida State
Notre Dame
Ohio State
West Virginia
Rutgers
Georgia
Clemson

Multimedia & Resource Links
Carlton Thomas's YouTube Highlights

[irishunclebill]

[irishunclebill]

Rivals is reporting that Carlton has received an offer. Carlton was the leading rusher in Polk County, Florida last year as a Junior with 2,280 yards and 24 touchdowns. He edged out Chris Rainey, Florida’s #1 RB recruit for 2007 for the Polk County honors.

This offer was posted based on comments made by Carlton and his coach, and should not be considered an Official Offer until verified.

[irishunclebill]

Rivals has confirmed that the Official Offer to Carlton Thomas is a written offer, and Scout now also list Carlton as an Offer. With that the Irish hit the half-century mark in 2008 Official Offers as Carlton becomes the 50th member of the 2008 Irish Envy Official Offer list.

[stonebreakerwasgod]

He is pretty small, I would think his 40 time would be faster. Perhaps he has good cutback and acceleration ability?

[irishunclebill]

Originally Posted by stonebreakerwasgod

He is pretty small, I would think his 40 time would be faster. Perhaps he has good cutback and acceleration ability?

FWIW, he tries to emulate Barry Sanders. Whether he can or not is obviously a big and premature question, but for a kid his size, Sanders is a heckuva role model.

[Ricochet]

Originally Posted by stonebreakerwasgod

He is pretty small, I would think his 40 time would be faster. Perhaps he has good cutback and acceleration ability?

Wouldn't get caught up in the 40 times right now, alot of the are off at this point atleast last year on the recruiting sites that had guys that ran 4.3 at combines but on there profiles listed them from anywhere from 4.5 to 4.7. Plus forty times are an overrated stat IMO because they are with out pads and it's in straight line thats and it's not a in football situation so it doesn't mean that much to me. RB's are about more about quickness rather than speed because you have to be patience and then be able to hit top gear when the hole opens up. I look at durability, quickness, balance, vision etc as being more important than a 40 time but with that said I don't want somene who's slow either but the point is that the 40 isn't end all be all.