With training camp being the next meaningful event on the Jets calendar, fans, writers and bloggers will have plenty of time to comb over the current 90-man roster to try and figure out which players are locks to stick, which ones have a real chance to surprise, and who will turn out to be just another “camp body”.<\/p>\n
In looking at his career numbers, one might assume that wide receiver Deonte Thompson has a chance to fall in to the latter category, but Jets beat writer Dan Leberfeld of Jets Confidential (subscription only<\/strong><\/a>) made an interesting statement about Thompson in his latest issue. In discussing which players stood out, Leberfeld had this to say about Thompson after watching him blow past a couple of Jets DB’s on a pair of crossing routes, “He isn’t just a camp body, but has a chance of making this team”<\/p>\n It’s been a few years (seven to be exact), but the 6′ 204 Thompson once blazed a 40 time at his pro day that was clocked between 4.23 and 4.33<\/strong><\/a>. From what Leberfeld tells us, it seems he still has enough juice to leave defenders in the rear view mirror, describing the former Florida track star “professional receiver”.<\/p>\n