Niners Nation · Apr 27, 2017
John Lynch, Solomon Thomas took same class at Stanford in 2014
If the San Francisco 49ers end up selecting Stanford defensive end Solomon Thomas in the 2017 NFL draft, we have now found the story that could be the difference-maker. And regardless of the 49ers draft plans, this is officially my favorite story of the draft.
MMQB writer Jenny Vrentas put together a notebook of draft content, and it concluded with a fantastic anecdote about Thomas and 49ers GM John Lynch. Back in 2014, Lynch returned to Stanford to finish the degree he was working towards when he declared early for the 1993 NFL draft. He took a class in the Management Science and Engineering department that focused on decision-making. It turns out Thomas was in the same class!
