Who Is The Next Derrick Thomas?

[zodiak]

Im curious often we wonder who is the next ???
I thought that in the late 80's early 90's Derrick Thomas was the most dominant OLB in football ahead of even LT.

He was different mostly relying on pure speed, and quickness Im curious are there any collegiate players that compare to Derrick Thomas?

Thanks

 

[Nappy Roots]

DT is up for the Hall this year. Hopefully he gets in, he deserves it. Loved DT and i wont ever compare college players to him..


RIP

 

[spydertl79]

If you're looking for someone who has a similar style to DT I would look at two guys in this class: Jeremy McRath from Southern Miss and Everette Brown from FSU. They are both very large DE/OLB prototype players who play aggressively.

Only video I can find of McRath, shows his size as he knocks his teammate to the ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEK9KJGBPKw
Everette Brown is the best defensive player in the draft IMO, he always supplies constant pressure to the QB regardless of who we were playing. He drew a lot of double teams but there were a couple games where he was allowed to run loose (3 sacks vs Clemson, 4 vs. Va Tech, and 3.5 vs. Maryland)
Here's a scouts video of one of his better games this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErRsfNTpFps
And a highlight film for 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXJJ14HL5EE

 

[Nappy Roots]

its Gerald McRath and hes the one that gets knocked down in that video.

 

[Kdawg954]

ROFL at that video, damn I missed that.