Un-buried from 2.9. The machine has no box score for interior OL, but the record is emphatic: ACTUAL 2025 All-Sun Belt Third Team, team captain, started all 13 games, 30 career starts, anchor of a line that has finished top-20 nationally in rushing three years running -- then swept Preseason All-SBC First Team across the coaches, Athlon AND Phil Steele. The most decorated returning player on the roster.
Ceiling · 6.5
Projected 2026 starter (OL1) — real opportunity to climb; close to ceiling (+0.2) · Sun Belt draft-temper.
Floor · 5.8
Unproven — wide downside if it doesn't translate · returning-starter role secures it; downside −0.5.