Hometown favorite Cynai Thomas commits to Oregon State

With an impressive 3.7 GPA, Cynai Thomas, who started his high school football career at Menlo-Atherton High School, recently committed to attend Oregon State University.

Now a rising senior at Riordan HS in San Francisco, Cynai had 17 college offers — most notable Cal, Oregon State, Auburn, Iowa State, Arizona, Michigan State.

He played multiple positions growing up, including quarterback and running back eventually becoming a wide receiver in the 8th grade. He began his high school career with his former basketball buddy, Jack Preston (pictured together recently and in a childhood basketball photo below — Cynai is wearing the Nike shirt and Jack is #40 at the far fight).

In his downtime from football and studying, he enjoys unwinding by hanging out with friends, family and journaling.