2026 O-Line

[cusefan88]

I think Hawn has a pretty good chance, but not sure where he projects -- LT, G, or even C [I think Tomcat may have suggested he could land there].

Pringle looked WAY too slow when he saw the field at the end of last year -- hope that improves.

Yup Pringle needs to lose some lbs otherwise he will be a backup I bet.

 

[721Comstock]

Yup Pringle needs to lose some lbs otherwise he will be a backup I bet.

In his defense... once you pop, you can't stop!!

 

[SU68]

Fran is friends with Kirby Smart and considers him his mentor. I would think that he has discussed our O line with the Georgia HC.

 

[PhatOrange]

I think Hawn has a pretty good chance, but not sure where he projects -- LT, G, or even C [I think Tomcat may have suggested he could land there].

Pringle looked WAY too slow when he saw the field at the end of last year -- hope that improves.

I believe an Axe podcast was talking about Hawn at center.

 

[cayugacuse]

I wonder if Fran's idea of recruiting huge offensive lineman has a downside as in a trade-off in quickness. So far, the kids we are getting are large no doubt, but not the caliber of athletes that are going to Big Ten or SEC schools.

 

[RF2044]

I wonder if Fran's idea of recruiting huge offensive lineman has a downside as in a trade-off in quickness. So far, the kids we are getting are large no doubt, but not the caliber of athletes that are going to Big Ten or SEC schools.

I think there's a progression. We used to have smaller [-ish] OL who generally weren't very good. Subpar offensive line play has been a problem in our program forever, outside of a few outlier seasons.

Fran went out and got bigger guys, several of whom have yet to prove that they are any good. So we got bigger [think: airport team].

Next step will be to either coach these guys up, or get big guys who ARE better.

Interested to see what the new OL coach brings to the table. His track record is impressive / phenomenal. If he can't coax improved productivity out of this group, then we need an overhaul.

My prediction is that he WILL, and that we'll see players like Mack, Washington, and Cruz make a jump in performance. Still standing by my original observation that Mack is a poor man's Bergeron [which is pretty freaking good].

 

[CbusCuse]

Where do you think Jojo white and Cooper will fit on the depth chart? As true freshmen

I wouldn't expect Cooper to be on it as he won't even be getting here until the summer as he isn't an early enrollee. Jojo is an early enrollee so the 2 deep may be a bit more likely.

 

[sutomcat]

Might as well have some pre-spring prediction fun: starters

LT Mack
LG Cruz
C Stewart
RG Washington
RT Pringle (though Hawn seems to always come up in threads).

Not sure where the staff elects to use Hawn.

Overall, I agree with you on a lot.

Right now, my best guess is this:

LT Hawn
LG Cruz
C Stewart
RG Washington
RT Mack

Second team:

LT Cooper/Harvey/Pringle
LG Mann/Brown-Miller
C Frazier/White
RG White/Scatliffe
RT Bertrand/Shevchenko

 

[CbusCuse]

Not sure where the staff elects to use Hawn.

Overall, I agree with you on a lot.

Right now, my best guess is this:

LT Hawn
LG Cruz
C Stewart
RG Washington
RT Mack

Second team:

LT Cooper/Harvey/Pringle
LG Mann/Brown-Miller
C Frazier/White
RG White/Scatliffe
RT Bertrand/Shevchenko

I was just going to post something similar about Hawn as I'm thinking he may be most needed as an OT as I don't know if I trust anyone else out there will have enough athletic ability to stop the pass rush.

I think it is of note that UCLA didn't really seem to offer depth charts. But finding some unofficial ones that had Oluwafontu Akinshilo as the second string Center and not at Guard. I could see a combination of Oluwafontu Akinshilo and Stewart as first and second string Center.

Is Walt Frazier going to play OL and not DL?

 

[sutomcat]

I was just going to post something similar about Hawn as I'm thinking he may be most needed as an OT as I don't know if I trust anyone else out there will have enough athletic ability to stop the pass rush.

I think it is of note that UCLA didn't really seem to offer depth charts. But finding some unofficial ones that had Oluwafontu Akinshilo as the second string Center and not at Guard. I could see a combination of Oluwafontu Akinshilo and Stewart as first and second string Center.

Is Walt Frazier going to play OL and not DL?

Frazier is probably going to be a DL. But Fran has shown a willingness to move players as needed.

 

[cusefan88]

Not sure where the staff elects to use Hawn.

Overall, I agree with you on a lot.

Right now, my best guess is this:

LT Hawn
LG Cruz
C Stewart
RG Washington
RT Mack

Second team:

LT Cooper/Harvey/Pringle
LG Mann/Brown-Miller
C Frazier/White
RG White/Scatliffe
RT Bertrand/Shevchenko

Hawn being good enough to move Mack to RT would be a wonderful development.

 

[Sdot]

I didn’t hear much about left tackle for Hawn but I know they liked him at center.

 

[LpoolNative]

Really like Mack & Pringle at tackle