49ers’ Brandon Thomas is Ready to Play
Over the past few years, the 49ers have gambled on several injured players in the draft.General manager Trent Baalke has selected formerly highly touted prospects, getting them at bargain prices and stockpiling them for future use.Sometimes, as with South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore, it doesn't work out. Lattimore, selected by the 49ers in the fourth round of the 2013 draft, was rated as a first-round talent for the Gamecocks before suffering a second knee injury. Eventually, he retired without ever playing a down in San Francisco.Fortunately for the Niners, all it cost was a fourth-round draft choice.As the 49ers prepare to open training camp Saturday with their first full-squad workout, another of those low-risk, high-reward Baalke gambles will be in the spotlight: guard Brandon Thomas.Thomas, a third-round pick in 2014 out of Clemson, possibly was destined to be a high second-round pick until suffering an ACL tear in a pre-draft workout.Now Thomas – after more than a year of rehabilitation, film study and participation in recent spring team workouts – is ready to go.It's projected that Thomas is the No. 1 candidate to win the left guard spot vacated by...
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