NFL Draft Preview: Offensive Line
By Keith Myers
I really like this group of offensive tackles. You can find a starting right tackle as low as #7 on this list. That’s likely early in the third round. There are also plenty of players lower who have the athleticism to develop into a starter if they improve their technique. This is one of the deepest position in the entire draft.
Guard isn’t usually a position that gets drafted very high, but Stanford’s DeCastro likely goes in the top 10. Glen could also go in round 1, with 2 others going in round 2. This is an especially good group of guards, at least at the top of the draft. It drops off a bit after the top 4, so don’t expect to see many go in rounds 2 or 3, but there’s good depth in the mid to late rounds.
Teams looking for a starting center in this years draft better be willing to trade up to Wisconsin C Peter Konz. He appears to be the only one of this class that is destined to be more than a backup in the NFL, though Jones and Brewster have enough talent that they might develop into a starting caliber player down the road.
The Seahawks need help on the offensive line again, in spite of taking 2 players in the top 3 rounds last season, and 4 players in the top half of the draft over the past 3 seasons. Until Carpenter shows he can fully return from his injury (likely not until 2013) the Seahawks need to continue to look to the future and draft offensive linemen.
DeCastro will be an interesting dilemma if he drops to #12, but I don’t think he will. Otherwise, don’t see the Seahawks taking an offensive linemen until somewhere in rounds 3-5. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see the Seahawks take a OT and a OG in this draft if they end up getting a couple extra picks by trading down.
# |
Player
Pos
Pos #
School
2
Matt Kalil
OT
1
USC
6
Riley Reiff
OT
2
Iowa
9
Johnathan Martin
OT
3
Stanford
36
Mike Adams
OT
4
Ohio St.
53
Zebrie Sanders
OT
5
Florida St.
73
Mitchell Schwartz
OT
6
California
75
Bobby Massie
OT
7
Mississippi
86
Brandon Mosley
OT
8
Auburn
100
Matt McCants
OT
9
UAB
115
Tony Bergstrom
OT
10
Utah
118
Jeff Allen
OT
11
Illinois
134
Nate Potter
OT
12
Boise State
143
Matt Reynolds
OT
13
Brigham Young
167
Tom Compton
OT
14
South Dakota
180
Andrew Datko
OT
15
Florida St
182
Lamar Holmes
OT
16
Southern Miss.
204
Donald Stephenson
OT
17
Oklahoma
223
Marcel Jones
OT
18
Nebraska
232
Levy Adcock
OT
19
Oklahoma St
248
Dustin Waldron
OT
20
Portland St
264
Landon Walker
OT
21
Clemson
278
Jeff Adams
OT
22
Columbia
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Player
Pos
Pos #
School
3
David DeCastro
OG
1
Stanford
17
Cordy Glen
OG
2
Georgia
41
Kelechi Osemele
OG
3
Iowa St.
43
Kevin Zeitler
OG
4
Wisconsin
68
Amini Silatolu
OG
5
Midwestern St.
79
Brandon Washington
OG
6
Miami
80
James Brown
OG
7
Troy
90
Senio Kelemete
OG
8
Washington
116
Brandon Brooks
OG
9
Miami (Ohio)
131
Lucas Nix
OG
10
Pittsburgh
165
Josh LeRibeus
OG
11
Southern Methodist
191
Rishaw Johnson
OG
12
California (PA)
198
Ryan Miller
OG
13
Colorado
208
Desmond Wynn
OG
14
Rutgers
226
Jaymes Brooks
OG
15
Virginia Tech
244
Derek Dennis
OG
16
Temple
260
Antoine McClain
OG
17
Clemson
265
Joe Looney
OG
18
Wake Forest
283
Jeremiah Warren
OG
19
South Florida
290
Kelvin Beachum
OG
20
Southern Methodist
# |
Player
Pos
Pos #
School
31
Peter Konz
C
1
Wisconsin
55
Ben Jones
C
2
Georgia
104
Michael Brewster
C
3
Ohio State
121
Philip Blake
C
4
Baylor
146
Quentin Saulsberry
C
5
Mississippi St
171
David Molk
C
6
Michigan
235
Garth Gerhart
C
7
Arizona St
259
Grant Garner
C
8
Oklahoma St
279
Mason Cloy
C
9
Clemson
287
Scott Wedige
C
10
Northern Illinois