Old Rochester Alum Update

Old Rochester Alum Update

Courtesy Ryon Thomas

It's been quite the month for Ryon Thomas. Not only has the Old Rochester Regional alum graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, but he has had the opportunity to show off his skills at a couple of pro camps.

One of those tryouts was with the New York Jets at their world class training facility.

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"That's all I want to do," Thomas said in an earlier interview with Fun 107. "I want to somehow find a way to stay in the game and do what I love. That might eventually be in the form of coaching, but I'm not ready to stop being a player yet."

With the recent attention from the New York Jets, teams don't look like they’re ready to write him off as a player, yet, either. With the times and numbers Thomas put up with his skills and agility NFL combine tests it is no wonder that he has attention.

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