| Phil Steele Blog • March 7, 2016 |
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2015 Top 50 True Freshman OL's and their Impact on the Season.
We will continue on with my 2015 Top 50 Freshman and their impact on the season with the Offensive Linemen. Here we will measure their impact on the season by how many games they started this past year.
On my 2015 Top 50 offensive linemen list only 12 (24%) of the players had at least 1 start on the season. Out of those 12 only 5 were in my Top 10. Also of the Top 50 only 20 played in at least 1 game this year, and 4 linemen played in every game for their team.
Lets look at the Top 3 offensive linemen. Clemson’s Mitch Hyatt (PS#2) stood out in this class starting all 15 games snagging FWAA Freshman All-America Team honors. Coming in second on my list was LSU’s Maea Teuema (PS#4) with 11 starts out of their 12 games. Then Patrick Ivey (PS#26) from Texas started all 10 of the games he played in.
Here is the complete list of my 2015 Top 50 Freshman Offensive Linemen. We have listed whether a player red shirted, transferred or had an injury during the season. Also listed below is my Top 50 Offensive Linemen for the 2016 class. On Wednesday we will continue on with my 2015 Top 50 Freshman Defensive Linemen.
| TOP | Games | Games | ||||
| 50 | RS | NAME |
TEAM |
Played | Started | OTHER Info |
| 1 | Martez Ivey | Florida | 12 | 8 | ||
| 2 | Mitch Hyatt | Clemson | 15 | 15 | FWAA Freshman All-America Team | |
| 3 | Chuma Edoga | Usc | 13 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Maea Teuhema | Lsu | 12 | 11 | ||
| 5 | RS | Drew Richmond | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | Knee injury |
| 6 | RS | Tristen Hoge | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | RS | Jalin Barnett | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Lester Cotton | Alabama | 4 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Javon Patterson | Mississippi | 12 | 6 | ||
| 10 | GS | Keenan Walker | Arizona | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | RS | Richie Petitbon | Alabama | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | RS | Abdul Bello | Florida St | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Isaiah Prince | Ohio St | 9 | 0 | ||
| 14 | RS | Matthew Burrell | Ohio St | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Fred Ulu-Perry | Ucla | 8 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Jake Fruhmorgen | Clemson | 11 | 1 | ||
| 17 | RS | Josh Wariboko-Alali | Ucla | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | RS | Sterling Jenkins | Penn St | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | RS | Chidi Valentine-Okeke | Lsu | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Toby Weathersby | Lsu | 12 | 1 | ||
| 21 | Jack Jones | Tennessee | 9 | 1 | ||
| 22 | RS | Tommy Hatton | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Zack Bailey | South Carolina | 12 | 5 | ||
| 24 | RS | Brandon Kennedy | Alabama | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | RS | Ryan Bates | Penn St | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Patrick Vahe | Texas | 10 | 10 | ||
| 27 | RS | Tyler Carr | Auburn | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | RS | Bobby Evans | Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | RS | Andre James | Ucla | 0 | 0 | OFY - broken ankle |
| 30 | RS | Kyonta Stallworth | Michigan St | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | RS | Trevor Elbert | Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | Transferred to Hawaii |
| 32 | RS | Austin Clark | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | Gave up football to focus on academics |
| 33 | Grant Newsome | Michigan | 4 | 1 | ||
| 34 | RS | Mason Veal | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Dallas Warmack | Alabama | 7 | 0 | ||
| 36 | RS | Pat Allen | Georgia | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Keaton Sutherland | Texas A&M | 12 | 7 | ||
| 38 | Tevita Halalilo | Ucla | 1 | 0 | ||
| 39 | Conner Dyer | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | RS | Jalen Merrick | Arkansas | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | RS | William Sweet | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | RS | Emanuel Mcgirt | Nc State | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | Christian Pellage | South Carolina | 11 | 0 | ||
| 44 | RS | Kaleb Kim | Auburn | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | RS | Henry Roberts | Washington | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Connor Lanfear | Texas A&M | 12 | 0 | ||
| 47 | RS | Bar Milo | Miami, Fl | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | RS | Marquel Harrell | Auburn | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | RS | Tyree St Louis | Miami, Fl | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | RS | Grant Schmidt | Ohio St | 0 | 0 |
Here are the Top 50 rated freshman offensive linemen for 2016. Both Alabama and Florida St lead this list with 4 players each in the Top 50. Florida St has 2 players in the Top 10, while Alabama has 1.
| Top | ||
| 50 | Player | Team |
| 1 | Greg Little | Mississippi |
| 2 | Jonah Williams | Alabama |
| 3 | Tommy Kraemer | Notre Dame |
| 4 | Patrick Hudson | Baylor |
| 5 | Ben Bredeson | Michigan |
| 6 | Ben Cleveland | Georgia |
| 7 | Willie Allen | LSU |
| 8 | Michal Menet | Penn State |
| 9 | Landon Dickerson | Florida State |
| 10 | Baveon Johnson | Florida State |
| 11 | EJ Price | USC |
| 12 | Terrance Davis | Maryland |
| 13 | Landon Young | Kentucky |
| 14 | Liam Eichenberg | Notre Dame |
| 15 | Michael Onwenu | Michigan |
| 16 | John Raridon | Nebraska |
| 17 | Michael Jordan | Ohio State |
| 18 | Jauan Williams | Florida State |
| 19 | Frank Martin | USC |
| 20 | Erik Swenson | Oklahoma |
| 21 | Donavaughn Campbell | LSU |
| 22 | Kellen Diesch | Texas A&M |
| 23 | Cole Van Lanen | Wisconsin |
| 24 | Richard Merritt | Maryland |
| 25 | Drake Jackson | Kentucky |
| 26 | Josh Ball | Florida State |
| 27 | Parker Boudreaux | Notre Dame |
| 28 | Ryan Johnson | Tennessee |
| 29 | Connor McGovern | Penn State |
| 30 | Jean Delance | Texas |
| 31 | Stewart Reese | Mississippi State |
| 32 | Devery Hamilton | Stanford |
| 33 | Sean Pollard | Clemson |
| 34 | Deonte Brown | Alabama |
| 35 | Tyler Gerald | Ohio State |
| 36 | Nathan Smith | USC |
| 37 | Sean Foster | Iowa State |
| 38 | Michael Eletise | Arizona |
| 39 | Bryce Mathews | Mississippi |
| 40 | JP Urquidez | Baylor |
| 41 | Chris Owens | Alabama |
| 42 | Scott Lashley | Alabama |
| 43 | John Simpson | Clemson |
| 44 | Javon Kinlaw | Unsigned |
| 45 | Clark Yarbrough | Stanford |
| 46 | Matt Farniok | Nebraska |
| 47 | Luke Wattenberg | Washington |
| 48 | Austin Myers | TCU |
| 49 | Robert Kraeling | Duke |
| 50 | Jake Heinrich (Jacob) | Arkansas |