Brandon Thomas (born February 18, 1991) is a former American football offensive guard and current offensive graduate assistant for the Clemson Tigers. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Clemson. High school career Thomas attended Paul M. Dorman High School in Roebuck, South Carolina. As a four-star recruit by the Rivals.com rating service, he was rated as the 14th best offensive tackle prospect in his class. College career Thomas attended Clemson University from 2009 to 2013. He saw a lot of playing time at both guard and tackle during his career, and became the starting left tackle for the Tigers in 2012, where he started 26 games over his last two seasons. He was named a first-team All-ACC as a junior, and was a second-team All-ACC selection as a senior. Professional career On December 16, 2013, it was announced that Thomas had accepted his invitation to play in the 2014 Senior Bowl. On January 25, 2014, he played in the Reese's Senior Bowl, asapart of Atlanta Falcons' head coach Mike Smith's North team that lost 20-10 to the South. Thomas was one of 50 collegiate offensive linemen to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. He performed all of the combine drills and ran the ninth fastest 40-yard dash among all offensive linemen and had the fifth best vertical jump. On March 6, 2014, Thomas attended Clemson's pro day, along with Tajh Boyd, Martavis Bryant, Sammy Watkins, Tyler Shatley, Chandler Catanzaro, Bashaud Breeland, and eight others. He opted to perform positional drills and bested his combine numbers in the broad jump (8'3"), short shuttle (4.75s), and three-cone drill (7.83s). On April 3, 2014, Thomas suffered a torn ACL while performing a non-contact drill at a private workout he was attending with the New Orleans Saints. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Thomas was projected by NFL draft experts and scouts to be a third to fifth round pick. He was ranked the tenth best offensive guard prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com. San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers selected Thomas in the third round (100th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft. He was the eighth offensive guard and 22nd offensive linemen selected in 2014. 2014 On May 31, 2014, 49ers signed Thomas to a four-year, $2.72 million contract that includes a signing