Decorated returning interior OL — 2x All-AAC, 2025 PFF top-6 guard nationally, preseason All-Big 12 / All-American. Machine buried him (OL have no box-score tape); un-buried to a fringe Day-3 / priority-UDFA guard grade on multi-source honors. The lone genuinely draftable name on the roster.
Ceiling · 7.5
Projected 2026 starter (OL1) — real opportunity to climb; close to ceiling (+0.2) · Big 12 draft-temper.
Floor · 6.8
Unproven — wide downside if it doesn't translate · returning-starter role secures it; downside −0.5.