2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: John Thomas, OL, Mercer

• Name: John Thomas
• Position: OL
• College: Mercer
• Height: 6’3
• Weight: 305
• Twitter: 64Jdtjr
• Instagram: johnthomasjrr

What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2024 NFL Draft? 

I am an athletic offensive lineman who can play any position needed for the team to be successful. I have a big wingspan which helps in the passing game, I can run out in space, and I love working combo blocks and single blocks in the run game.

At what age were you first interested in the sport of football?

Around 9 or 10

What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?

I am an unselfish, hardworking teammate who will do anything to help my team win.

If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be? 

Any cause that would help with blood diseases because that is what my dad died from and I want to help find a way to cure it so others do not have to go through what he did

What is the best advice you have ever received? 

That everything in life happens for a reason, and that God never puts things in your life that he knows you cannot handle. Always fight whatever you are going through and through hard times will make you successful down the road.

Who was your childhood hero? 

My father

Who is the most underrated teammate in your locker room at your school? 

Richard Coffey

What is your biggest pet peeve? 

Not cleaning up after yourself

Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome? 

When my father passed away in June of last year. He was and will always be my biggest supporter and critic. He always wanted what was best for me.

Tell me something about your school and why it is so special to you?

Mercer is a school that is not too small but also not too big, and what makes it special is that here everyone wants to see you succeed. Whether it is in the classroom or on the field people want to see you be great

What is your favorite snack food? 

Double Stuffed Oreos

What is the best part of football? 

Going out their with your brothers and putting a show on for your family and friends

If you could sell yourself in one sentence what would you say? 

If you get a guy like me you would never have to question your decision.

If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be? 

Andrew Thomas

If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why? 

My dad, Kobe Bryant and Steve Harvey. The reason for that is because all three of those guys are so determined in life to want the best for themselves and everyone else around them. And i want to know what drives them, what makes them go so hard to want more and more.