The Miami Hurricanes produced another pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. S Jakobe Thomas goes to the Minnesota Vikings with 98th overall pick in the third round of the draft.<\/p>\n
Thomas is the kind of player who makes the people who study film for a living look very, very smart. In a draft cycle dominated by the glamour of the trench stars on the defensive line, Thomas worked quietly and without fanfare – and yet more than one analyst tracking this Miami class called him the gem of the entire group, the player teams would regret not taking earlier.<\/p>\n
At 6\u20191\u201d and 214 pounds, he brought physicality to Corey Hetherman\u2019s defense as a downhill run-stopping box safety who plays with an intensity that teams chasing culture will immediately recognize and value. He shows passion and aggressiveness with a closing burst that will leave a mark. Thomas recorded 76 tackles, including 3.5 sacks, and also has good ball skills recording five interceptions in 2025. He posted a 4.32 shuttle time as well as a 4.57 40-yard dash, reflecting real lateral range for a player who was never treated as a marquee prospect but produced at every level he was asked to compete at – transferring from Middle Tennessee State (was part of the 45-31 Miami upset) then to Tennessee and finally landed on Miami.<\/p>\n
This is a good spot for Thomas who can continue his progression with coach Brian Flores and mentors in the secondary in Byron Murphy and Joshua Metellus.<\/p>\n
He is a coachable product and will end up being a real steal. Congrats, Jakobe, and make things happen with Vikings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Hurricanes produced another pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. S Jakobe Thomas goes to the Minnesota…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4980,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-245784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-football-news","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}