CHARLOTTE – Ian Thomas wasn't on the NFL's radar heading into his senior season at Indiana.
The NFL wasn't on Thomas' radar, either.
"It wasn't really in my vision. The first thing was getting a degree, however I could get it," Thomas said. "Then going through Indiana, I guess I developed into an NFL player. It wasn't really in my mindset at first."
Exactly how much of a late bloomer is Thomas?
Well, the rookie tight end, selected in the fourth round of the 2018 NFL Draft, didn't even appear in a major college media guide – much less a draft-related guide – in any substantive way until around this time last year.