Miami DB Jakobe Thomas Talks With CIS

[Trinton Breeze]

DMoney had a chance to speak with a couple of players at yesterday's Miami Hurricanes Media Day, where he caught up with new Hurricanes safety transfer JaKobe Thomas.

Here is the full transcript of the interview:

On his transition to Miami:

It's been smooth. I love it here. It's very fun to be around a lot of guys — we’ve got a very characteristic team, so it's very good. I’ve got a great group of coaches around me — Coach Harris and Coach Etheridge — and I'm happy...

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[FrancisSawyer]

Sounds like a great young man. Thomas could be an excellent compliment to Zechariah Poyser. Looking forward to watching them play.

 

[Jassid82]

Mario knew we needed an enforcer after Spring. Coach Macho said it too. Mario went and got two in Thomas and Toure. Mario knows what it’s supposed to look like.

 

[Trav]

Would be great if he can make an Adrian Colbert type impact. He's physically very similar.

 

[Cane30]

I am very familiar with coach talk, but they are seriously talking some of these transfers up and he's one of them. I just need to see it. I am actually more concerned with the backups. In Spring I already had Markeith and Richard as the backups. Markeith has supposedly finally gained some weight and Richard has the knee brace off, but I don't know if he's cleared. It's been 9 months.

 

[FrancisSawyer]

I am very familiar with coach talk, but they are seriously talking some of these transfers up and he's one of them. I just need to see it. I am actually more concerned with the backups. In Spring I already had Markeith and Richard as the backups. Markeith has supposedly finally gained some weight and Richard has the knee brace off, but I don't know if he's cleared. It's been 9 months.

Wouldn't you say that Dylan Day is firmly in the mix as backup? As far as Richard is concerned, I take it that he has been moved back to Safety and that is a good thing because it's where he belongs. I know Kionte Scott is at Nickel but I'm curious if he can play some safety. If Richard is truly 100% then that gives us experienced depth to pair with Day. Markeith has great ball skills but the physical part of the game scares me with him despite the weight gain.

 

[3FW]

I am very familiar with coach talk, but they are seriously talking some of these transfers up and he's one of them. I just need to see it. I am actually more concerned with the backups. In Spring I already had Markeith and Richard as the backups. Markeith has supposedly finally gained some weight and Richard has the knee brace off, but I don't know if he's cleared. It's been 9 months.

He has to beat out Day. Underrated battle.

 

[Damiencane86]

I am very familiar with coach talk, but they are seriously talking some of these transfers up and he's one of them. I just need to see it. I am actually more concerned with the backups. In Spring I already had Markeith and Richard as the backups. Markeith has supposedly finally gained some weight and Richard has the knee brace off, but I don't know if he's cleared. It's been 9 months.

For Richard I was hopeful he could be back by midseason so brace off already is encouraging as the S room needs all the bodies it can get

 

[Canesfan1899]

He has to beat out Day. Underrated battle.

And if Day beats him out he earned it instead of having to play because we had no one else.