Thornton scored 661 meters and six matches out of only 26 receptions during his older Tennessee season and produced the highest meters per reception (25.4) in FBS last season. This 22 -year -old strengthened his prospective position with the second fastest 40 -hour in any broad player and became the highest player 4.30 or faster in the merger since 2003.
Great play is what Raiders hopes for with Thornton and offensive manager Chip Kelly acknowledges the type of weapon he has at his disposal.
“I don’t think it is unique in terms of him is just high under 6-5 and he ran 4.3. There is not a lot of people on this planet that does it,” Kelly said this week. “And I think if you had pulling up the receiver outside, you would choose that type of body type, someone with a length, someone who has a huge catching radius, but also has a speed. Sometimes you can get a big man like that, but he can’t really drive, so they can be with him.
Las Vegas turned in 2025 with the appointment of Pete Carroll’s head coach and the takeover of team manager Geno Smith. Although Carroll and Kelly are aiming to stabilize the Raiders violation with a sound attack-one led no. 5 overall Pick Ashton Jeanty Game Paste Being where opportunities are available downtown catches like Thornton.
He could see enough playing time as a novice also compared to very thin and very young WR room Las Vegas. Carroll is looking forward to checking out Thornton and newcomers in a training camp where an elder coach returns to the sidelines after years of heart.
“[I]It’s a cool group and the idea is to force those boys to play early and let them have to play and do it well, “said Carroll about the newcomer class.” You have to ask them to do things they are good at. Can these boys be ordinary for us.