Charlie Thomas
Position: PF
Height and Weight: 6 foot 8, 245 pounds
Recruiting Stars: 3 (247 Sports), 3 (ESPN), 3 (Yahoo Sports)
National Ranking: #324 (247 Sports), NR (Yahoo Sports)
Other Notable Offers: Vanderbilt, Rutgers, and DePaul
Strengths
- Strong
- Tough and physical
- Very good rebounder
- Solid Defender
- Can finish strong in the paint
- Can occasionally hit the open jump shot
Weaknesses
- Not an offensive threat except for open dunks and layups
- Not a consistent shooter
- Slightly undersized for Big 10 Power Forward
- Lacks foot speed
- No post game
Busting Brackets
2015-2016 Outlook: Thomas still has a lot of work to do on developing the offensive portion of his game. Despite the lack of depth at forward, I think he would be better off taking a red shirt year to develop his game. Right now, he’s just a project and nothing more.
Future Outlook: If he’s able to develop offensively, he can be a very solid role player in his later years. His ceiling isn’t very high, but he can be the tough, defensive minded glue guy that Bo Ryan absolutely adores.
Player Comparison: Right now, he’s a more athletic version of Vitto Brown, but he can have the same sort of impact that Mike Bruesewitz had on defense and on the glass. But I think he will be slightly more of an offensive threat than The Bruiser was.
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