The most expensive offensive lineman in portal history, and the tape backs the price tag: a genuine blue-chip left tackle who anchored Colorado's line as the No. 17 overall recruit before following Kiffin to Baton Rouge as the No. 1 protector available. There are no box scores to lean on at this position, so the grade lives on pass sets and Power-conference reps against SEC-caliber rushers, where the mirror quickness and reach let him wall off the edge and reset speed rushers before they can turn the corner. What keeps the projection from being a formality is simply time: he is still a junior, and elite frames occasionally get exposed inside when the count gets long and the hands drift. But this is a premium-position cornerstone entering a stacked LSU line, and the 2027 draft chatter already has him inside Round 1. Draft it as a Day 1 tackle whose only real question is which side of the line he cements.