Despite the Quarterbacks, Running Backs and Wide Receivers getting the headlines, football games on win between the offensive and defensive lines. In the past, most thought a good offensive line just equaled a stud Left Tackle and a Center, but now you also need a good Right Tackle and solid Guards to truly fight off some of the ferocious defensive lines today’s game. Offensive linemen are critical for making an offense look good. Offensive line is one of the 1st things bad teams must address.
This year’s group of offensive linemen may not the greatest bunch, but if you look at last year’s group pre-draft, you may have said the same thing. Most years, you will see one or two no-brainers go inside the top five of the draft. However, this year, we may get one to go in the top ten. In my opinion, four guys will get selected in round one: OT Jonah Williams of Alabama, T Greg Little of Mississippi, T Jawaan Taylor of Florida, and T/G Cody Ford of Oklahoma.
Some others that should go in round two or three include: C Garrett Bradbury of NC St, C Erik McCoy of Texas A&M, C Elgton Jenkins of Mississippi St, T Andre Dilliard of Washington St, T/C Dalton Risner of TCU, G Chris Lindstrom of Boston College. Whether it’s power blocking or zone blocking scheme, all linemen do not fit every system the same. A lot depends on who fits your system, their mentality, and how they are developed through coaching. Definitely some moldable pieces in this group.
Below is a list of all the Offensive Linemen measurements from the 2019 NFL Combine.
| Player | School | Height | Weight | Hand | Arm |
| Paul Adams | Missouri | 6’5 7/8 | 317 | 10 | 33 1/2 |
| Zack Bailey | South Carolina | 6’5 1/8 | 299 | 9 5/8 | 33 |
| Alex Bars | Notre Dame | 6’5 7/8 | 312 | 9 3/8 | 32 3/4 |
| Jackson Barton | Utah | 6’7 1/4 | 310 | 9 1/4 | 34 |
| Ryan Bates | Penn St. | 6’4 1/2 | 306 | 9 1/2 | 32 1/2 |
| Beau Benzschawel | Wisconsin | 6’6 1/4 | 309 | 9 5/8 | 33 3/8 |
| Garrett Bradbury | N.C. State | 6’2 7/8 | 306 | 10 1/2 | 31 3/4 |
| Yodny Cajuste | West Virginia | 6’4 7/8 | 312 | 10 | 34 |
| Shaq Calhoun | Mississippi St. | 6’2 1/2 | 310 | 10 | 33 1/8 |
| Dennis Daley | South Carolina | 6’5 | 317 | 9 1/2 | 33 3/8 |
| Nate Davis | North Carolina Charlotte | 6’3 1/4 | 316 | 9 1/2 | 33 1/8 |
| Michael Deiter | Wisconsin | 6’5 1/8 | 309 | 10 3/4 | 33 1/8 |
| Andre Dillard | Washington St. | 6’5 | 315 | 10 | 33 1/2 |
| Chuma Edoga | USC | 6’3 1/2 | 308 | 9 5/8 | 34 3/4 |
| David Edwards | Wisconsin | 6’6 1/4 | 308 | 9 3/4 | 33 3/8 |
| Bobby Evans | Oklahoma | 6’4 3/8 | 312 | 9 7/8 | 34 3/4 |
| Cody Ford | Oklahoma | 6’3 3/4 | 329 | 9 3/4 | 34 |
| Hjalte Froholdt | Arkansas | 6’4 5/8 | 306 | 9 3/4 | 31 1/4 |
| Lamont Gaillard | Georgia | 6’2 5/8 | 305 | 10 3/8 | 33 1/2 |
| Derwin Gray | Maryland | 6’4 1/2 | 320 | 9 5/8 | 34 3/8 |
| Donnell Greene | Minnesota | 6’5 1/4 | 335 | 9 1/2 | 35 1/4 |
| Ethan Greenidge | Villanova | 6’4 3/8 | 327 | 10 3/8 | 34 3/4 |
| Phil Haynes | Wake Forest | 6’3 5/8 | 322 | 9 1/2 | 33 1/2 |
| Nate Herbig | Stanford | 6’3 1/2 | 335 | 10 1/8 | 32 3/8 |
| Tytus Howard | Alabama St. | 6’5 | 322 | 10 5/8 | 34 |
| Mitch Hyatt | Clemson | 6’5 3/8 | 303 | 10 1/4 | 34 1/8 |
| Martez Ivey | Florida | 6’5 | 315 | 10 3/8 | 36 1/4 |
| Andre James | UCLA | 6’4 1/8 | 299 | 10 | 32 |
| Elgton Jenkins | Mississippi St. | 6’4 1/2 | 310 | 10 1/4 | 34 |
| Devon Johnson | Ferris St. | 6’7 1/4 | 338 | 9 1/2 | 34 3/4 |
| Fred Johnson | Florida | 6’7 1/8 | 326 | 10 5/8 | 34 |
| Tyler Jones | N.C. State | 6’3 | 306 | 9 3/4 | 33 3/4 |
| Mike Jordan | Ohio St. | 6’5 7/8 | 312 | 10 | 34 1/4 |
| Brandon Knight | Indiana | 6’3 3/4 | 314 | 10 | 34 |
| Chris Lindstrom | Boston College | 6’3 3/4 | 308 | 9 1/2 | 34 1/8 |
| Greg Little | Mississippi | 6’5 1/4 | 310 | 10 1/4 | 35 1/4 |
| Erik McCoy | Texas A&M | 6’3 7/8 | 303 | 9 5/8 | 33 |
| Kaleb McGary | Washington | 6’7 1/8 | 317 | 10 1/8 | 32 7/8 |
| Connor McGovern | Penn St. | 6’5 3/8 | 308 | 9 7/8 | 34 1/8 |
| Joshua Miles | Morgan St. | 6’5 | 314 | 10 3/4 | 35 5/8 |
| Yosh Nijman | Virginia Tech | 6’6 7/8 | 324 | 10 | 34 |
| Sua Opeta | Weber St. | 6’4 1/4 | 301 | 9 7/8 | 33 1/4 |
| Javon Patterson | Mississippi | 6’2 7/8 | 307 | 9 | 32 1/2 |
| Ross Pierschbacher | Alabama | 6’3 5/8 | 307 | 10 | 32 1/8 |
| Trey Pipkins | Sioux Falls | 6’6 1/8 | 309 | 9 5/8 | 33 7/8 |
| Ryan Pope | San Diego St. | 6’7 | 320 | 11 1/8 | 34 1/2 |
| Ben Powers | Oklahoma | 6’4 | 307 | 9 7/8 | 33 3/4 |
| Isaiah Prince | Ohio St. | 6’6 1/2 | 305 | 10 1/8 | 35 1/2 |
| Dalton Risner | Kansas St. | 6’4 3/4 | 312 | 10 1/4 | 34 |
| Tyler Roemer | San Diego St. | 6’6 3/8 | 312 | 10 1/4 | 33 7/8 |
| Dru Samia | Oklahoma | 6’4 3/4 | 305 | 10 1/8 | 33 |
| Max Scharping | Northern Illinois | 6’5 7/8 | 327 | 10 | 33 5/8 |
| William Sweet | North Carolina | 6’6 | 313 | 10 1/8 | 34 3/8 |
| Trevon Tate | Memphis | 6’2 1/2 | 293 | 9 5/8 | 32 3/8 |
| Jawaan Taylor | Florida | 6’5 | 312 | 10 | 35 1/8 |
| Oli Udoh | Elon | 6’5 1/2 | 323 | 10 | 35 3/8 |
| Jonah Williams | Alabama | 6’4 1/2 | 302 | 10 1/8 | 33 5/8 |