Welcome to the thick of the pre-draft process. With a little over a week until practices kick off in Mobile, Alabama, I’ll be providing a layered look into each positional group set to compete at the 2024 Senior Bowl.
The draft cycle’s premier showcase presents prospects with the opportunity to don their respective college helmets just one final time. Let’s get rolling with a peek into the highly touted group of offensive linemen.
Senior Bowl 2024 OL Primer
Tyler Guyton, Oklahoma
One of the most gifted athletes in the class, I don’t expect Guyton to slip out of the top 20 picks. A former H-back at TCU, he’s as fluid as they come in pass pro with movement skills away from the line of scrimmage that will immediately rival some of the NFL’s top athletes at the tackle spot. He also carries an underappreciated game as both a technician to handle varying skill sets and a heavy-handed run blocker.
I don’t know if Tyler Guyton gets out of the top 15 picks.
— Ryan Fowler (@_RyanFowler_) January 19, 2024
Every time you turn on the tape something else draws your eye. Unbelievable movement skills at his size, a glider in space and carries an underappreciated game as a run blocker.
I expect him to showcase extremely well… pic.twitter.com/QDynaC90qA
Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
There are not many players in the class that can distort the line of scrimmage quite like Fuaga can. An overpowering run defender, he’s not too bad in pass pro, either. He’s got the footwork, technique, and mirroring ability to succeed for a long time at the next level. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s the top tackle from this class a few years down the line.
Andrew Raym, Oklahoma
The Sooner pipeline of offensive linemen will prove fruitful once again this spring. An athletic mover that plays with excellent leverage, Raym is the type of player that will go overlooked, yet boost the performance ceiling of an offense in both facets.
Graham Barton, Duke
One of the most versatile linemen in the class, Barton could legitimately start at all five positions along the offensive line. Expected to work at a variety of spots in Mobile, some teams have him as the top center on their board despite living at left tackle the last three seasons.
Javon Foster, Missouri
What a season for Mizzou, huh? There’ll be a bevy of other Tigers helmets roaming around Hancock-Whitney Stadium next week and Foster will be a fantastic study all week. He’s got the length and footwork to be a plug-and-play tackle.
Trevor Keegan & LaDarius Henderson, Michigan
Two big bodies along one of college football’s top front fives, Keegan and Henderson will have a massive spotlight on their games this week. Keegan has more than 2,200 snaps at left guard in his career and Henderson (the Arizona State transfer) has a tackle body that projects well at guard, as well.
Delmar Glaze, Maryland
Left and right tackle versatile, Glaze is a well-refined athlete who is excellent when working up to the second level. He had an outstanding last month of the 2023 campaign.
Charles Turner III, LSU
The center spot will totem pole itself in Mobile and Turner III is right in the thick of things. The big boys go overlooked each cycle and nailing the anchor of your front five matters.
Dominick Puni, Kansas
An underrated player in the class, Puni won’t ‘wow’ with athleticism or knock out the boundary corner on a tunnel screen, but he’s an advanced run blocker with vice grips for hands and is never late to ID stunts and twists. I like his game a bunch.
Jeremy Flax, Kentucky
A late addition to the 2024 Senior Bowl, Flax has a ton of position flexibility with a lot of day-three grades from teams. He will start at right tackle next week but I’d like to see him get work at guard, also.
Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
One of the strongest pound-for-pound players in the class, Beebe has a powerful north-south game and the lateral get-up-and-go to get in space. He’s not the most fluid mover, but he won’t lose isolated matchups and often makes it look extremely easy within the interior.
Isaiah Adams, Illinois
There’s room for improvement technically for Adams, but he has a well-filled-out frame and the floor to compete for snaps early in his career.
Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
Looked upon as one of the premier centers in the class in the summer, it’ll be a big week for Van Pran. Evaluators across football remain up in the air with nailing down his evaluation, and the full week of work both on and off the field will paint a clear picture of his spot among the top IOL in the class.
Kingsley Eguakun, Florida
Injuries hampered his success this fall, but Eguakun has dominant reps on tape. A technician with his hands, he allowed just one sack in 999 pass-pro snaps over his collegiate career.
