More like Shanle 5.0, new and improved.

Shanle only had 17 tackles for loss during his whole time at Nebraska. Thomas averaged 12.5/year. In total he had 51 TFL versus Shanle's 17, a 100% difference.

Shanle had 6 sacks in 3 years. Thomas had 27 in 4 years. Another difference of a 127%.

Thomas had a MUCH better college career. Not saying he will mimic that in the pros. Still if he's only twice as good as Shanle at his prime, we could have a pretty damn good value for an UDFA

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Posted by higgsBoson

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Posted on 4/28/13 at 2:07 am to whodidthat

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More like Shanle 5.0, new and improved. Shanle only had 17 tackles for loss during his whole time at Nebraska. Thomas averaged 12.5/year. In total he had 51 TFL versus Shanle's 17, a 100% difference. Shanle had 6 sacks in 3 years. Thomas had 27 in 4 years. Another difference of a 127%. Thomas had a MUCH better college career. Not saying he will mimic that in the pros. Still if he's only twice as good as Shanle at his prime, we could have a pretty damn good value for an UDFA

Thanks for bringing some perspective. Clearly Thomas was a much more productive player. Clearly, however, there is a reason he fell so far and wasn't drafted.
The reason why I'm excited though is that Chase Thomas should provide quality depth. I like our top 3 OLB, but we have no depth at OLB. I fully expect Chase Thomas can be solid depth at the position. That is more than you can usually expect out of an UDFA

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Posted by AtlantaLSUfan

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Posted on 4/28/13 at 6:44 am to whodidthat

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Shanle only had 17 tackles for loss during his whole time at Nebraska. Thomas averaged 12.5/year. In total he had 51 TFL versus Shanle's 17, a 100% difference. Shanle had 6 sacks in 3 years. Thomas had 27 in 4 years. Another difference of a 127%.

This. Fact is, the guy is someone that could be a NFL producer but people didn't want to waste the draft pick. He's jumps off the tape on film and got high grades from the experts. He's just slow.

To get him as an UDFA is awesome. Don't cost us anything to find out how he translates into the NFL.

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Posted by Maximus

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Posted on 4/28/13 at 7:21 am to whodidthat

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Shanle only had 17 tackles for loss during his whole time at Nebraska. Thomas averaged 12.5/year. In total he had 51 TFL versus Shanle's 17, a 100% difference.

Shanle had 6 sacks in 3 years. Thomas had 27 in 4 years.

what do you kneaux

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