Next Season's OLine

JPFisher

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Our starting Offensive Line (IMO):

LT- Tate Leavitt
LG- Nick Haynes
C- Jon Toth
RG- George Asafo-Adjei
RT- Kyle Meadows

Backups: Fuster Cluck

Discuss.

P.S. Which linemen do we still have on the team and which ones do we not? I can't figure out which linemen we lost for whatever reasons and the rosters I've seen don't seem accurate.

Edit: If Eddie Gran stays true to his philosophy at previous stops, UK will call quick-hitters and pull linemen/move the pocket more to protect the QB better. This should help the line's overall numbers.
 
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hmt5000

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Stallings will back up Toth and drake will rs. I do think young will have to play if not start.i like larubbio and hope he can get some reps behind Haynes or push him for a start.
 
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3kidsandme

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Stallings will back up Toth and drake will rs. I do think young will have to play if not start.i like larubbio and hope he can get some reps behind Haynes or push him for a start.
I hope and pray sombody can beat out Meadows next year. I would like to see what Stenberg is made of at rt. Stenberg and leavitt would be beasts in the run game.
 

K_TIME

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I would wager Ramsey Meyers is ahead of Nick Haynes at one of the guard spots. But other than that...looks like a solid idea of OL unit.

I don't see Drake Jackson playing next year...with Toth back and Stallings as a soild backup...I think they'll try to RS Drake. Young...I have no idea what will happen to him.
 

JPFisher

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See, I thought we lost Stallings and LaRubbio.

LaRubbio had so much hype and I think we lost like 2-3 linemen right before the season and when I never heard of him after that, I just thought he had disappeared.
 

trumpetcat

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See, I thought we lost Stallings and LaRubbio.

LaRubbio had so much hype and I think we lost like 2-3 linemen right before the season and when I never heard of him after that, I just thought he had disappeared.
No the two OL we lost were Richardson and Krok. Both OT.
 

DACats86

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I believe Larubbio had an injury. Stenberg was on the travel squad late in the season.
 

trumpetcat

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And actually Stallings is at Guard right now but could play center. Zach Myers was backing up Toth last year.
 

JPFisher

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No the two OL we lost were Richardson and Krok. Both OT.

Thank you. I did research and found Krok but couldn't find the others. Richardson... I think there was also some mess with Marcelys Jones.

Thanks for the clarification. OT depth would be really nice next season.
 
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trumpetcat

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Thank you. I did research and found Krok but couldn't find the others. Richardson... I think there was also some mess with Marcelys Jones.

Thanks for the clarification. OT depth would be really nice next season.
Sure NP.
 

JPFisher

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Who looks to be our Tackle backups? Young strikes me as one. Mosier has played the position a bit. Do we have any other true OT types on the roster besides Meadows, Leavitt, and Young?
 

trumpetcat

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No we dont have any other true Tackles. Thats what worries me. I kind of wish the staff would go for another Juco so Young can RS. Maybe go after Malcolm Pridgeon.
 

vhcat70

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Well supposedly M. Jones has cleaned up his act and might be back on the team. I really hope so, but nothing has been confirmed.
Even so,he doesn't fix the OT issue. Think we need Young to beat out Meadows to see much improvement, but I hate the idea.
 

JPFisher

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Well, do we go hard after another tackle in this class and then go JUCO next season along with recruiting '17 high school OT's? All these guards/centers are nice, but at some point, we need good tackles- especially against SEC ends.
 

seccats04

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LT- Tate Leavitt/Landon Young
LG- Nick Haynes/Bunchy Stallings
C- Jon Toth/Zack Myers
RG- GAA/Ramsey Meyers
RT- Kyle Meadows/Cole Mosier

I would like to see Young ready enough to start because he has the perfect skill set for LT. This would allow Leavitt to move to RT and be a bull in the run game on the right side with GAA. If Marcelys Jones is back on the team then he will be 1st team LG.
 
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jauk11

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Well supposedly M. Jones has cleaned up his act and might be back on the team. I really hope so, but nothing has been confirmed.

Well, that could be big, hadn't heard anything about that before though. Seems like a lot of good prospects throw away a promising future.
 

trumpetcat

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I'm only hoping for Jones to get back on team from a talent standpoint. He has unbelievable upside, but he's made some bad decisions.
 

JPFisher

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Would Marcelys Jones start immediately? Is he that good?

If he really is back on the team. Just seems too good to be true and no smoke that I can find. Doesn't mean it's not true, but I'm tempering excitement.
 

FiveStarBBN

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If Jones is back on the team he is a day 1 starter without question. Probably the best player on the O Line as well. Kid was highly touted out of HS and would've started for Ohio State had he not gotten kicked off of the team.
 

trumpetcat

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I found his new twitter account followed by all the coaches. I'll ask him if its true or not.
 

hmt5000

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All these guys should be better so if a guy gets beat out that's awesome. Just wish krok was still here.

I'm skeptical on Jones coming back. Hope it's true and he has changed his habits but...
 
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hmt5000

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I wish we could find a 5th year transfer for RT. I'd be looking at mac level schools to see if we can find a guy that is borderline on nfl radar.