Plenty of schools argue back and forth which team has sent the best talent from their universities off to the NFL. There was an interesting stat that Pro Football Focus brought to light recently that should give Notre Dame fans plenty of ammo to fight off those other schools as to who produces the best offensive line talent into the NFL.
Most snaps played by OL in the NFL this season:
1. Notre Dame – 5.3k
2. Wisconsin – 5.2k
3. Ohio State – 4.8k
4. Georgia – 4.2k
5. Florida – 4.1k
6. LSU – 4.0k pic.twitter.com/trvcDaMXrf— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) January 22, 2021
The number of snaps played is a great indicator of talent, especially along the O-Line where there aren’t many stats to back-up performance. Multiple former Notre Dame linemen stars including Quenton Nelson, Sam Mustipher, Mike McGlinchey and Zach Martin are huge forces for their NFL teams.
Not only that, we should see each of the four NFL Draft eligible (Liam Eichenberg, Robert Hainsey, Tommy Kraemer and Aaron Banks) ultimately hear their names being called in late April.
Jarrett Patterson will also hear his name getting called when he leaves South Bend and surely some of the younger players like Tosh Baker, Blake Fisher, Rocco Spindler and Zeke Correll should make it to the next level as well.
It’s safe to say that for the time being, Notre Dame holds the mantle of O-Line U.