Onto the offensive line primer! (Click back through the quotes for WR/TE and then QB/RB before it.)
Offensive Line
Gone:
- Brady Wilson
- Wallace Unamba
- Kevin Wigenton
Eligible to Return:
- McKale Boley - Bonus Sr (Tragedy Waiver)
- Jack Witmer - Bonus Sr (Tragedy Waiver)
- Noah Josey - Bonus Sr (Tragedy Waiver)
- Drake Metcalf - Bonus Sr (Injury Waiver)
- Ethan Sipe - Bonus Sr (Injury Waiver)
- Noah Hartsoe - RS Sr
- Monroe Mills - Bonus Sr (Injury Waiver)
- Makilan Thomas - RS Sr (Injury Waiver)
- Tyshawn Wyatt - RS Sr (Injury Waiver)
- Cole Surber - RS Jr
- David Wohlabaugh - RS Jr (Injury Waiver)
- Grant Ellinger - RS So
- Ben York - RS So
- Dane Wlekinski - RS So
- Jon Adair - RS Fr
- Jim Harris - RS Fr
- Grayson Reid - RS Fr
Incoming:
- Dylan Biehl - Fr
- Luke Hatfield - Fr
- Michael Gildea - Fr
Needs: Obviously a ton depends upon what we’re getting back out of a large group of seniors who COULD return but have questions. For Boley/Witmer/Josey, who were all around for the 2022 season whose end was cancelled, they’re eligible to run it back, but will they or might they want to move on? Same goes for Sipe and Metcalf who would be 7th years. Boley ended the year with an injury as well, what’s his recovery look like? Might we see injury bounce-backs from Mills, Thomas, Wyatt, or Wohlabaugh, or will they move on, or have their injuries left them unable to compete at the P4 level next year? By my count that’s 9 old guys who COULD return but are maybe 50/50 to do so and contribute.
Some of the young guys do show promise, York having exploded into the lineup this year, Hartsoe and Ellinger getting reps in all 12 games and ending the year 2nd on the depth chart at Center and LG respectively. Time will tell if the staff feels any of the other underclassmen are ready to step up into the 2-deep. So if three or four of the old guys come back and blend well with an improving next generation of guys, we can probably get by with just a couple Portal targets, a year after having to take seven O-linemen in the Portal just to have two of them able to play the season (Wilson and Wigenton). But potential to need upwards of 3 or 4 (still less than last year’s haul) if most of those vets end up not on next year’s depth chart.
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