🏈 Phil Steele's rankings: Number of starts on the offensive line- Bama with 3X the number of AU, UT, and LSU

[Max]

https://philsteele.com/2018/06/14/2018-career-starts-offensive-line/

Most experienced SEC offensive lines
Note: The number in parentheses is the ranking among all FBS teams.

1. Florida (9)
2. Alabama (13)
3. Ole Miss (15)
4. Vanderbilt (25)
5. Missouri (29)
6. Texas A&M (30)
7. Arkansas (51)
8. Mississippi State (52)
9. South Carolina (62)
10. Georgia (64)
11. Kentucky (80)
12. Tennessee (95)
13. Auburn (114)
14. LSU (119)

 

[TUSKtimes]

This is why you expect Alabama to come out of the gate with guns blazing. This offensive line could be 2012 good and the skill people actually better than anything we've seen in the Saban era. If Mike Locksley comes out unafraid this is going to be something to watch.

 

[bama alum]

Geez! Stidham's gotta be hoping and praying he can walk when October rolls around.

This is why you expect Alabama to come out of the gate with guns blazing. This offensive line could be 2012 good and the skill people actually better than anything we've seen in the Saban era. If Mike Locksley comes out unafraid this is going to be something to watch.

With so many weapons at his disposal - I'd say more than Kitten had when he was naming his toys - Locksley could unleash an offensive explosion every game.

 

[Tidestalker]

So damn excited about what the offense can do this year.... The OL has so much experience and so many potential combinations. Ultimately though with Tua under center, they'll get to play straight forward football against defenses that will respect both facets of the game. The downhill running game is going to be nasty this season

 

[planomateo]

Florida could make the SEC East interesting.

Spring Media Guide says 104, Steele says 103...hmm. Guess he isn't giving Wills the start? Of course this number changes if Womack doesn't get the nod.

Brent Key begins his third season on Nick Saban’s coaching staff at Alabama after joining the Crimson Tide in February of 2016 to coach the offensive line.

For the second straight year under Key, and third overall, the Alabama offensive line was named a finalist for the Joe Moore Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top offensive front. The Tide’s rushing attack finished the season ranked 13th nationally, averaging 250.6 ypg while the Tide offense ranked 15th in the nation in scoring offense (37.1 ppg) in 2017. Bradley Bozeman was a First Team All-SEC selection, a Second Team All-American and a finalist for the Rimington Trophy, which goes to the nation’s top center. Jonah Williams also a garnered First Team All-SEC honors and Second Team All-America stats at left tackle. Ross Pierschbacher started 12 mores games in 2017 and enters the 2018 campaign as the most experienced returning lineman with 42 career starts.

Key’s 2018 offensive line will feature four returning starters with Pierschbacher and Williams, Lester Cotton Sr. and Matt Womack. Those four players boast 104 career starts with talented sophomores Alex Leatherwood and Jedrick Wills Jr. looking to challenge for playing time. Wills started one game and played in 11 contests as a freshman in 2017, while Leatherwood filled in for an injured Williams in the second half of the CFP National Championship Game and played in seven games in his first season with the Tide. The offensive line unit was named a finalist for the Joe Moore Award in 2016, a group that was led by Outland Trophy winner Cam Robinson, who was a unanimous First Team All America selection.

The Alabama offensive line helped the Tide rank second in the SEC and 12th nationally in rushing offense, averaging 245.0 yards per game. The Tide offensive line helped provide time and open holes for the nation’s No. 16 scoring offense at 38.6 points per game and No. 4 total offense at 455.3 yards per game. They allowed just 1.60 sacks per game with Williams, a true freshman, at right tackle, a SEC All-Freshman and Second-Team All-SEC selection. Bozeman turned in a solid year at center, while Pierschbacher started all 15 games at guard and earned Second Team All SEC recognition.