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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3925544, member: 40"]
These past couple of classes, we're definitely seeing the "template" for the type of OL we're targeting:  guys who are 6-4, 6-5, or 6-6, who are in the 270 range as HS prospects, who have decent athleticism / lateral mobility / athleticism.  Guys with big frames to easily add 30 pounds through the S&C program without sacrificing the athleticism.  So, after a redshirt and maybe another year of seasoning, they are big enough and hopefully by then have improved their technique and knowledge of their assignments.

The factories get guys who are 6-6, already 300 pounds, and generally upper echelon athletes.  They're able to hit the field sooner.  We have to "grow" them by targeting guys who are a little "smaller" in terms of girth, but who have the frames to evolve into 300 pounders that will [on paper] give us parity.

Farming vs. hunting.

I also like that at a school like SDSU where they aren't getting blue chip linemen, that Schmidt has a decent track record of coaching such prospects up.  He'll need to emulate that here.
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