Whenever you start evaluating offensive linemen for anything, it gets complicated.
We don’t watch hours of tape or watch these guys practice. And once a game starts, we tend to watch the ball and not the trenches.
That’s why I’ve always said that some of the all-conference or even all-American teams are built up front with a bunch of guys the media has heard of or players who happen to play for an efficient offense.
At the same time, if you have watched enough Gator football over the years, you know. Or at least you think you know.
What we know is Florida has not had a Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner since [autotag]Kenyatta Walker[/autotag] in 2000. It is strange the coaches didn’t think anyone from Florida’s 2006 and 2008 national championship teams were worthy.
It’s kind of a weird award anyway. The first winner in the SEC was a quarterback. Alabama has had 25 winners, Florida has had six with four coming during the [autotag]Steve Spurrier [/autotag]era.
The Jacobs Award is not the only way to measure the best, and a winner from UF was one of the last cuts of the latest Dooley’s Dozen as we take a look at the 12 (plus one) best offensive linemen in UF history.