Who is the real “O-Line U?”
If you’re basing it off success, then it’s not even a question the title belongs to Notre Dame. The Irish have a legit contender as the best at each offensive line position currently playing in the NFL.
With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ selection of Robert Hainsey at No. 95 Friday night, Notre Dame also joined very rare air as an offensive line factory.
Liam Eichenberg (Dolphins, 42nd) and Aaron Banks (49ers, 48th) going earlier in the draft set Notre Dame up for something that hadn’t happened in the last 20 years of the NFL draft.
Before Michigan in the 2001 NFL Draft, it hadn't been done since Penn State in 1982. Pretty rare.
— Jason Starrett (@starrettjason) May 1, 2021
So Notre Dame just accomplished something done once every 20 years or so.
Great news, but also further proof of the extend of the overhaul the Fighting Irish offense will be going through in 2021.
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