How can we improve the Offensive Line?

[Planks]

The kid we got from east Texas a few years was one of the highest rated recruits we've ever signed, and he's barely seen the field. Hard to blame recruiting on that. Between he and Brockermeyer, that's two Top 100 kids (and Brockermeyer was like Top 10 or something) that are presumably healthy that can't crack the starting 5 by the time they are juniors. You never know.

To clarify, when I’m talking about quality recruiting well I’m talking about guys that panned out vs didn’t pan out, not recruiting ranking.

Our problem in O line recruiting seemed to be two fold. The guys we did sign seem to have not planned out, regardless of ranking. But also it seems we did not sign enough O lineman. Only 3 HS lineman in the 2020 class, and 2 HS lineman in the 2021 class. And after factoring in transfers out there is almost nothing left. Quantity matters, and we don’t have it.

College Football lineman who signed out of High school lineman from the 2020 and 2021 signing classes will be 4th and 5th year players during the 2024 season. Guys in their prime. In an ideal world, TCU would have a group of guys from these classes that would be forming the core of our starting offensive line. But we don’t. We don’t have guys from those classes anymore.

For a program like TCU, that is a problem that there is no fix for that for. The only thing to do is wait a couple years for the next batch of linemen to come of age in 2026 or something.

 

[Limey Frog]

I thought our O line averaged around 330 lbs this season? Or did I just dream I read that somewhere?

If so, obviously size isn't the problem.

They say it's all about what you do with it.

 

[FrogCop19]