Javion Cohen, Miami (FL)
A transfer to Miami from Alabama, Cohen will remain a headliner within the interior in the class. An extremely smooth athlete who is a nightmare to work around in space, teams that prioritize athletic guards will rank Cohen among the premier guards in the 2024 class.
Christian Haynes, Connecticut
I’m excited to see Haynes against some of the top defensive linemen in the country. He dominated at Connecticut, and if he’s able to buck up against the talent in Mobile, as teams expect, he’ll solidify himself as a top-100 pick. All 3,318 snaps of his collegiate snaps came at right guard.
Jordan Morgan, Arizona
Another potential first-round tackle who’ll compete in Mobile, the footwork and hands on Morgan are fantastic. An immediate plug-and-play starter, turn on his tape against USC and Oregon State if you like fundamentally elite tackle play.
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Kingsley Suamataia, BYU
A former five-star recruit, Suamataia has all the tools to become a high-level starter at the NFL level. Technical refinement is needed in a few areas (will play over his feet a bit too much) but everything, and I mean everything, is there for him to play for a decade-plus on Sundays.
Tanor Bortolini, Wisconsin
More attention is deserved for Bortolini as one of the premier centers in the class. You always know what you’re going to get drafting a Badger and Bortolini has snuck under the radar for too long now. He explodes off the line of scrimmage in the run game and has a quick anchor to stall pass rushers. He’s a riser for me.
Beaux Limmer, Arkansas
Love the versatility of Limmer, who accrued snaps at all three interior spots during his five years in the SEC. His frame has added room for strength, but how he wins with his hands to attack surface area presents the floor for a depth piece up front.
Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
My top center in the class, Powers-Johnson is one of the few underclassmen that accepted an invite to the Senior Bowl. I can’t say enough good things about his game, but what stands out most is his functional strength, fluidity in his lower half, and cerebral ability as the hinge point up front.
Layden Robinson, Texas A&M
I’m looking forward to seeing Robinson live. A big man who does extremely well inside a phone booth, showcasing his movement skills both as a puller and countering pass rushers will finalize his evaluation.
Brandon Coleman, TCU
Speaking of versatility, the only spot Coleman didn’t play at TCU was center. He can play a tad high at times, but he checks off many of the boxes you look for in an impact piece up front. For those road-grading, old-fashioned run game enthusiasts out there, his nastiness stands out on film.
Patrick Paul, Houston
The Texas tape is the overarching narrative on Paul. His first half countering Longhorns edge Ethan Burke wasn’t pretty. The second half? He took Burke behind the barn. There may not be a single player at the event who has more to gain than Paul, who can solidify himself as a day-one pick with a fantastic showing. He touts one of the higher ceilings of any lineman in the class.
Zach Frazier, West Virginia
Despite his brutal injury against Baylor that ended his campaign early, Frazier projects as an immediate plug-and-play starter at center. A former four-time wrestling state champion, there aren’t many players in the class that operate with the hands, leverage, and ability to stay square like Frazier.
Christian Jones, Texas
Opinions differ depending on who you talk to about Jones, but the majority of teams have him as an immediate starter on the right side at the next level. It’ll be a big week for the former Longhorn, who gave up his lone sack of the season (907 snaps) in Texas’ CFP semifinal loss to Washington.
Sataoa Laumea, Utah
When you draft a player out of Kyle Whittingham’s program, you know exactly what you’re going to get: Fundamentally sound, leadership, and immediate production. For Laumea, throw him at tackle or guard, it doesn’t matter. He’ll boost the depth of an offensive line the minute he’s drafted.
Troy Fautanu, Washington
Footwork, footwork, footwork… it’s what comes to mind when studying Fautanu. A dominant presence for the Huskies over the last few seasons, he’s a day-one player for me with the position flex to become a pro bowler wherever a team places him.
Roger Rosengarten, Washington
The bookend to Fautanu, Rosengarten won’t carry the movement skills of Fautanu but he’s a brick wall in pass pro and does a really nice job with angles and body placement in the run game. He didn’t allow a sack (1,235 snaps) in his collegiate career.
Ethan Driskell, Marshall
A small-school talent, Driskell is a massive man at 6-foot-7 who led the way up front for Rasheen Ali (who will also be in attendance at the 2024 Senior Bowl) this fall. I want to see more depth in his lower half when countering pass rushers to ultimately reduce the surface area to attack up top.
