SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Their rookie minicamp is over, but the NFL education is only beginning for the San Francisco 49ers' rookie class.
For most of them, that education will continue at the team's facility during the next five weeks or so. But an NFL rule will keep perhaps the 49ers' most prominent rookie from entering the building again until mid-June.
Third overall pick Solomon Thomas participated fully in last weekend's rookie minicamp and, for him, it might have been even more meaningful than for the rest of his rookie teammates.
"It’s really important to show the coaches how I’m going to work, how I’m going to play, my effort on the field," Thomas said.