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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 5060195, member: 40"] Big, athletic players -- whether you are talking about OL or DL -- are at a premium in college football. It's hard to land 6-6 300 pounders, because they're in such high demand, and bigger programs than us snap them up. So, we typically had to get 6-6 guys who were athletic, but only 250 and hope to "grow" them into 300 pounders. Or more commonly we had to bring in 6-4 type OL for the most part, because that's who we could land. There were also exceptions [Bergeron, who went under the radar, and who committed while camping at SU]. That doesn't mean that there aren't 6-3 or 6-4 OL out there who are better than bigger counterparts, or that there aren't 6-7 OL out there who are big but slow, and hence ineffectual. But big AND athletic? That's a winning combo, and what powerhouse programs have. Glad to see we are approaching parity with other top teams in that regard. [/QUOTE]