2025 Offensive Line

[Ttk.gman2]

Nice breakdown.

but I would swap Rice / Cruz. Otherwise, that looks right.

I agree but I think Pringle starts over Mack.

 

[GoSU96]

I organized this as a two deep, which admittedly is not 100% clean because some of these guys play a couple positions.

But it is probably as good as we can get for a two deep as of right now…

Position	First Team	Second Team
LT	Mack	Bertrand
LG	Ferguson	Washington
C	Collins	Miller
RG	Cruz	Rice
RT	Weatherspoon	Pringle

Total guess at LT where it sounds like Betrand and Mack are really close. I bet they both play.

Thinking Ferguson starts initially given his big edge in experience. But I think Washington starting is inevitable.

Washington, Hawn and Stewart sound like the frosh that are most likely to play, in that order. Hoping only Washington burns a year of eligibility in 2025.

Other than Collins I have no idea where guys out of the remaining 9 are going to play or in what order. I’d probably swap Pringle for Mack and Rice for Cruz, but that is a pure guess

 

[RF2044]

I agree but I think Pringle starts over Mack.

He might.

But I wouldn't discount Mack so easily. He is an impressive physical specimen, and he's been on the depth chart for two years. He's ready to ascend.

If he's not up to the task, I'm not sure that any of the others are natural LTs [beyond Hahn, who probably isn't ready as a true frosh, especially against this type of schedule]. Pringle strikes me as more of a RT. Betrand seems too big -- not sure if he has the lateral mobility. Time will tell on both counts.

I hope Pringle lives up to his recruiting ranking. We'll see.

 

[cusefan88]

He might.

But I wouldn't discount Mack so easily. He is an impressive physical specimen, and he's been on the depth chart for two years. He's ready to ascend.

If he's not up to the task, I'm not sure that any of the others are natural LTs [beyond Hahn, who probably isn't ready as a true frosh, especially against this type of schedule]. Pringle strikes me as more of a RT. Betrand seems too big -- not sure if he has the lateral mobility. Time will tell on both counts.

I hope Pringle lives up to his recruiting ranking. We'll see.

Pringle and Big Byron on the right side next year sounds scary for the opposing DL.

 

[23Zone]

Pringle and Big Byron on the right side next year sounds scary for the opposing DL.

That would be a tremendous amount of meat

 

[Sdot]

Other than Collins I have no idea where guys out of the remaining 9 are going to play or in what order. I’d probably swap Pringle for Mack and Rice for Cruz, but that is a pure guess

Expect Ferguson to play right guard and weatherspoon to play right tackle.

 

[MSOrange]

Maybe a tad premature?

The OL looks the part. But before we "know" we are 12 deep - or even 5 deep - we have to see them perform as a functional unit on the field. OL play is complex and interdependent on how well the guy next to you is performing.I know, I know and water is wet.

I appreciate and understand the preseason enthusiasm. And, there is no denying the physical transformation of the OL since FB's arrival. I am cautiously optimistic that the OL might be very good. We absolutely need them to be to be competitive with the schedule we face. Fingers crossed.

That's how I look at it. I like enthusiasm and I'm not trying to be a wet blanket, but overrating our OL in the preseason seems like it's an annual tradition. But I am optimistic about the potential.