Report: 49ers shopping 2017 first-round pick Solomon Thomas
Just two years ago, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch was a big fan of Solomon Thomas, so much so that he chose Thomas with the No. 3 pick in the 2017 draft.
But after just two seasons, Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan might be ready to part ways with Thomas.
Report: Niners shopping Thomas
On Thursday, ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio, citing an NFL source, reported that the Niners are “shopping” Thomas and seeing if there’s a trade to be done.
Thomas’ pass-rushing ability at Stanford made him attractive, but in 30 NFL games he has just four sacks, three of those as a rookie in 2017, and 17 quarterback hits.
San Francisco had two first-round picks in 2017; at No. 31, it selected Reuben Foster. Foster was released last November after an arrest for suspicion of domestic battery, his second domestic violence-related arrest in a year.
Lynch and Thomas were classmates at Stanford a few years ago; Lynch returned to school to take classes toward finishing his degree and was in a Management Science and Engineering class with Thomas, who was a freshman at the time. The two also worked on a project together.
Thomas played through grief in 2018
Thomas played through grief in 2018. His older sister, Ella, committed suicide on Jan. 23, 2018.
The 23-year-old wrote an emotional essay about Ella, his and his family’s experience, and his budding desire to be an advocate for mental health and suicide prevention, for ESPN in September.
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