Texas A&M Spring Football 2023: Offensive line position breakdown

As spring ball for the Aggies moves forward, we break down the unit tasked with protecting the QB and opening up running lanes.

Spring football for Texas A&M is well underway, which means it’s every fan’s obligation to parse through the depth chart ahead of what will be an important 2023 season. Thankfully, we’ve got you covered by breaking down each positional battle, with this deep-dive focusing on the group tasked with protecting the quarterback and opening up running lanes.

The Maroon and White have a promising 2023 season ahead of them, so long as Conner Weigman takes another leap and the Aggies effectively replace the production left by the departure of Devon Achane. All those goals will be rendered moot if the five-man unit upfront struggles to improve from last year’s performance.

A combination of injuries and limited depth up front plagued A&M’s offensive line last season, setting up the unit to arguably be one of the biggest question marks heading into spring football.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at how the current offensive line group is shaping up for the Aggies:

Returners (2022 season stats)

  • LT – Redshirt sophomore Trey Zuhn III (played in 11 games last season)
  • LT – Redshirt sophomore Dametrious Crownover (played in 8 games last season, started 1 game)
  • LG – Sophomore Kam Dewberry (played in 7 games last season, started 5 games)
  • LG – Redshirt junior Aki Ogunbiyi
  • LG – Redshirt junior Josh Bankhead (played in all 12 games last season)
  • C – Junior Bryce Foster (played in 4 games last season, started all 4 games)
  • C – Redshirt sophomore Matthew Wykoff (played in all 12 games last season, started 9 games)
  • C- Redshirt sophomore Remington Strickland (played in 2 games last season)
  • RG – Redshirt senior Layden Robinson (played in all 12 games last season)
  • RG – Junior Jordan Spasojevic-Moko (played in 5 games last season, started 2 games)
  • RG – Redshirt freshman Mark Nabou (played in 2 games last season)
  • RT – Reuben Fatheree II (played in all 12 games last season)
  • RT – Redshirt freshman Hunter Erb

Departures

  • PJ Williams (appeared in one game last season)

Incoming additions

  • Chase Bisontis (early-enrolled freshman)
  • TJ Shanahan (early-enrolled freshman)
  • Colton Thomasson (early-enrolled freshman)
  • Naquil Bertrand (June-arriving freshman)

Key thoughts and predictions:

It’s time to infuse some positive vibes when assessing this unit by making the claim that last season’s struggles could reap rewards in 2023.

Yes, according to Football Outsiders, the Aggies’ o-line ranked 64th in sack rate (6.3%) and 101st in run stuff rate (19.9%), which measures the percentage of carries by running backs that are stopped at or before the line of scrimmage. But the argument can be made that with the growing pains behind them, the collective experience within the starting unit means there is nowhere to go but up.

The projected starting lineup seems to be set in LT Trey Zuhn, LG Kam Dewberry, C Bryce Foster, RG Layden Robinson, and RT Reuben Fatheree II. That’s a combined 75 game appearances between them, and I think this unit should only benefit from some creative playcalling with Bobby Petrino now helming the offense.

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