MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Early, though not necessarily bright and early with the overcast skies outside on Tuesday, the Middle Tennessee weight room had shifted its attention mostly over to the bench press station for 2022's pro day. But all it took was one jump to have everyone whip their attention back to the vertical jump.
"OK DQ!" a teammate shouted out amid whoops and cheers from the rest of the crowd, as the linebacker soared just short of 35 inches on his first jump. A quick flutter of feet later, and seemingly the whole room held their breath for DQ Thomas' second and final jump.